Pagurixus carinimanus Komai & Osawa, 2006

Komai, Tomoyuki, Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Fujita, Yoshihisa, 2021, Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean Territory of Australia, with descriptions of three new species and reappraisal of the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69, pp. 378-402 : 391-392

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scientific name	Pagurixus carinimanus Komai & Osawa, 2006
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Pagurixus carinimanus Komai & Osawa, 2006 View in CoL

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Pagurixus cf. tweediei View in CoL – McLaughlin & Haig, 1984: 134, fig. 4; Rahayu, 2000: 394; Paulay et al., 2003: 490.

Pagurixus sp. 3 (slate) – Paulay et al., 2003: 490.

Pagurixus carinimanus Komai & Osawa, 2006: 71 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs. 29–32, 45B, 48; Poupin et al., 2013: 44, fig. 23B, C; Osawa et al., 2013: 323 View Cited Treatment , fig. 2A.

Material examined. CHRISTMAS ISLAND. QM W29563, 1 male (sl 1.6 mm), CI-D10-2011, West White Cave , off West White Beach, 10°27.733′S, 105°35.054′E, 1–12.3 m, 27 March 2011 GoogleMaps ; QM W29564, 2 females (sl 1.1, 1.7 mm), CI-D15-2011, Boat Cave , 29 January 2011 ; ZRC 2021.0633 View Materials , 1 male (sl 1.4 mm; photo), CI-D16-2011, Flying Fish Cove , 10°25.815′S, 105°40.180′E, 29 March 2011 GoogleMaps ; QM W29565, 2 males (sl 1.2, 1.9 mm), 1 ovigerous female (sl 1.4 mm), CI-D18-2011, Rhoda Wall , off Rhoda Beach, 10°27.729′S, 105°37.283′E, 5–16 m, 30 March 2011 GoogleMaps ; ZRC 2021.0634 View Materials , 1 male (1.7 mm), 1 female (sl 1.2 mm), 1 ovigerous female (sl 1.2 mm), CI-D19-2011, Flying Fish Cove , 10°25.815′S, 105°40.180′E, 30 March 2011 GoogleMaps ; ZRC 2021.0635 View Materials , 1 male (sl 2.0 mm), no station data .

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS: ZRC 2021.0636 View Materials , 1 male (sl 2.0 mm; photo), CK19, S of Direction Island , 12°05.503′S, 96°52.904′E, 6.9 m, 22 March 2011 GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: Mayotte and Glorioso Islands, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Guam, and the Philippines, at depths of 1–30 m ( Komai & Osawa, 2006; Osawa et al., 2013; Poupin et al., 2013). Newly recorded from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands; at depths of 1–12.3 m.

Remarks. The specimens examined agree well with the original description by Komai & Osawa (2006) in both morphology and living colouration.

References

Komai T & Osawa M (2006) A review of the Pagurixus boninensis species group, with descriptions of six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae). Zootaxa, 1214: 1 - 107.

Komai T & Osawa M (2007) A new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurixus Melin (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 55 (1): 97 - 105.

McLaughlin PA & Haig J (1984) A review of Pagurixus (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) and descriptions of new species. Crustaceana, 47 (2): 121 - 148.

Nobili G (1906) Diagnoses preliminaires de crustaces decapodes nouveaux recueillis par M. le Dr. G. Seurat aux iles Touamotou. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 12: 256 - 270.

Osawa M., Kawai T & Sakamaki T (2013) New records of Pagurixus Melin, 1939 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3669 (3): 350 - 366. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3669.3.9

Paulay G, Kropp R, Ng PKL & Eldredge LG (2003) The crustaceans and pycnogonids of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35 / 36: 456 - 513.

Poupin J, Bouchard J-M, Dinhut V, Cleva R & Dumas J (2013) Anomura (Crustacea Decapoda) from the Mayotte region, western Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin, 593: i - iv, 1 - 73. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00775630.593

Rahayu DL (2000) Hermit crabs from the South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae, Paguridae, Parapaguridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 8: 377 - 404.

Figures

Fig. 8. Habitus in dorsal view, showing living colouration. A, Micropagurus polynesiensis (Nobili, 1905), ZRC 2021.0632, male (sl 1.7 mm); B, Pagurixus carinimanus Komai & Osawa, 2006, ZRC 2021.0635, male (sl 2.0 mm); C, Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007, ZRC 2021.0647, male (sl 1.4 mm); D, Pagurixus maorus (Nobili, 1906), ZRC 2021.0638, female (sl 3.9 mm). Photographs by LKCNHM.