262 Species in Family Diogenidae
Nominal species list for Diogenidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Allodardanus bredinii Haig & Provenzano, 1965
Aniculus aniculus Fabricius Hermit crab
Aniculus erythraeus Forest, 1984 Hairy red hermit crab
Aniculus hopperae McLaughlin & Hoover, 1996 Reticulated hawaiian hermit
Aniculus maximus Edmondson, 1952 Hairy yellow hermit
Aniculus retipes Lewinsohn, 1982
Aniculus sibogae Forest, 1984
Aniculus ursus (Olivier, 1811)
Areopaguristes abbreviatus (Dechancé, 1963)
Areopaguristes micheleae (Rahayu, 2005)
Areopaguristes ngochoae (Rahayu, 2005)
Areopaguristes perspicax (Nobili, 1906)
Bathynarius albicinctus (Alcock, 1905)
Bathynarius anomalus (Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893)
Bathynarius pacificus Forest, 1993 Hermit crabs
Calcinus albengai Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003
Calcinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
Calcinus argus Wooster, 1984 Argus hermit
Calcinus elegans (Milne-Edwards, 1836) Elegant hermit
Calcinus explorator Boone, 1930
Calcinus fuscus Malay, Komai & Chan, 2012
Calcinus gaimardii (Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Calcinus gouti Poupin, 1997
Calcinus guamensis Wooster, 1984 Guam hermit
Calcinus haigae Wooster, 1984 Darkglove hermit
Calcinus hakahau Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
Calcinus hazletti Haig & McLaughlin, 1984 Hawaiian whitefoot hermit
Calcinus imperialis Whitelegge, 1901
Calcinus inconspicuus Morgan, 1991
Calcinus isabellae Poupin, 1997
Calcinus laevimanus (Randall, 1840) Hawaiian hermit
Calcinus latens (Randall, 1840) Hidden hermit
Calcinus laurentae Haig & McLaughlin, 1984 Redleg calcinus
Calcinus lineapropodus Morgan & Forest, 1991
Calcinus mclaughlinae Poupin & Bouchard, 2006
Calcinus minutus Buitendijk, 1937 Small whiten hermit crab
Calcinus morgani Rahayu & Forest, 1998 Morgan's hermit crab
Calcinus nitidus Heller, 1865
Calcinus orchidae Poupin, 1997
Calcinus pascuensis Haig, 1974
Calcinus pictus (Owen, 1839)
Calcinus pulcher Forest, 1958 Pretty hermit crab
Calcinus revi Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
Calcinus rosaceus Heller, 1861
Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951 Whitebanded hermit
Calcinus spicatus Forest, 1951
Calcinus tibicen (Herbst, 1791) Orangeclaw hermit
Calcinus vachoni Forest, 1958
Calcinus vanninii Gherardi & McLaughlin, 1994
Cancellus frontalis Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
Cancellus heatherae Felder & Lemaitre, 2020
Cancellus ornatus Benedict, 1901
Cancellus rhynchogonus Forest & McLaughlin, 2000
Cancellus viridis Mayo, 1973
Ciliopagurus alcocki Forest, 1995
Ciliopagurus galzini Poupin & Malay, 2009
Ciliopagurus hawaiiensis (McLaughlin & Bailey-Brock, 1975)
Ciliopagurus krempfi (Forest, 1952)
Ciliopagurus liui Forest, 1995
Ciliopagurus major Forest, 1995
Ciliopagurus pacificus Forest, 1995
Ciliopagurus plessisi Forest, 1995
Ciliopagurus shebae (Lewinsohn, 1969)
Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804) Halloween hermit crab
Ciliopagurus tenebrarum (Alcock, 1905)
Ciliopagurus tricolor Forest, 1995
Ciliopagurus vakovako Poupin, 2001
Clibanarius aequabilis Dana, 1852
Clibanarius albidigitus Nobili, 1901
Clibanarius antillensis Stimpson, 1862
Clibanarius arethusa De Man, 1888
Clibanarius bimaculatus (De Haan, 1849)
Clibanarius clibanarius (Herbst, 1791)
Clibanarius corallinus (Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Clibanarius cruentatus (Milne-Edwards, 1848) (Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Clibanarius cubensis (de Saussure, 1858) Widestripe hermit
Clibanarius danai Rahayu & Forest, 1993
Clibanarius demani Buitendijk, 1937
Clibanarius digueti Bouvier, 1898 Red leg hermit
Clibanarius englaucus Ball & Haig, 1972
Clibanarius erythropus (Latreille, 1818)
Clibanarius eurysternus (Hilgendorf, 1879)
Clibanarius humilis (Dana, 1851)
Clibanarius inaequalis (De Haan, 1849)
Clibanarius infraspinatus (Hilgendorf, 1869)
