Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796)

Cancer sclopetarius Herbst, 1796: 23, pl. 23, Fig. 3 (Cuba, type locality).

Clibanarius sclopetarius – Estampador, 1937: 501; Yap-Chiongco, 1938: 192–193; Estampador, 1959: 48.

Remarks. Yap-Chiongco (1938) “provisionally” identified 36 specimens from Mindoro and Palawan as Cl. sclopetarius . This cannot be verified since the specimens have been lost and there is insufficient detail in the texts to permit re-identification. Given that the known distribution of Cl. sclopetarius is in the Atlantic, reports of this species in the Philippines are highly doubtful. Yap-Chiongco (1938) and Estampador (1937; 1959) possibly confused Cl. rhabdodactylus with this species as these two species have similar banded legs (compare photos of the two species available in Legall & Poupin, 2016).