Diogenidae

Diogenidae
Diogenidae
Diogenes pugilator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Paguroidea
Family: Diogenidae
Ortmann, 1892 [1]

Diogenidae is a family of hermit crabs, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, it is the left chela (claw) that is enlarged instead of the right. It comprises 429 extant species,[2] and a further 46 extinct species,[1] making it the second largest family of marine hermit crabs, after Paguridae.[3]

Genera

  • Allodardanus Haig & Provenzano, 1965
  • Aniculus Dana, 1852
  • Areopaguristes Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010
  • Annuntidiogenes † Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Artal, 2008
  • Bathynarius Forest, 1989
  • Calcinus Dana, 1851
  • Cancellus H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
  • Ciliopagurus Forest, 1995
  • Clibanarius Dana, 1852
  • Dardanus Paul’son, 1875
  • Diogenes Dana, 1851
  • Eocalcinus † Vía, 1959
  • Isocheles Stimpson, 1858
  • Loxopagurus Forest, 1964
  • Paguristes Dana, 1851
  • Paguropsis Henderson, 1888
  • Parapaguristes † Bishop, 1986
  • Petrochirus Stimpson, 1858
  • Pseudopaguristes McLaughlin, 2002
  • Pseudopagurus Forest, 1952
  • Stratiotes Thomson, 1899 – see Aeropaguristes
  • Striadiogenes † Garassino, De Angeli & Pasini, 2009
  • Strigopagurus Forest, 1995
  • Tisea Morgan & Forest, 1991
  • Trizopagurus Forest, 1952

References

  1. ^ a b Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
  2. ^ Patsy A. McLaughlin, Tomoyuki Komai, Rafael Lemaitre & Dwi Listyo Rahayu (2010). Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. In Martyn E. Y. Low and S. H. Tan. "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea)" (PDF). Zootaxa Suppl. 23: 5–107. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s23/s23rbz005-107.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Family Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. September 9, 2009. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/DIOGENIDAE. 

External links

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