Paguristes speciosa, McLaughlin & Haig, 1989

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 : 476-477

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Pylopaguropsis speciosa McLaughlin & Haig, 1989

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Pylopaguropsis speciosa McLaughlin & Haig, 1989: 153 , figs. 1c, i, 2c, 3e, 5e, 7f, 9e, 11e, 13e (type locality: Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands).— Asakura 2000: 78, figs. 1A, B, 4, 5, 19A, 20.— Osawa & Takeda 2004: 1111. Pagurus View in CoL sp.— Jones & Morgan 1994: 4 –5, 124, unnumbered figs.

Material examined. Okinawa Island, Hedo Dome cave: main tube, 30 m from entrance, area of rocks , 12 August 2016, 3 males (sl 2.2–2.9 mm), RUMF-ZC-6056 (HD 2016-86 –88) ; main tube , 21 May 2017, 1 male (sl 3.1 mm) ,

RUMF-ZC-6057 (HD 2017-86). Shimoji Island, Akuma-no-Yakata cave: entrance , 1 September 2017, 1 ovigerous female (sl 3.7 mm), RUMF-ZC-6058 (SH104) .

Distribution. Japan (Ryukyu and Izu Islands) and Australia; 10–61 m ( Asakura 2000; Osawa & Takeda 2004).

Habitat. Coral reefs, often in rocky areas or submarine caves ( Kato & Okuno 2001; Osawa & Takeda 2004).

Remarks. Pylopaguropsis speciosa has been often recorded from coral reefs including submarine caves in the Ryukyu Islands ( Asakura 2000; Osawa & Takeda 2004; Osawa & Fujita 2016; Table 2). The coloration of the species is very characteristic and readily distinguished from other congeners; the right chela is magenta and the left cheliped and ambulatory legs are bright orange with white stripes ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ).

References

Asakura, A. (2000) A review of Japanese species of Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 1905 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae). Crustacean Research, 29, 70 - 108. https: // doi. org / 10.18353 / crustacea. 29.0 _ 70

Jones, D. S. & Morgan, G. J. (1994) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters. Reed, Chatswood, 216 pp.

Kato, S. & Okuno, J. (2001) Shrimps and crabs of Hachijo Island. TBS-Britannica Co. Ltd, Tokyo, 160 pp. [in Japanese]

McLaughlin, P. A. & Haig, J. (1989) On the status of Pylopaguropsis zebra Henderson, P. magnimanus (Henderson), and Galapagurus teevanus Boone, with descriptions of seven new species of Pylopaguropsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae). Micronesica, 22 (2), 123 - 171.

Osawa, M. & Takeda, M. (2004) Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from submarine caves in the Ryukyu Islands, south-western Japan. Journal of Natural History, 38 (9), 1097 - 1132. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 0022293031000079589

Osawa, M. & Fujita, Y. (2016) Stomatopods and decapods of Axiidea, Gebiidea and Anomura (Crustacea: Malacostraca) from Irabu-jima and Shimojijima Islands, Miyako Group, southern Ryukyus, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 28, 37 - 56. [in Japanese with English abstract]

Figures

FIGURE 3. Entire animal, dorsal view. A, Pylopaguropsis bellula Osawa & Okuno, 2007, male (sl 4.1 mm), RUMF-ZC-6042 (IE17); B, Pylopaguropsis fimbriata McLaughlin & Haig, 1989, ovigerous female (sl 4.4 mm), RUMF-ZC-6046 (IE179); C, Pylopaguropsis granulata Asakura, 2000, female (sl 4.8 mm), RUMF-ZC-6052 (HD2017-31); D, Pylopaguropsis keijii McLaughlin & Haig, 1989, male (sl 1.9 mm), RUMF-ZC-6055 (HD2017-87); E, Pylopaguropsis speciosa McLaughlin & Haig, 1989, ovigerous female (sl 3.7 mm), RUMF-ZC-6058 (SH104).