Clibanarius laevimanus Buitendijk, 1937
Clibanarius lineatus (Milne Edwards, 1848) Mangrove hermit crab
Clibanarius longitarsus (De Haan, 1849)
Clibanarius merguiensis de Man, 1888
Clibanarius padavensis De Man, 1888
Clibanarius padaverensis de Man, 1888
Clibanarius ransoni Forest, 1953
Clibanarius rhabdodactylus Forest, 1953
Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796)
Clibanarius serenei Rahayu & Forest, 1993
Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861 Tropical hermit crab
Clibanarius snelliusi Buitendijk, 1937
Clibanarius striolatus Dana, 1852 Danas hermit crab
Clibanarius taeniatus (Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Clibanarius tricolor (Gibbes, 1850) Tricolor hermit
Clibanarius virescens (Krauss, 1843) Coastal hermit crabs
Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) Thinstripe hermit
Clibanarius zebra (Dana, 1851) Zebra hermit
Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796) Striated hermit crab
Dardanus aspersus (Berthold, 1846)
Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan, 1991
Dardanus balhibuon Malay, Rahayu & Chan, 2018
Dardanus brachyops Forest, 1962
Dardanus calidus (Risso, 1827) Red hermit crab
Dardanus callichela Cook, 1989
Dardanus crassimanus (Milne-Edwards, 1836)
Dardanus dearmatus (Henderson, 1888)
Dardanus deformis (Milne-Edwards, 1836) Pale anemone hermit
Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano, 1972 Bareye hermit
Dardanus gardineri Alcock, 1905
Dardanus gemmatus (Milne-Edwards, 1848) Jeweled anemone hermit
Dardanus guttatus (Olivier, 1812) Blue knee hermit crab
Dardanus hessii (Miers, 1884)
Dardanus imbricatus (Milne Edwards, 1848)
Dardanus imnpressus (de Haan, 1849) Warty-leg hermit crab
Dardanus impressus (De Haan, 1849)
Dardanus insignis (de Saussure, 1858) Red brocade hermit
Dardanus lagopodes (Forsskål, 1775)
Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804) Whitespotted hermit
Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804) Anemone hermit crab
Dardanus robustus Asakura, 2006
Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener, 1925 Bloody hermit
Dardanus scutellatus (Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Dardanus setifer (Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Dardanus squarrosus Cook, 1989
Dardanus sulcatus Edmondson, 1925
Dardanus tinctor (Forsskål, 1775) Anemone carrier
Dardanus venosus (Milne-Edwards, 1848) Stareye hermit
Dardanus vulnerans (Thallwitz, 1892)
Dardanus woodmasoni (Alcock, 1905)
Diogenes alias McLaughlin & Holthuis, 2001
Diogenes arguinensis Almón, Cuesta & García-Raso, 2022
Diogenes avarus Heller, 1865
Diogenes berduri Rahayu, 2021
Diogenes biramus Morgan, 1987
Diogenes brevirostris Stimpson, 1858
Diogenes costatus Henderson, 1893
Diogenes crassus Asakura, 2020
Diogenes custos (Fabricius, 1798)
Diogenes deflectomanus Wang & Tung, 1980
Diogenes defrectomanus Wang & Tung, 1980
Diogenes diogenes (Herbst, 1791)
Diogenes dubius (Herbst, 1804)
Diogenes edwardsii (De Haan, 1849) Edward's hermit crab
Diogenes erythromanus Almón, Cuesta & García-Raso, 2022
Diogenes fasciatus Rahayu & Forest, 1995
Diogenes gardineri Alcock, 1905
Diogenes goniochirus Forest, 1956
Diogenes haigea Asakura, 2020
Diogenes inglei McLaughlin & Clark, 1997
Diogenes investigatoris Alcock, 1905
Diogenes jousseaumei (Bouvier, 1897)
Diogenes jubatus (Nobili, 1903)
Diogenes karwarensis Nayak & Neelakantan, 1989
Diogenes klaasi Rahayu & Forest, 1995
Diogenes lanaris Yap-Chiongco, 1937
Diogenes leptocerus Forest, 1957
Diogenes lophochir Morgan, 1989
Diogenes magnus Asakura, 2020
Diogenes matabiru Rahayu & Pratiwi, 2022
Diogenes merguiensis de Man, 1888
Diogenes minimus Komai & Yoshida, 2020
Diogenes mixtus Lanchester, 1902
Diogenes pallescens Whitelegge, 1897
Diogenes penicillatus Stimpson, 1858 Soft-hairy hermit crab
Diogenes persicus (Nobili, 1905)
Diogenes pisinnus Rahayu, 2022
Diogenes planimanus Henderson, 1893
Diogenes pugilator (Roux, 1829) Small hermit crab
