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Diogenidae

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The Diogenidae are a family of hermit crabs, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, its left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. It comprises 429 extant species, and a further 47 extinct species, making it the second-largest family of marine hermit crabs, after the Paguridae.

Clibanarius is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is soft-shelled and sheltered in a gastropod shell. Typically marine like all their relatives, the genus includes C. fonticola, the only known hermit crab species that spends all its life in freshwater. The feeding rates of Clibanarius species change with temperature which, given their broad distributions, may have considerable consequences for the stability reef systems as sea temperatures rise in the future.

genus of hermit crabs

Dardanus megistos

species of hermit crab

Calcinus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae, containing the following species:

genus of crustaceans

Ciliopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, of the family Diogenidae, which are sometimes referred to as the "left-handed hermit crabs", because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, the left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Dardanus pedunculatus

species of crustacean

Dardanus lagopodes

species of crustacean

Paguristes is a genus of hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. It includes the following species (extinct species are marked with a †):

Aniculus maximus

species of crustacean

Calcinus latens

species of crustacean

Dardanus calidus

species of hermit crab

Diogenes pugilator

species of crustacean

Clibanarius tricolor

species of crustacean

Calcinus seurati

species of crustacean

genus of crustaceans

Dardanus deformis

species of crustacean

Dardanus arrosor

species of crustacean

Clibanarius vittatus

species of crustacean

Dardanus gemmatus

species of crustacean

Paguristes puncticeps

species of crustacean

Dardanus venosus

species of crustacean

Clibanarius erythropus

species of crustacean

Petrochirus is a genus of hermit crabs of the family Diogenidae. There are seven described species of the genus. The genus was described by William Stimpson in 1858.

Paguropsis is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae.

Calcinus guamensis

species of crustacean

Clibanarius fonticola

species of crustacean

Calcinus hazletti

species of crustacean

species of crustacean