Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes Author Nucci, Paulo Ricardo Author Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De text Zootaxa 2015 3947 3 327 346 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.2 6173bd73-5471-4c1e-a758-5481ffbd97b5 1175-5326 240452 4BEA9B2D-E883-43B5-AE74-1EBBD0D4D684 Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796) ( Figs 2 B, 5F) Cancer sclopetarius Herbst, 1796: 23 , pl. 23, fig. 3. Pagurus tuberculosus .—H. Milne Edwards, 1836 : 278 , pl. 13, fig. 1; 1837: 229. Pagurus cubensis Saussure, 1858 : 455 . Clibanarius sclopetarius .— Stimpson, 1858 : 235 ; 1859: 85.— Smith, 1869 : 18 , 39.— Nobili, 1897 : 4 .— Rathbun, 1897 : 43 .— Benedict, 1901a : 142 .— Moreira, 1901 : 27 , 86.— Forest & Saint Laurent, 1968 : 103 .— Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1986 :51 .— Rieger, 1998 : 421 .— Melo, 1999 : 52 , fig. 10.—McLaughlin et al. , 2010: 20. Clibanarius carnescens Miers, 1877 : 658 , pl. 66, fig. 2. Clibanarius formosus Ives, 1891 : 182 , pl. 5, figs 1, 2. Clibanarius cubensis .— Rathbun, 1900 : 144 .— Schmitt, 1935 : 199 ; 1936: 376.— Provenzano, 1959 : 369 , fig. 5C; 1961: 152. Material examined . Brazil : Rio Grande do Norte—Natal, 1 spec. (MZUSP-7359). Pernambuco—Ponta de Pedra, 1 spec. (MZUSP-7365); Porto de Galinhas, 1 spec. (MZUSP-13885). Espírito Santo—Santa Cruz, 7 spec. (MZUSP-8858); 1 spec. (MZUSP-8859); Camburi, 1 spec. (MZUSP-9597). São Paulo—São Sebastião, 6 spec. (MZUSP-598); 2 spec. (MZUSP-4575); Praia Araçá, 10 spec. (MZUSP-12999); Santos, 1 spec. (MZUSP- 13363); 1 spec. (MZUSP-13338); Cananéia, 1 spec. (MZUSP-13334). Santa Catarina—Porto Belo, 1 spec. (MZUSP-7366); Caieira do Sul, 1 spec. (MZUSP-9433). Diagnosis . Shield slightly longer than broad; anterior margins straight between rostrum and lateral projections. Antennular peduncle not overreaching cornea. Ambulatory legs with sparse short setae; propodi with single longitudinal dark stripe on lateral face bordered by light stripe of similar width on either side. Distribution . Western Atlantic—Florida, Antilles, Venezuela , north of South America and Brazil (from Ceará to Santa Catarina). Remarks . Clibanarius sclopetarius and C. vittatus are very close morphologically, and very difficult to distinguish, when totally discolored.