Pagurus pubescentulus (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892)

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Eupagurus pubescentulus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892: 219 .

Eupagurus pubescentulus .— A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1900: 248, pl. 26 figs 26–30, pl. 28 figs. 13–14.— Forest, 1955: 120, fig. 26, pl. 4 figs. 5–8.

Pagurus pubescentulus .— A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894: 72 (in part: the female at stn. 226 transferred to Anapagurus laevis by García-Gómez 1994: 21).— Forest, 1963: 628 (Ivory Coast and Ghana, 300–400 m).— Ingle, 1993: 145, figs. 117–120 (lit.).

Material examined. MUBV 10, 332–344, (12); MUBV 19, 306 m, (2).

Males: 3.55–6.49 mm, female: 4.43 mm ovigerous females: 4.71–5.00 mm

Habitat. Previously reported in bottoms of mud, sand, shells and corals (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1900; Forest 1963) and on muddy sand, sandy mud and fine sand (d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999).

The species was reported inhabiting gastropod shells of Trochus (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1900), Aporrhais ? senegalensis Gray and Nassa sp. (Forest 1955). All our specimens were without a shell.

Distribution. Scattered localities in the eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, Cape Bojador (Morocco), Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon, Angola, Azores (d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999) and the Mediterranean Sea (Froglia 2010). Serrano et al. (2006) reported this species from the Cantabrian shelf. Bathymetric distribution is from 130 m (d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999) down to 380–400 m depth (Forest 1963: 628). Our material was collected at 306 m and 332–344 m depth.

Remarks. Our specimens concur with those described by Ingle (1993).