The Diogenidae are a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
hermit crab
Hermit crabs are anomuran Decapoda, decapod crustaceans of the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit c ...
s, 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 46 extinct species,
making it the second-largest family of marine hermit crabs, after the
Paguridae.
Genera
File:Aniculus ursus.JPG, '' Aniculus ursus''
File:Calcinus elegans Réunion.jpg, ''Calcinus elegans
''Calcinus elegans'', also known as the blue line hermit crab, is a small, tropical hermit crab.
Description
It features the typical body plan of a member of the phylum Arthropoda: a segmented head, a thorax, and an abdomen. As a member of order ...
''
File:Ciliopagurus strigatus Réunion.JPG, '' Ciliopagurus strigatus''
File:Clibanarius.jpg, '' Clibanarius erythropus''
File:Dardanus megistos Réunion.jpg, '' Dardanus megistos''
File:Diogenes pugilator.jpg, '' Diogenes pugilator''
File:Paguristes cadenati.jpg, '' Paguristes cadenati''
File:Petrochirus diogenes 1.jpg, '' Petrochirus diogenes''
File:Strigopagurus strigimanus P2133407.JPG, '' Strigopagurus strigimanus''
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Decapod families
Taxa named by Arnold Edward Ortmann
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