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Family: Parapaguridae deepwater hermit crabs (See list of species below)

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53 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Bivalvopagurus sinensis []	No picture found Oncopagurus bicristatus []	No picture found Oncopagurus gracilis []
No picture found Oncopagurus indicus []	No picture found Oncopagurus minutus []	No picture found Oncopagurus mironovi []
Oncopagurus monstrosus []	No picture found Oncopagurus oimos [Deep water hermit crabs]	No picture found Oncopagurus orientalis []
No picture found Oncopagurus stockmani []	No picture found Oncopagurus tuamotu []	No picture found Paragiopagurus acutus []
No picture found Paragiopagurus bicarinatus []	No picture found Paragiopagurus boletifer []	No picture found Paragiopagurus bougainvillei []
No picture found Paragiopagurus diogenes []	No picture found Paragiopagurus fasciatus []	No picture found Paragiopagurus hirsutus []
No picture found Paragiopagurus oxychelos []	No picture found Paragiopagurus pilimanus []	No picture found Paragiopagurus rugosus []
No picture found Paragiopagurus ruticheles []	No picture found Paragiopagurus trilineatus []	No picture found Paragiopagurus tuberculosus []
No picture found Paragiopagurus umbonatus []	No picture found Paragiopagurus ventilatus []	No picture found Paragiopagurus wallisi []
No picture found Parapagurus abyssorum []	No picture found Parapagurus alaminos []	No picture found Parapagurus furici []
No picture found Parapagurus holthuisi []	No picture found Parapagurus latimanus []	No picture found Parapagurus nudus []
No picture found Parapagurus pilosimanus []	No picture found Parapagurus richeri []	No picture found Strobopagurus breviacus []
No picture found Strobopagurus gracilipes []	No picture found Strobopagurus sibogae []	No picture found Sympagurus acinops []
No picture found Sympagurus affinis []	No picture found Sympagurus aurantium []	Sympagurus brevipes []
No picture found Sympagurus burkenroadi []	Sympagurus dimorphus []	No picture found Sympagurus dofleini []
No picture found Sympagurus pictus []	No picture found Sympagurus planimanus []	No picture found Sympagurus poupini []
No picture found Sympagurus soela []	No picture found Sympagurus symmetricus []	No picture found Sympagurus trispinosus []
No picture found Sympagurus villosus []	No picture found Tylaspis anomala []

53 Species of Family Parapaguridae
(deepwater hermit crabs)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Bivalvopagurus sinensis		Western Central Pacific
Oncopagurus bicristatus		Atlantic Ocean.
Oncopagurus gracilis		Atlantic Ocean.
Oncopagurus indicus		Indo-Pacific
Oncopagurus minutus		Indo-Pacific
Oncopagurus mironovi		Southeast Pacific
Oncopagurus monstrosus		Indo-West Pacific.
Oncopagurus oimos	Deep water hermit crabs	Eastern Central Pacific
Oncopagurus orientalis		Western Central Pacific
Oncopagurus stockmani		Southeast Pacific
Oncopagurus tuamotu		Eastern Central Pacific
Paragiopagurus acutus		Indo-West Pacific.
Paragiopagurus bicarinatus		Western Pacific
Paragiopagurus boletifer		Indo-Pacific.
Paragiopagurus bougainvillei		Eastern Central Pacific
Paragiopagurus diogenes		Indo-West Pacific.
Paragiopagurus fasciatus		Eastern Central Pacific
Paragiopagurus hirsutus		Western Pacific.
Paragiopagurus oxychelos		Pacific Ocean
Paragiopagurus pilimanus		Western Central Atlantic.
Paragiopagurus rugosus		Eastern Central Pacific
Paragiopagurus ruticheles		Pacific Ocean and Eastern
Paragiopagurus trilineatus		Central Pacific
Paragiopagurus tuberculosus		Eastern Central Pacific
Paragiopagurus umbonatus		Central Pacific.
Paragiopagurus ventilatus		Northwest Pacific.
Paragiopagurus wallisi		Eastern Pacific
Parapagurus abyssorum		Atlantic Ocean
Parapagurus alaminos		Atlantic Ocean.
Parapagurus furici		Western Central Pacific
Parapagurus holthuisi		Pacific and Antarctic Ind
Parapagurus latimanus		Western Pacific
Parapagurus nudus		Atlantic Ocean.
Parapagurus pilosimanus		Atlantic Ocean.
Parapagurus richeri		Indo-Pacific.
Strobopagurus breviacus		Western Central Pacific
Strobopagurus gracilipes		Pacific Ocean and Eastern
Strobopagurus sibogae		Western Central Pacific
Sympagurus acinops		Western Central Pacific a
Sympagurus affinis		Indo-Pacific.
Sympagurus aurantium		Western Central Pacific
Sympagurus brevipes		Indo-West Pacific.
Sympagurus burkenroadi		Indo-West Pacific
Sympagurus dimorphus		Southern Hemisphere
Sympagurus dofleini		Indo-Pacific.
Sympagurus pictus		Western Atlantic.
Sympagurus planimanus		Indo-Pacific.
Sympagurus poupini		Pacific Ocean
Sympagurus soela		Western Central Pacific
Sympagurus symmetricus		Western Central Pacific
Sympagurus trispinosus		Indo-Pacific.
Sympagurus villosus		Western Central Pacific
Tylaspis anomala		Pacific Ocean

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