寄居蟹科

寄居蟹科，（学名Paguridae）又名“白住房”、“干住屋”，主要以螺壳为寄体，寄居的最大螺体最大直径可达15厘米以上。其外形介于虾和蟹之间，多数寄居于螺壳内。体形长，分头胸部及腹部。头胸部具头胸甲，但不覆盖最后胸节。头胸部前部较狭窄，钙化较强，后部扩展较宽，角质或完全膜质，有明显的颈沟。腹部长，曲卷或直伸，少数种宽短，多不对称。

寄居蟹多产于黄海及南方海域的海岸边，在沙滩和海边的岩石缝里容易发现，有时在竹子节、穗椰子壳、珊瑚、海绵等其它地方也能看到这种有“清道夫”之称的杂食性动物。寄居蟹并未列入位于国家重点保护野生动物名录，属于一般保护动物

本科计有542个物种，分属超过70个属：

Acanthopagurusde Saint Laurent, 1968AgaricochirusMcLaughlin, 1981AlainopaguroidesMcLaughlin, 1997AlainopagurusLemaitre & McLaughlin, 1995AlloeopagurodesKomai, 1998Anapagridesde Saint Laurent-Dechance, 1966AnapagurusHenderson, 1886AnisopagurusMcLaughlin, 1981BathiopagurusMcLaughlin, 2003BathypaguropsisMcLaughlin, 1994BenthopagurusWass, 1963BoninpagurusAsakura & Tachikawa, 2004BythiopagurusMcLaughlin, 2003CatapaguroidesA. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892CatapaguropsisLemaitre & McLaughlin, 2006CatapagurusA. Milne-Edwards, 1880CeratopagurusYokoya, 1933CestopagurusBouvier, 1897ChanopagurusLemaitre, 2003CycetopagurusMcLaughlin, 2004Decaphyllusde Saint Laurent, 1968DentalopagurusMcLaughlin, 2007DiacanthurusMcLaughlin & Forest, 1997DiscorsopagurusMcLaughlin, 1974ElassochirusBenedict, 1892EnallopaguropsisMcLaughlin, 1981EnallopagurusMcLaughlin, 1981EnneobranchusGarcia-Gomez, 1988EnneopagurusMcLaughlin, 1997EnneophyllusMcLaughlin, 1997ForestopagurusGarcia-Gomez, 1995GoreopagurusMcLaughlin, 1988HachijopagurusOsawa & Okuno, 2003HaigiopagurusMcLaughlin, 2005IcelopagurusMcLaughlin, 1997Iridopagurusde Saint Laurent-Dechance, 1966LabidochirusBenedict, 1892LithopagurusProvenzano, 1968LophopagurusMcLaughlin, 1981ManucomplanusMcLaughlin, 1981MichelopagurusMcLaughlin, 1997MicropagurusMcLaughlin, 1986MunidopagurusA. Milne-Edwards, 1880NematopaguroidesForest & de Saint Laurent, 1968NematopagurusMilne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892OrthopagurusStevens, 1927OstraconotusA. Milne-Edwards, 1880PaguridiumForest, 1961PagurittaMelin, 1939PagurixusMelin, 1939PagurodesHenderson, 1888PagurodofleiniaAsakura, 2005Pagurojacquesiade Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000寄居蟹属PagurusFabricius, 1775ParapagurodesMcLaughlin & Haig, 1973PhimochirusMcLaughlin, 1981PorcellanopagurusFilhol, 1985PropagurusMcLaughlin & de Saint Laurent, 1998ProtoniopagurusLemaitre & McLaughlin, 1996PseudopagurodesMcLaughlin, 1997PteropagurusMcLaughlin & Rahayu, 2006PumilopagurusMcLaughlin & Rahayu, 2008PygmaeopagurusMcLaughlin, 1986PylopaguridiumMcLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001PylopaguropsisAlcock, 1905PylopagurusA. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1891RhodochirusMcLaughlin, 1981ScopaeopagurusMcLaughlin & Hogarth, 1998Solenopagurusde Saint Laurent, 1968SolitariopagurusTürkay, 1986SpathapagurusLemaitre & Felder, 2011SpiropagurusStimpson, 1858TarrasopagurusMcLaughlin, 1997TomopaguroidesBalss, 1912TomopaguropsisAlcock, 1905TomopagurusA. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893Trichopagurusde Saint Laurent, 1968TurleaniaMcLaughlin, 1997XylopagurusA. Milne-Edwards, 1880