Cheiroplatea
Genus of hermit crabs
| Cheiroplatea | |
|---|---|
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| Cheiroplatea pumicicola | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
| Family: | Pylochelidae |
| Genus: | Cheiroplatea Spence Bate, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Cheiroplatea cenobita Spence Bate, 1888 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cheiroplatea is a genus of hermit crabs within the family Pylochelidae.[1][2][3]
Species
- Cheiroplatea cenobita Spence Bate, 1888
- Cheiroplatea laticauda Boas, 1926
- Cheiroplatea mitoi Miyake, 1978
- Cheiroplatea pumicicola Forest, 1987
- Cheiroplatea rotundioculus Komai & T.-Y. Chan, 2016
- Cheiroplatea scutata Ortmann, 1892
- Cheiroplatea stenurus Forest, 1987
