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Diogenidae
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
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.
Dardanus
genus of hermit crabs
Dardanus megistos
species of hermit crab
Calcinus
Calcinus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae, containing the following species:
Diogenes
genus of crustaceans
Ciliopagurus
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
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
Cancellus
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
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
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
Calcinus argus
species of crustacean