# Diogenidae

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{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Diogenidae
| image = Diogenes pugilator.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Diogenes pugilator](/source/Diogenes_pugilator)''
| taxon = Diogenidae
| authority = [Ortmann](/source/Arnold_Edward_Ortmann), 1892&nbsp;<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal|journal=[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/Raffles_Bulletin_of_Zoology) |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |format=[PDF](/source/Portable_Document_Format) |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref>
}}

The '''Diogenidae''' are a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [hermit crab](/source/hermit_crab)s, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, its left [chela](/source/chela_(organ)) (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. It comprises 429 extant species,<ref name="checklist">{{cite journal |author1=Patsy A. McLaughlin |author2=Tomoyuki Komai |author3=Rafael Lemaitre |author4=Dwi Listyo Rahayu |year=2010 |editor1=Martyn E. Y. Low |editor2=S. H. Tan |title=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 |journal=[Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa) |volume=Suppl. 23 |pages=5–107 |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s23/s23rbz005-107.pdf |format=[PDF](/source/Portable_Document_Format) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122104557/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s23/s23rbz005-107.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-22}}</ref> and a further 47 extinct species,<ref name="Grave"/> making it the second-largest family of marine hermit crabs, after the  [Paguridae](/source/Paguridae).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/DIOGENIDAE |title=Family Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 |work=[Australian Faunal Directory](/source/Australian_Faunal_Directory) |publisher=[Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts](/source/Department_of_the_Environment%2C_Water%2C_Heritage_and_the_Arts) |date=September 9, 2009}}</ref>

==Genera==
{{Linked genus list
| 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](/source/Cancellus_(crustacean)%7B%7B!%7D%7DCancellus)'' | H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
| Ciliopagurus | Forest, 1995
| Clibanarius | Dana, 1852
| ''[Dardanus (crustacean){{!}}Dardanus](/source/Dardanus_(crustacean)%7B%7B!%7D%7DDardanus)'' | Paul'son, 1875
| ''[Diogenes (crustacean){{!}}Diogenes](/source/Diogenes_(crustacean)%7B%7B!%7D%7DDiogenes)'' | Dana, 1851
| † Eocalcinus | Vía, 1959
| Isocheles | Stimpson, 1858
| † Joecalcinus | Fraaije et. al., 2020
| Loxopagurus | Forest, 1964
| Paguristes | Dana, 1851
| Paguropsis | [Henderson](/source/John_Robertson_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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<gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed">
File:Aniculus ursus.JPG|''[Aniculus ursus](/source/Aniculus_ursus)''
File:Calcinus elegans Réunion.jpg|''[Calcinus elegans](/source/Calcinus_elegans)''
File:Ciliopagurus strigatus Réunion.JPG|''[Ciliopagurus strigatus](/source/Ciliopagurus_strigatus)''
File:Clibanarius.jpg|''[Clibanarius erythropus](/source/Clibanarius_erythropus)''
File:Dardanus megistos Réunion.jpg|''[Dardanus megistos](/source/Dardanus_megistos)''
File:Diogenes pugilator.jpg|''[Diogenes pugilator](/source/Diogenes_pugilator)''
File:Paguristes cadenati.jpg|''[Paguristes cadenati](/source/Paguristes_cadenati)''
File:Petrochirus diogenes 1.jpg|''[Petrochirus diogenes](/source/Petrochirus_diogenes)''
File:Strigopagurus strigimanus P2133407.JPG|''[Strigopagurus strigimanus](/source/Strigopagurus_strigimanus)''
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Diogenidae
Category:Decapod families
Category:Taxa named by Arnold Edward Ortmann

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