Pagurixus sp. 2

Celia, Maria, Malay, D., Miller, Allison K. & Komai, Tomoyuki, 2021, Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) of the Northern Marianas, including new records and an updated checklist, Micronesica 2021 (1), pp. 1-29 : 14

Pagurixus sp. 2

Material. 1 specimen (SIO-BIC C14258), Sarigan Island , station AKM-SAR-01 ; 1 specimen (SIO-BIC C14515), Guguan Island , station AKM-GUG-02 ; 1 specimen (SIO-BIC C14516), Agrihan Island , from crab pot, no station info .

Remarks. The specimens represent an undescribed species of Pagurixus , comparable with P. annulus Komai & Poupin 2013 , P. brachydactylus Komai & Osawa 2006 and P. pseliophorus Komai & Osawa 2006 . This species will be dealt with in a separate paper (Komai et al., in preparation).

In addition to the three species mentioned in this work, seven species of Pagurixus are known from Guam, Southern Marianas ( Komai & Osawa 2006): P. carinimanus Komai & Osawa 2006 , P. concolor Komai & Osawa 2006 , P. maorus ( Nobili 1906) , P. nomurai Komai & Asakura 1995 , P. paulayi Komai & Osawa 2006 , P. ruber Komai & Osawa 2006 and P. tweediei (Forest 1956) .