Diogenidae

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

See text.

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.

Hairy orange hermit crab, Aniculus maximus
Hairy orange hermit crab, Aniculus maximus

[edit] Genera

Allodardanus - Aniculus - Bathynarius - Calcinus - Cancellus - Ciliopagurus - Clibanarius - Dardanus - Diogenes - Isocheles - Loxocheles - Paguristes - Paguropsis - Petrochirus - Pseudopagurus - Striogpagurus - Tisea - Trizopagurus


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