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Left-handed Hermit Crabs
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 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.
22 branches of this family, most-observed first
Clibanarius
genusClibanarius
Dardanus
genusDardanus
Calcinus
genusCalcinus
Diogenes
genusDiogenes
Paguristes
genusPaguristes
Petrochirus
genusPetrochirus
Isocheles
genusIsocheles
Ciliopagurus
genusCiliopagurus
Hairy Hermit Crabs
genusAniculus
Areopaguristes
genusAreopaguristes
Strigopagurus
genusStrigopagurus
Pseudopaguristes
genusPseudopaguristes
Trizopagurus
genusTrizopagurus
Tetralobistes
genusTetralobistes
Loxopagurus
genusLoxopagurus
Cancellus
genusCancellus
Paguropsis
genusPaguropsis
Allodardanus
genusAllodardanus
Bathynarius
genusBathynarius
Paguropsina
genusPaguropsina
Pseudopagurus
genusPseudopagurus
Tisea
genusTisea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 52409.