Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007

Komai, Tomoyuki & Poupin, Joseph, 2013, Records of the hermit crab genus Pagurixus Melin, 1939 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from Europa Island, western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3608 (3), pp. 191-203 : 192

Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007

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Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007: 97 , figs 1–4.—Komai 2010: 1287.—Poupin et al. in press b.

Material examined. BIORECIE, stn 1, Europa Island, 22°33.644’S, 40°38.37’E, intertidal, reef flat, 7 November 2011, coll. J. Poupin, N. Gravier-Bonnet & M. Zubia, 1 male (sl 1.6 mm), 2 ovigerous females (sl 1.5, 1.6 mm), MNHN-IU-2012-603.

Distribution. Previously known from Japan, Guam, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia, New Caledonia, and Phuket in Thailand, intertidal to shallow subtidal. The present material greatly extends the geographical range of this species to the western Indian Ocean.

Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the original description in both morphology and color pattern, though markings on the appendages are lighter in the present specimens than in the type specimens ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2006, 1 male (sl 1.6 mm), 2 ovigerous females (sl 1.5, 1.6 mm), BIORECIE, stn 1, MNHN-IU- 2012 - 603; B, Pagurixus annulus n. sp., holotype, male (sl 1.5 mm), BIORECIE, stn 10, MNHN- IU- 2012 - 604, showing color pattern in preservative.