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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs (Anomura) » Hermit Crabs (Paguroidea)

Superfamily Paguroidea - Hermit Crabs

Diogenidae · Lithodidae · Paguridae · Coenobitidae

Family Diogenidae
Giant Hermit Crab (Petrochirus diogenes) - Petrochirus diogenes Giant Hermit Crab - Petrochirus diogenes Thinstripe Hermit Crab - Clibanarius vittatus - Clibanarius vittatus Genus species? - Clibanarius vittatus Clibanarius vittatus Giant Hermit Crab - Petrochirus diogenes

Family Lithodidae
Rathbun's King Crab - Paralithodes rathbuni - Paralithodes rathbuni Cryptolithodes sitchensis (Umbrella Crab) - Cryptolithodes sitchensis Cryptolithodes sitchensis (Umbrella Crab) - Cryptolithodes sitchensis Cryptolithodes sitchensis (Umbrella Crab) - Cryptolithodes sitchensis Cryptolithodes sitchensis (Umbrella Crab) - Cryptolithodes sitchensis

Family Paguridae
Hermit crab - Pagurus longicarpus Hermit Crab with encrusting growth - Pagurus Hermit Crabs - Pagurus longicarpus Pagurus longicarpus Pagurus longicarpus Identifiable Hermit Crab? Long-Clawed Hermit Crab? - Pagurus longicarpus Pagurus pollicarus? - Pagurus Pagurus pollicaris

Family Coenobitidae
Coenobita clypeatus Coenobita clypeatus Terrestrial Hermit Crab - Coenobita clypeatus Terrestrial Hermit Crab - Coenobita clypeatus Terrestrial Hermit Crab - Coenobita clypeatus Coenobita clypeatus Coenobita clypeatus


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