Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007

Komai, Tomoyuki, Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Fujita, Yoshihisa, 2021, Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean Territory of Australia, with descriptions of three new species and reappraisal of the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69, pp. 378-402 : 397

Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007

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Pagurixus laevimanus – McLaughlin & Haig, 1984: 142, fig. 7. Not Pagurixus laevimanus ( Ortmann, 1892) .

Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007: 97 , figs. 1–4; Komai, 2010: 1287 ; Komai & Poupin, 2013: 192 , fig. 1A; Komai & Rahayu, 2013: 134 ; Arima, 2014: 188, unnumbered figs.; Bourjon et al., 2018: 454, table 1.

Material examined. COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS. QM W29568, 1 male (sl 1.3 mm), CK08, Trannies Beach , West Island, 12°08.507′S, 96°49.095′E, 20 March 2011 ; ZRC 2021.0647 , 1 male (sl 1.4 mm; photo), 1 female (sl 1.2 mm), CK19, S of Direction Island , 12°05.503′S, 96°52.904′E, 6.9 m, 22 March 2011 .

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Phuket ( Thailand), Europa Island ( Mozambique Strait), and Réunion; coral reef, intertidal to 20 m ( Komai & Osawa, 2007; Komai, 2010; Komai & Poupin, 2013; Komai & Rahayu, 2013; Bourjon et al., 2018). Newly recorded from Cocos (Keeling) Islands, intertidal to 6.9 m.

Remarks. The specimens examined agree well with the original description of Pagurixus haigae (cf. Komai & Osawa, 2007).

Figures

Fig. 8. Habitus in dorsal view, showing living colouration. A, Micropagurus polynesiensis (Nobili, 1905), ZRC 2021.0632, male (sl 1.7 mm); B, Pagurixus carinimanus Komai & Osawa, 2006, ZRC 2021.0635, male (sl 2.0 mm); C, Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007, ZRC 2021.0647, male (sl 1.4 mm); D, Pagurixus maorus (Nobili, 1906), ZRC 2021.0638, female (sl 3.9 mm). Photographs by LKCNHM.