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Diogenidae

Family of crustaceans

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.

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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.

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