title: Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes.
abstract: We present here the genera and species of the family Diogenidae recorded from Brazil, with the exception of the genus Paguristes. We provide a diagnosis, synonymy and illustrations for each species of the nine genera from Brazil and identification keys for genera represented by more than one species.
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Nazareth, 481, 04263-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email: paulonucci@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Paulo Ricardo
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Nucci
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Nazareth, 481, 04263-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email: gasmelo@usp.br.
authors.forename: Gustavo Augusto Schmidt
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: De Melo
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D033381:Anomura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity