Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean Territory of Australia, with descriptions of three new species and reappraisal of the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012
Author
Komai, Tomoyuki
Author
Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
Author
Fujita, Yoshihisa
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2021
2021-09-28
69
378
402
journal article
10.26107/RBZ-2021-0059
2345-7600
7174998
8C4058FE-A01E-4EAC-B491-21B213685784
Pylopaguropsis keijii
McLaughlin & Haig, 1989
(
Fig. 12C
)
Pylopaguropsis keijii
McLaughlin & Haig, 1989: 150
, figs. 2i, 3d, 5d, 7e, 9d, 11d, 13d (
type
locality: Oahu, Hawai’i);
Morgan, 1992: 172
;
2000: 119
;
Asakura, 2000: 82
, figs. 6, 7, 19B, C, 20;
Okuno & Arima, 2006: 40
, fig. 3K;
Poupin et al., 2013: 47
, fig. 26A, C;
Arima, 2014: 173
, unnumbered figs.;
Osawa & Fujita, 2019: 475
, figs. 3D,
5F.
Material examined.
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
.
ZRC 2021.0645
,
1 male
(sl
2.2 mm
; photo 139), CI-D03-2011,
Ethel Beach
,
10°27.805′S
,
105°42.443′E
,
3–27.5 m
,
24 March 2011
;
QM
W29574
,
1 female
(sl
2.4 mm
), CI-D17-2011,
Thunderdome Cave
,
10°27.906′S
,
105°36.465′E
,
3–16.6 m
,
30 March 2011
.
COCOS (KEELING ISLANDS).
ZRC 2021.0646
,
4 males
(sl 1.6–3.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (sl
2.7 mm
), CK2-18,
North Keeling Island
,
9 February 2012
.
Distribution.
Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific:
Zanzibar
,
Mayotte
,
Maldives
,
Christmas Island
,
Guam
,
Caroline Islands
,
Japan
(Ryukyu and Izu Islands), and Hawaii;
2.5–30 m
(
McLaughlin & Haig, 1989
;
Asakura, 2000
;
Morgan, 2000
;
Okuno & Arima, 2006
;
Poupin et al., 2013
).
Remarks.
The present specimens are identified as
Pylopagurosis
keijii
in reference to
McLaughlin & Haig (1989)
and
Asakura & Paulay (2003)
.