Trichopagurus macrochela Komai & Osawa, 2005

Komai, Tomoyuki, 2013, Additional records of the pagurid hermit crab genus Trichopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1968 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with description of a new species from the Philippines, Zootaxa 3670 (2), pp. 274-282 : 280

Trichopagurus macrochela Komai & Osawa, 2005

Trichopagurus trichophthalmus . — Baba 1982: 68 (part).

Trichopagurus macrochela Komai & Osawa, 2005: 3 , figs. 1–3. — McLaughlin et al. 2010: 36.

Material examined. Japan. Fuki, Kuroshima Island, Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Islands, 2 m, lagoon, 3 September 1998, coll. Keiichi Nomura, 1 ovigerous female (sl 1.9 mm), CBM-ZC 8942; Kikai Island, Amami Islands, intertidal, 25 May 2005, coll. T. Komai, 1 female (sl 1.8 mm), CBM-ZC 9557.

Philippines. PANGLAO 2004, stn B9, Napaling, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines, 09°33.1'N, 123°44.0'E, 8–10 m, caves in reef wall, 8 June 2004, 1 ovigerous female (sl 1.4 mm); stn B18, Sungcolan Bay, Panglao Island, 09°38.5'N, 123°49.7'E, 3–5 m, blocks dispersed among sea grass, 20 June 2004, 3 males (sl 1.4–2.0 mm), 1 female (sl 2.1 mm), 1 ovigerous female (sl 2.0 mm).

Distribution. Previously known from southern Japan and Yap, Palau ( Komai & Osawa 2005); intertidal to 10 m. Herein newly recorded from the Philippines.