Hermit Crabs - Superfamily: Paguroidea
Family: Diogenidae
Bear-like Hermit Crab - Aniculus ursus
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Gaimard's Hermit Crab - Calcinus gaimardi
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Imperial Hermit Crab - Calcinus imperialis
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Left-handed Hermit Crab - Calcinus laevimanus
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Hidden Hermit Crab - Calcinus latens
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Line-legged Hermit Crab - Calcinus lineapropodus
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Small White Hermit Crab - Calcinus minutus
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Morgan's Hermit Crab - Calcinus morgani
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Queensland Hermit Crab - Calcinus sirius
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Spiky Hermit Crab - Calcinus spicatus
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Cone Shell Hermit Crab - Ciliospagarus strigatus
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Long-legged Hermit Crab - Clibanarius longitarsus
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Striped-leg Hermit Crab - Clibanarius taeniatus
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Yellow-footed Hermit Crab - Clibanarius virescens
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Striated Hermit Crab - Dardanus arrosor
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Mauve-eyed Hermit Crab - Dardanus crassimanus
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Pale Anemone Hermit Crab - Dardanus deformis
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Blue Knee Hermit Crab - Dardanus guttata
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Hairy Red Hermit Crab - Dardanus lagopodes
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White -spotted Hermit Crab - Dardanus megistos
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Anemone Hermit Crab - Dardanus pedunculatus
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Setiferous Hermit Crab - Dardanus setifer
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Diogenes custos
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Diogenes pallescens
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Diogenes senex
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Paguristes pugil
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Paguristes squamosus
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Pseudopaguristes laurentae
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Stridulating Hermit Crab - Strigopagarus strigmanus (likely occurrence)
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Family: Paguridae
Tiny Hermit Crab - Micropagurus acantholepis
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Pagurixis jerviensis
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Pagurus sinuatus
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Family: Paraguridae
Oncopagurus indicus
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Oncopagurus minutus
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Paragiopagurus diogenes
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Parapagurus bouvieri (possible occurrence)
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Parapagurus furici
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Parapagurus latimanus
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Parapagurus richeri
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Strobopagurus sibogae
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Sympagurus papposus
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Sympagurus soela
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Sympagurus villosus (possible occurrence)
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
> Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical Crustaceans)
> Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
> Subclass: Eumalocostraca (Decapods, Isopods and Allies)
> Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and Krill)
> Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
> Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimps and Allies)
> Infraorder: Anomura (Anomurans)
> Superfamily: Paguroidea (Hermit Crabs)
> Family: Diogenidae
> Genus: Aniculus
> Species: A. ursus - Bear-like Hermit Crab
> Genus: Calcinus
> Species: C. gaimardi - Gaimard's Hermit Crab
> Species: C. imperialis - Imperial Hermit Crab
> Species: C. laevimanus - Left-handed Hermit Crab
> Species: C. latens - Hidden Hermit Crab
> Species: C. lineapropodus - Line-legged Hermit Crab
> Species: C. minutus - Small White Hermit Crab
> Species: C. morgani - Morgan's Hermit Crab
> Species: C. sirius - Queensland Hermit Crab
> Species: C. spicatus - Spiky Hermit Crab
> Genus: Ciliopagurus
> Species: C. strigatus - Cone Shell Hermit Crab
> Genus: Clibanarius
> Species: C. longitarsus - Long-legged Hermit Crab
> Species: C. taeniatus - Striped-leg Hermit Crab
> Species: C. virescens - Yellow-footed Hermit Crab
> Genus: Dardanus
> Species: D. arrosor - Striated Hermit Crab
> Species: D. crassimanus - Mauve-eyed Hermit Crab
> Species: D. deformis - Pale Anemone Hermit Crab
> Species: D. guttata - Blue Knee Hermit Crab
> Species: D. lagopodes - Hairy Red Hermit Crab
> Species: D. megistos - White-spotted Hermit Crab
> Species: D. pedunculatus - Anemone Hermit Crab
> Species: D. setifer - Setiferous Hermit Crab
> Genus: Diogenes
> Species: D. custos
> Species: D. pallescens
> Species: D. senex
> Genus: Paguristes
> Species: P. pugil
> Species: P. squamosus
> Genus: Pseudopaguristes
> Species: P. laurentae
> Genus: Strigopagarus
> Species: S. strigmanus - Stridulating Hermit Crab *
> Family: Paguridae
> Genus: Micropagurus
> Species: M. acantholepis - Tiny Hermit Crab
> Genus: Pagurixis
> Species: P. jerviensis
> Genus: Pagurus
> Species: P. sinuatus
> Family: Paraguridae
> Genus: Oncopagurus
> Species: O. indicus
> Species: O. minutus
> Genus: Paragiopagurus
> Species: P. diogenes
> Genus: Parapagurus
> Species: P. bouvieri ^
> Species: P. furici
> Species: P. latimanus
> Species: P. richeri
> Genus: Strobopagurus
> Species: S. sibogae
> Genus: Sympagurus
> Species: S. papposus
> Species: S. soela
> Species: S. villosus ^
^ = possibly
* = likely
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