Anapagurus sp.

Garassino, Alessandro, Pasini, Giovanni, Angeli, Antonio De & Hyžný, MatÚš, 2014, The decapod fauna (Axiidea, Anomura, Brachyura) from the Late Pleistocene of Trumbacà, Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy), Natural History Sciences 1 (2), pp. 119-130 : 121-122

Anapagurus sp.

Fig. 1E

Material and measurements: 3 left propodi, lacking dactyli (MSNM i27890 – hpa: 9 mm; li: 5 mm; lpa: 7 mm; MSNM i27891 – hpa: 5 mm; li: 2 mm; lpa: 4 mm; MSNM i 27892 – hpa: 4 mm; li: 1 mm; lpa: 2 mm).

Description: Propodus with convex transverse section and granulate outer surfaces; palm with oblique carpopropodus articulation; palm with convex lower margin and short straight dorsal margin; stout triangular index with transverse occlusal margin bearing a rim of small short tubercles.

Discussion. The studied propodi show the typical characters of Paguridae Latreille, 1802 and mainly of Anapagurus Henderson, 1886 . Moreover, the studied specimens show some morphological affinities with the extant A. hyndmanni (Bell, 1846) .

The fossil record of Anapagurus from Italy and Mediterranean basin is very scarce to date and limited to a single specimen of Anapagurus sp , from the Pleistocene of Arda River (Emilia Romagna, northern Italy) ( Garassino & De Angeli, 2004a), and to A. mamertinus Pasini & Garassino, 2011 , from the Pliocene of Capo Milazzo (Sicily) ( Pasini & Garassino, 2011).