Pagurus politus ( Smith, 1882 )

Lemaitre, Rafael, 2023, The taxonomic status of Pagurus bouvieri (Faxon, 1895), an obscure name, and redescription of Pagurus smithi (Benedict, 1892), a poorly known species (Decapoda: Paguridae), Nauplius (e 2023011) 31, pp. 1-19 : 9

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Pagurus politus ( Smith, 1882 )
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Pagurus politus ( Smith, 1882) View in CoL

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Eupagurus sp. — Smith, 1881: 428.— Smith, 1882:14.

Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882: 12 View in CoL , pl. 2, fig. 5 (type locality: USFC Fish Hawk, sta 922, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, northeastern coast of United States). — Smith, 1883: 27, pl. 4, fig. 4. — Verrill, 1883: 61; 1885: 553. — Smith, 1887: 639. — Howe, 1901: 240. — Alcock, 1905: 182. — Przibram, 1905: 197. — Pilsbry, 1907: 85. — Fowler, 1912: 579. — Balss, 1924: 768, tab. 1.

Eupagurus Smithii A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893: 140 , pl. 10, figs 1–12 (preoccupied name) (type locality: Sand Key, Florida, Gulf of Mexico).

Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895: 57 View in CoL (replacement name for Eupagurus smithii A. Milne Edwards, 1893 ).

? Pagurus politus View in CoL — Sumner et al., 1913: 668.

Pagurus politus View in CoL — Rathbun, 1905: 16. — Gordan, 1956: 333. — Hazlett, 1966: 85. — Williams, 1974: 21 (key) fig 56. — Williams, 1984: 219, fig. 156.— Williams, 1988: 69; Williams and Wigley, 1977: 9. — Abele and Kim, 1986: 33, 379, unnumbered fig. f–h. — Williams et al., 1989: 31. — Squires, 1990: 365 (key), 381, figs 202, 203. — Nizinski, 2003: 121. — Felder et al., 2009: 1071. — Martínez-Campos et al., 2017: 358, fig 6.71.

Pagurus bouvieri View in CoL — Williams et al., 1989: 31. — McLaughlin et al., 2005:244. — McLaughlin et al., 2010: 32.

Typematerial. Lectotypehereinselectedof Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882 View in CoL , male 9.8 mm, northwestern Atlantic, Martha’s Vineyard , Massachusetts, USFC Fish Hawk , sta 922, 40°03’48”N 70°45’54”W, 16 July 1881, 130 m ( USNM 21452 About USNM ) GoogleMaps .

Paratypes of Eupagurus smithii A. Milne Edwards, 1893 (preoccupied name, = Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895 ), 2 ovig females 6.6 mm, 7.7 mm ( Fig.4 View Figure 4 ), “Bache” Expedition, Gulf of Mexico, Sand Key, Florida, 234m, 23 March 1872 ( MCZ 4005).

Paralectotypes of Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882: 3 males 4.1–4.8 mm, 2females 4.6, 5.2mm, northwestern Atlantic, Cape May, New Jersey, USCS Blake, sta 336, 38°21’50”N 73°32’W, 18 Jul 1880, 360 m ( USNM 4929); and specimens listed by Smith (1882: 13, 14) from USFC stations 197, 260, 304, 306, 309, 310 (not found in USNM or MCZ, see Remarks).

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McLaughlin PA; Komai T; Lemaitre R and Rahayu DL 2010. Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea). Part 1, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement, 23: 5 - 107. https: // lkcnhm. nus. edu. sg / wp-content / uploads / sites / 10 / app / uploads / 2017 / 06 / s 23 rbz 005 - 107. pdf

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Figure 1. Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882), male lectotype7.9 mm, USFC Albatross,sta 2823, northwesternAtlantic,Martha’sVineyard, Massachusetts (USNM 16716): A, shield and cephalic appendages, dorsal view; B, anterior and posterior lobes of sternite XI (between third pair of pereopods), ventral view; C, sternite XIII (between fifth pair of pereopods), ventral view; D, telson, dorsal view. Scales = 3 mm (A), and 2 mm (B–D).

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Figure 2. Carpus and chela of chelipeds, dorsal view. Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882), male lectotype 7.9 mm, USFC Albatross, sta 2823, northwestern Atlantic, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (USNM 16716): A, left; B, right. Pagurus smithi (Benedict, 1892), male lectotype 7.9 mm, USFC Albatross, sta 2823, northeastern Pacific, southernpart of Gulf of California, Mexico (USNM 16716): C, left; D, right. Scales = 1 mm.

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Figure 3. Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882), male lectotype7.9 mm, USFC Albatross,sta 2823, northwesternAtlantic,Martha’sVineyard, Massachusetts (USNM 16716): A, right second pereopod, lateral view; B, dactyl of same, mesial view; C, right third pereopod, lateral view; D, dactyl of same, mesial view; E, propodus and dactyl of left fourth pereopod, lateral view. Scales equal 5 mm (A–D) and 1 mm (E).

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Figure 4. Paratypes of Eupagurus smithii A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893 (preoccupied name, = Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895): A, B, ovigerous females 6.6 mm (A, dorsal view; B, ventral view); C, ovigerous female 7.7 mm (dorsal view), “Bache” Expedition, Gulf of Mexico, Sand Key, Florida (MCZ 4005). Photos: D.L. Felder.

USFC

U. S. Fish Commission

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

SuperFamily

Paguroidea

Family

Paguridae

Genus

Pagurus