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Hermit Crabs
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Hermit Crabs

Paguroidea

Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea.

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8 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Pagurid Hermit Crabs

familyPaguridae

Left-handed Hermit Crabs

familyDiogenidae

Land Hermit Crabs

familyCoenobitidae

King Crabs

familyLithodidae

deepwater hermit crabs

familyParapaguridae

Symmetrical Hermit Crabs

familyPylochelidae

Toothy Hermit Crabs

familyPylojacquesidae

Xylopaguridae

familyXylopaguridae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47398.