Diogenes rectimanus Miers, 1884
Diogenes senex Heller, 1865
Diogenes spinicarpus Rahayu & Forest, 1995
Diogenes spinifrons (De Haan, 1849)
Diogenes tirmiziae Siddiqui & McLaughlin, 2003
Diogenes tumidus Rahayu & Forest, 1995
Isocheles pilosus (Holmes, 1900) Moon snail hermit
Isocheles wurdemanni Stimpson, 1862 Surf hermit
Loxopagurus loxochelis (Moreira, 1901)
Paguristes acanthomerus Ortmann, 1892
Paguristes aciculus Grant, 1905
Paguristes albimaculatus Komai, 2001
Paguristes alcocki McLaughlin & Rahayu, 2005
Paguristes alegrias Morgan, 1987
Paguristes anahuachis Glassell, 1938
Paguristes angustitheca unspecified
Paguristes angustithecus McLaughlin & Provenzano, 1974
Paguristes anomalus Bouvier, 1918
Paguristes arostratus Rahayu, 2006
Paguristes bakeri Holmes, 1900 Digger hermit
Paguristes brachyrostris Rahayu, 2006
Paguristes brevirostris Baker, 1905
Paguristes cadenati Forest, 1954 Red reef hermit
Paguristes calliopsis unspecified
Paguristes ciliatus Heller, 1862
Paguristes digitalis Stimpson, 1858 Golden-hairy hermit crab
Paguristes doederleini Komai, 2001
Paguristes eremita (Linnaeus, 1767) Eye spot hermit crab
Paguristes erythrops Holthuis, 1959
Paguristes grayi Benedict, 1901
Paguristes hernancortezi McLaughlin & Provenzano, 1974
Paguristes hewatti Wass, 1963
Paguristes hummi Wass, 1955
Paguristes inconstans McLaughlin & Provenzano, 1974
Paguristes invisisacculus McLaughlin & Provenzano, 1974
Paguristes kimberleyensis Morgan & Frosest, 1991
Paguristes lapillatus unspecified
Paguristes laticlavus McLaughlin & Provenzano, 1974
Paguristes lauriei McLaughlin & Hogarth, 1998
Paguristes limonensis McLaughlin & Provenzano, 1974
Paguristes longirostris Dana, 1851
Paguristes luculentus Komai, Reshmi & Kumar, 2015
Paguristes lymani Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893
Paguristes markhami Sandberg, 1996
Paguristes moorei Benedict, 1901
Paguristes oculatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Paguristes ortmanni Miyake, 1978 Ortmann's hermit crab
Paguristes oxyophthalmus Holthuis, 1959
Paguristes palythophilus Ortmann, 1892
Paguristes paraguanensis unspecified
Paguristes parvus Holmes, 1900 Island hermit
Paguristes perplexus unspecified
Paguristes puncticeps Benedict, 1901
Paguristes puniceus Henderson, 1896
Paguristes pusillus Henderson, 1896
Paguristes rectus Rahayu, 2021
Paguristes robustus Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1967
Paguristes runyanae Haig & Ball, 1988
Paguristes sayi Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893
Paguristes seminudus Stimpson, 1858
Paguristes sericeus Milne-Edwards, 1880 Blue-eyed hermit
Paguristes spectabilis McLaughlin & Provenzano, 1975
Paguristes spinipes Milne-Edwards, 1880
Paguristes starcki Provenzano, 1965
Paguristes streaensis Pastore, 1984
Paguristes subpilosus Henderson, 1888
Paguristes syrtensis De Saint Laurent, 1971
Paguristes tenuirostris unspecified
Paguristes tortugae Schmitt, 1933 Bandeye hermit
Paguristes triangulatus Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893
Paguristes turgidus (Stimpson, 1856) Orange hairy hermit
Paguristes turkayi Ayón-Parente, Hendrickx & Cáceres, 2022
Paguristes ulreyi Schmitt, 1921 Furry hermit
Paguristes versus Komai, 2001
Paguristes wassi Provenzano, 1961
Paguristes weddelli (Milne Edwards, 1848)
Paguropsina inermis Lemaitre, Rahayu & Komai, 2018
Paguropsina pistillata Lemaitre, Rahayu & Komai, 2018
Paguropsis andersoni (Alcock, 1899)
Paguropsis confusa Lemaitre, Rahayu & Komai, 2018
Paguropsis gigas Lemaitre, Rahayu & Komai, 2018
Paguropsis lacinia Lemaitre, Rahayu & Komai, 2018
Paguropsis typica Henderson, 1888
Petrochirus californiensis Bouvier, 1895 Big-claw purple hermit crab
Petrochirus diogenes (Linnaeus, 1758) Giant hermit
Pseudopaguristes hians (Henderson, 1888)
Pseudopaguristes laurentae (Morgan & Forest, 1991)
Pseudopaguristes monoporus (Morgan, 1987) Blue-orange banded hermit crab
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