Diogenidae

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title: "Diogenidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["diogenidae", "decapod-families", "taxa-named-by-arnold-edward-ortmann"] description: "Family of crustaceans" topic_path: "general/diogenidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of crustaceans ::

| name = Diogenidae | image = Diogenes pugilator.jpg | image_caption = Diogenes pugilator | taxon = Diogenidae | authority = Ortmann, 1892

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 47 extinct species, making it the second-largest family of marine hermit crabs, after the Paguridae.

Genera

| Allodardanus | Haig & Provenzano, 1965 | Aniculus | Dana, 1852 | Areopaguristes | Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010 | † Annuntidiogenes | Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Artal, 2008 | Bathynarius | Forest, 1989 | Calcinus | Dana, 1851 | Cancellus (crustacean)Cancellus | H. Milne-Edwards, 1836 | Ciliopagurus | Forest, 1995 | Clibanarius | Dana, 1852 | Dardanus (crustacean)Dardanus | Paul'son, 1875 | Diogenes (crustacean)Diogenes | Dana, 1851 | † Eocalcinus | Vía, 1959 | Isocheles | Stimpson, 1858 | † Joecalcinus | Fraaije et. al., 2020 | Loxopagurus | Forest, 1964 | Paguristes | Dana, 1851 | Paguropsis | Henderson, 1888 | † Parapaguristes | Bishop, 1986 | Petrochirus | Stimpson, 1858 | Pseudopaguristes | McLaughlin, 2002 | Pseudopagurus | Forest, 1952 | Stratiotes | Thomson, 1899 – see Areopaguristes | † Striadiogenes | Garassino, De Angeli & Pasini, 2009 | Strigopagurus | Forest, 1995 | Tisea | Morgan & Forest, 1991 | Trizopagurus | Forest, 1952

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References

References

1. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". [[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]].
2. (2010). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea". [[Zootaxa]].
3. (September 9, 2009). "Family Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892". [[Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts]].

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