Hermit crabs of the genera Calcinus Dana, Clibanarius Dana, and Dardanus Paul’son from the PANGLAO 2004 Expedition, with description of a new species and a checklist of the hermit crabs of the Philippines (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea)
Author
Malay, Maria Celia (Machel) D.
Author
Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
Author
Chan, Tin-Yam
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Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2018
2018-01-17
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.4503028
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2345-7600
4503028
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Dardanus pedunculatus
(Herbst, 1804)
(
Fig. 4D
)
Cancer pedunculatus
Herbst 1804: 25
, pl. 61,
Fig. 3
(
type
locality unknown).
Pagurus asper
–
Estampador, 1937: 502
;
Yap-Chiongco, 1938: 197
;
Estampador, 1959: 50
.
Pagurus haani
–
Fize & Serène, 1955: 207–214
, Figs. 32–33 A–B, pl. 4 no. 7.
Dardanus pedunculatus
–
Haig & Ball, 1988: 166
;
Cassidy, 2005: 114–116
, Figs. 15–16; McLaughlin et al., 2007: 83–84, 2 unlabelled figures.
Material examined.
1 male
SL
16.8 mm
(
ZRC
), stn N2,
Alona Reef
,
Panglao I.
,
9°32.9′N
,
123°46.6′E
,
12 m
,
7.vi.2004
;
2 females
SL 8.4–11.0 mm,
4 males
SL
5.7–13.4 mm
(
ZRC
), stn N3,
Alona Reef
,
Panglao I.
,
9°32.9′N
,
123°46.6′E
,
25–30 m
,
7.vi.2004
;
3 females
SL
10.2–15.2 mm
,
4 males
SL 8.3–14.0 mm (
ZRC
), stn N5,
Alona Reef
,
Panglao I.
,
9°32.9′N
,
123°46.9′E
,
20–35 m
,
10.vi.2004
; 1 ovig. female SL
15.6 mm
,
1 female
SL
12.9 mm
(
ZRC
), stn N8,
Tawala
,
Panglao I.
,
9°32.8′N
,
123°46.6′E
,
32–55 m
,
14.vi.2004
; 1 ovig. female SL 13.0 mm,
2 males
SL 6.5–12.0 mm (
ZRC
), stn N10,
Tawala
,
Panglao I.
,
9°33.0′N
,
123°46.8′E
,
35–60 m
,
21.vi.2004
;
1 female
SL
13.1 mm
(
ZRC
), stn N12, lagoon off
Poblacion
,
Panglao I.
,
9°34.2′N
,
123°43.2′E
,
1–2 m
,
24.vi.2004
;
1 male
SL
2.7 mm
(
ZRC
), stn R5,
Catarman
,
Panglao I.
,
9°36.6′N
,
123°52.4′E
,
5–16 m
,
31.v.2004
;
1 female
SL
9.2 mm
(
ZRC
), stn R13,
Doljo Point
,
Panglao I.
,
9°35.6′N
,
123°43.2′E
,
2–41 m
,
2.vi.2004
;
1 male
SL
15.4 mm
(
ZRC
), stn R31,
Pamilacan
I. southsouthwest slope,
9°29.4′N
,
123°56.0′E
,
10–41 m
,
8.vi.2004
;
1 male
11.5 mm
(
ZRC
), stn R37,
Momo Beach
,
Panglao I.
,
9°36.5′N
,
123°45.6′E
,
28−32 m
,
10.vi.2004
;
1 ovig. female SL 19.0 mm (
ZRC
),
Balicasag
I.,
vii.2003
.
Habitat.
Subtidal,
2 to 60 m
deep, reef slopes, on coralline substrates; associated with anemones.
Remarks.
At first glance,
D. pedunculatus
resembles
D. deformis
, and
D. gemmatus
in that all 3 species are associated with anemones and have similar white- and redbanded ocular peduncles.
Dardanus pedunculatus
can be distinguished from
D. gemmatus
on the basis of the outer surface of the left cheliped: in
D. pedunculatus
the lower half of the left chela is smooth, while in
D. gemmatus
the entire outer surface of the left chela is covered with tubercles. The lateral surface of the left cheliped of
D. pedunculatus
and
D. deformis
resemble each other more closely, but the two species differ in the morphology of the left third pereopod: the dactyl and propodus of the left third pereopod in
D. deformis
are considerably broader than the right third pereopod (pereopods are more symmetrical in
D. pedunculatus
); and in
D. pedunculatus
the lateral face of the dactyl shows a strong carina in the proximal half, which is absent in
D. deformis
.