''Cheiroplatea'' is a genus of
hermit crabs
Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an a ...
within the family
Pylochelidae
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 scar ...
.
Species
* ''
Cheiroplatea cenobita''
Spence Bate, 1888
* ''
Cheiroplatea laticauda''
Boas, 1926
* ''
Cheiroplatea mitoi''
Miyake, 1978
* ''
Cheiroplatea pumicicola''
Forest, 1987
* ''
Cheiroplatea rotundioculus''
Komai & T.-Y. Chan, 2016
* ''
Cheiroplatea scutata''
Ortmann, 1892
* ''
Cheiroplatea stenurus''
Forest, 1987
References
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Hermit crabs
Decapod genera