Hermit crabs

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The Paguridae are a family of hermit crabs of the order Decapoda. The king crabs, Lithodidae, are now widely understood to be derived from deep within the Paguridae, with some authors placing their ancestors within the genus Pagurus.

The junior homonym Coenobita Gistl, 1848 is now the moth genus Ectropis.

The Coenobitidae are the family of terrestrial hermit crabs, widely known for their land-living habits as adults. They are found in coastal tropical regions around the world and require access to the ocean to breed.

Pagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is not calcified and they use gastropod shells as protection. These marine decapod crustaceans are omnivorous, but mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion. Trigonocheirus and Pagurixus used to be considered subgenera of Pagurus, but the former is nowadays included in Orthopagurus, while the latter has been separated as a distinct genus.

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The Pylochelidae are a family of hermit crabs. Its members are commonly called the 'symmetrical hermit crabs'. They live in all the world's oceans, except the Arctic and the Antarctic, at depths of . Due to their cryptic nature and relative scarcity, only around 60 specimens had been collected before 1987, when a monograph was published detailing a further 400. left|thumb

The Parapaguridae are a family of marine hermit crabs from deep waters. Instead of carrying empty gastropod shells like other hermit crabs, they carry colonies of dozen or more sea anemones or zoanthids. Some genera, such as Bivalvopagurus, do not inhabit shells. The following genera are included:

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aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae

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Aniculus is a genus of aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae.

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Pylopaguropsis is a genus of hermit crabs containing the following species:

Parapagurus is a genus of deep-sea hermit crabs in the family Parapaguridae, that contains 17 species.

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Paragiopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Parapaguridae, that contains 25 species. Members of this genus live at depths from 116 to 2,067 meters.

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Cheiroplatea is a genus of hermit crabs within the family Pylochelidae.

Strobopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Parapaguridae which contains three species. The species within this genus live in oceans at depths from 5.5 to 965 meters.

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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.

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Porcellanopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs. The genus occurs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Labidochirus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae. They occur in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

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