The Diogenidae are a

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hermit crab 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 ...

s, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, its left

chela Chela may refer to: * ''Chela'' (fish), a genus of small minnow-type fish in the Cyprinid family * Chela (organ), a pincer-like organ terminating certain limbs of some arthropods such as crabs * Chela (meteorite), a meteorite fall of 1988 in Tanz ...

(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 The Paguridae are a family of hermit crabs of the order Decapoda. This family contains 542 species in over 70 genera:. The king crabs, Lithodoidea, are now widely undestood to be derived from deep within the Paguridae, with some authors placing t ...

Genera

*'' Allodardanus'' Haig & Provenzano, 1965 *'' Aniculus'' Dana, 1852 *'' Areopaguristes'' Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010 *'' Annuntidiogenes'' † Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Artal, 2008 *'' Bathynarius'' Forest, 1989 *''

Calcinus ''Calcinus'' is a genus of hermit crabs in the family 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 in ...

'' Dana, 1851 *'' Cancellus'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1836 *''

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 ...

'' Forest, 1995 *''

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 ...

'' Dana, 1852 *'' Dardanus'' Paul’son, 1875 *''

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'' Dana, 1851 *'' Eocalcinus'' † Vía, 1959 *'' Isocheles'' Stimpson, 1858 *'' Loxopagurus'' Forest, 1964 *''

Paguristes ''Paguristes'' is a genus of hermit crab 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 ...

'' Dana, 1851 *''

Paguropsis ''Paguropsis'' is a genus of hermit crabs in the family 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 ...

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, 1888 *'' Parapaguristes'' † Bishop, 1986 *''

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 William Stimpson (February 14, 1832 – May 26, 1872) was a noted American scie ...

'' Stimpson, 1858 *''

Pseudopaguristes ''Pseudopaguristes'' is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae. Species Species placed by the WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany Worms () is a ci ...

'' McLaughlin, 2002 *'' Pseudopagurus'' Forest, 1952 *''Stratiotes'' Thomson, 1899 – see ''Areopaguristes'' *'' Striadiogenes'' † Garassino, De Angeli & Pasini, 2009 *'' Strigopagurus'' Forest, 1995 *'' Tisea'' Morgan & Forest, 1991 *'' Trizopagurus'' Forest, 1952 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 ...

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Dardanus megistos ''Dardanus megistos'', the white-spotted hermit crab or spotted hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae. Etymology The genus name '' Dardanus'' refers to the son of Zeus and Electra in Greek mythology, while ...

'' File:Diogenes pugilator.jpg, ''

Diogenes pugilator ''Diogenes pugilator'' is a species of hermit crab, sometimes called the small hermit crab or south-claw hermit crab. It is found from the coast of Angola to as far north as the North Sea, and eastwards through the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea an ...

'' File:Paguristes cadenati.jpg, ''

Paguristes cadenati ''Paguristes cadenati'', the red reef hermit crab or scarlet hermit crab, is a small (about across) species of hermit crab with a bright red body and yellow eyestalks that lives in the Caribbean Sea. The specific name honours the French ichthy ...

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Petrochirus diogenes ''Petrochirus diogenes'' is a giant marine hermit crab. This species lives in the Caribbean Sea, and often inhabits conch shells. This species of hermit crab is large enough that it can inhabit a fully grown shell of ''Lobatus gigas''. It will ...

'' File:Strigopagurus strigimanus P2133407.JPG, '' Strigopagurus strigimanus''

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