Catapaguroides iejimensis Osawa & Takeda, 2004

Osawa, Masayuki & Fujita, Yoshihisa, 2019, Submarine cave hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from three islands of the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, Zootaxa 4560 (3), pp. 463-482 : 470

Catapaguroides iejimensis Osawa & Takeda, 2004

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Catapaguroides iejimensis Osawa & Takeda, 2004: 1113 , figs. 5–7 (type locality: Ie Island, Ryukyu Islands).— Osawa & Okuno 2007: 44, fig. 7D.

Material examined. Ie Island, unnamed submarine cave: entrance, 24 June 2017, 1 male (sl 1.8 mm), RUMF- ZC-6026 ( IE 177 ).

Distribution. Ryukyu Islands (Ie Island and Kume Island) in southwestern Japan; 15–30 m ( Osawa & Okuno 2007).

Habitat. Coral reefs; often found in submarine caves ( Osawa & Okuno 2007).

Remarks. Catapaguroides iejimensis has been recorded primary from submarine caves in the Ryukyu Islands ( Osawa & Takeda 2004; Osawa & Okuno 2007; Table 2), but the specimens hitherto obtained are rather limited. Only one specimen was collected during the present investigations.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Entire animal, dorsal view. A, Aniculus retipes Lewinsohn, 1982, male (sl 11.9 mm), RUMF-ZC-6006 (IE141); B, Paguristes jalur Morgan, 1992, male (sl 5.4 mm), RUMF-ZC-6012 (IE69); C, Pseudopaguristes shidarai Asakura, 2004, male (sl 2.6 mm), RUMF-ZC-6020 (HD2017-140); D, Catapaguroides foresti McLaughlin, 2002, male (sl 2.0 mm), RUMFZC-6023 (IE173); E, Catapaguroides iejimensis Osawa & Takeda, 2004, male (sl 1.8 mm), RUMF-ZC-6026 (IE177); F, Catapaguroides longior Komai, Yamada & Shirakawa, 2010, male (sl 2.1 mm), RUMF-ZC-6027 (IE60); G, Catapaguroides longior Komai, Yamada & Shirakawa, 2010, female (sl 1.2 mm), RUMF-ZC-6029 (HD2017-107).