Hermit crabs of Singapore (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae, Paguridae), with description of two new species
Author
Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2022
2022-05-31
70
329
363
journal article
10.26107/RBZ-2022-0017
2345-7600
7174641
6A65DD81-A22F-4901-8B2A-029695E4AB43
Diogenes spinicarpus
Rahayu & Forest, 1995
Diogenes spinicarpus
Rahayu & Forest, 1995: 406
, figs. 6a–f, 7a–h (
type
locality:
Tanjung Tiram
,
Ambon
,
Indonesia
).
Material examined.
1 male
,
1.6 mm
(
MZB
Cru 5219),
Pulau Hantu
, dive,
7–10 m
,
16 December 2012
;
1 male
,
1.3 mm
(
ZRC 2021.0219
), st. SD143, east of
Pulau Hantu
, dive,
12 m
,
13 May 2013
;
1 male
,
2.2 mm
(
ZRC 2021.0220
),
Pulau Semakau
, near mangrove,
10 November 2011
.
Distribution.
Indonesia
,
Singapore
;
0–10 m
, in sandy substrate.
Remarks.
Among the species of the
Diogenes pallescens
group,
D. spinicarpus
is recognisable by the short fourth segment of the antennal penduncles armed with a strong spine on the dorsodistal margin, the slender antennal acicles bearing two or three spines mesially, and the proximally inflated ocular peduncle with a similar dilated cornea. The specimens examined in this study agree well with the original description by
Rahayu & Forest (1995)
except for the right cheliped that has a prominent hiatus between dactyl and fixed finger. This species is recorded for the first time in
Singapore
waters.