Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1962

Komai, Tomoyuki & Rahayu, Dwi Listyo, 2014, New records and new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62, pp. 620-646 : 623

Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1962

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Restricted synonymy.

Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1962: 136 , figs. 1, 2 [type locality: Bombay, India, intertidal]; Tirmizi & Siddiqui, 1982: 89, figs. 44, 45; Rahayu, 1996: 350; McLaughlin, 2002: 446; McLaughlin et al., 2007: 258, unnumbered figs.; 2010: 33 (list); Moradmand & Sari, 2007a: 30, fig. 2H; 2007b: 112, figs. 1, 2; Naderloo et al., 2012: 69 (list); Naderloo & Türkay, 2012: 28 .

Not Pagurus kulkarnii – Morgan, 1987: 182; 1990: 27; Davie, 2002: 84. = Pagurus hedleyi Grant & McCulloch, 1906 .

Material examined. 1 male (sl 3.6 mm) ( ZRC 2014.0300 ), PANGLAO 2004, stn R66, Sungcolan inlet, Panglao Island, 09°38.3'N, 123°50.3'E, 1–3 m, channel between lagoon and sea, 28 June 2004 .

Distribution. Iran, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, intertidal and herein recorded from the Philippines, at depths of 1– 3 m.

Remarks. The present specimen agrees well with the previous accounts of P. kulkarnii (e.g., Sankolli, 1962; Tirmizi & Siddiqui, 1982; McLaughlin, 2002; McLaughlin et al., 2007) in both morphology and fresh coloration ( Fig. 1B ).

Figures

Fig. 1. A, Pagurus fungiformis Komai & Rahayu, 2004, male (sl 2.7 mm), PANGLAO 2004, stn M51, Mayacabac, Panglao Island, ZRC 2013.0645; B, Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1962, male (sl mm), PANGLAO 2004, stn R66, Sungcolan inlet, Panglao Island, ZRC 2014.0300; C, Pagurus moluccensis Haig & Ball, 1988, male (sl 3.2 mm), PANGLAO 2004, stn M2, west end of Alona Beach, Panglao Island, ZRC 2013.0644; D, Pagurus pergranulatus (Henderson, 1896), PANGLAO 2004, stn R16, Black Forest, Balicasag Island, ovigerous female (sl 6.0 mm), ZRC 2014.0301.