Petrochirus diogenes ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2015, Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes, Zootaxa 3947 (3), pp. 327-346 : 341-342

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096712

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Petrochirus diogenes ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
status

 

Petrochirus diogenes ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 B, 7B)

Cancer diogenes Linnaeus, 1758: 631 View Cited Treatment .

Cancer bahamensis Herbst, 1791: 30 .

Pagurus granulatus Olivier, 1811: 640 ; Dana, 1852: 453.

Petrochirus granulatus View in CoL .— Heller, 1865: 85.— Smith, 1869: 17, 38.— Moreira, 1901: 23, 85.

Petrochirus bahamensis View in CoL .— Benedict, 1901a: 140.— Schmitt, 1935: 206, fig. 66.— Provenzano, 1959: 378, fig. 8.

Petrochirus diogenes. View in CoL — Holthuis, 1959: 151.— Provenzano, 1961: 153.— Williams, 1965: 122, fig. 98; 1984: 198, fig. 138.— Forest & Saint Laurent, 1968: 95.— Provenzano, 1968: 147, figs 1–12.— Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1986: 49.— Rieger, 1998: 423.— Melo, 1999: 92, fig. 46.—McLaughlin et al., 2010: 23.

Material examined. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro—Ilha Grande, 1 spec. (MZUSP-4609). São Paulo—Ubatuba, 1 spec. (MZUSP-4612); Proj. Integrado, st. Fixa 5, 1 spec. (MZUSP-8728); São Sebastião, 1 spec. (MZUSP-609); Praia Siriúba, 1 spec. (MZUSP-8861); Ilha Vitória, 1 spec. (MZUSP-610); Ilha da Moela, 1 spec. (MZUSP-7516).

Diagnosis. Shield flattened, approximately as broad as long, rough, with scattered tufts of setae. Ocular peduncle straight, moderately dilated distally, with tuft of setae above cornea. Antennular peduncle as long as or slightly longer than ocular peduncle. Chelipeds massive, the right slightly stronger than left; propodi and carpi with grouped tubercles separated by setae at dorsal region; fingers opening obliquely. Left cheliped with finger tips spoon shaped. Carpus of first and second ambulatory legs with ornamentation similar to chelipeds.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Antilles Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay.

Remarks. This species probably was the first hermit crab described by using binomial system and named by Linnaeus (1758) of Cancer diogenes . It is also the largest species of marine hermit crab of the world.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Diogenidae

Genus

Petrochirus

Loc

Petrochirus diogenes ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De 2015
2015
Loc

Petrochirus diogenes.

Melo 1999: 92
Rieger 1998: 423
Coelho 1986: 49
Forest 1968: 95
Provenzano 1968: 147
Williams 1965: 122
Provenzano 1961: 153
Holthuis 1959: 151
1959
Loc

Petrochirus bahamensis

Provenzano 1959: 378
Schmitt 1935: 206
Benedict 1901: 140
1901
Loc

Petrochirus granulatus

Moreira 1901: 23
Smith 1869: 17
Heller 1865: 85
1865
Loc

Pagurus granulatus

Olivier 1811: 640
1811
Loc

Cancer diogenes

Linnaeus 1758: 631
1758
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