Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007

Komai, Tomoyuki & Rahayu, Dwi Listyo, 2013, Records Of The Hermit Crab Genus Pagurixus Melin, 1939 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) From Shallow Coral Reefs In The Panglao Islands, The Philippines, With Description Of A New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (1), pp. 133-141 : 134

Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007

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 ; McLaughlin et al., 2010: 32 (list)

Material examined. — PANGLAO 2004, stn B12, Panglao Island , Doljo Point, 09°35.6'N, 123°43.2'E, 24–27 m, reef slope, 14 Jun.2004, 1 male (not measured), ZRC 2012.0916 ; stn B18, Panglao Island , Sungcolan Bay, 09°38.5'N, 123°49.7'E, 3–5 m, blocks dispersed among seagrass, 20 Jun.2004, 2 males (sl 1.2, 1.5 mm), 2 females (sl 1.2 mm; one not measured), ZRC 2012.0917 ; stn B23, Balicasag , Black Forest, 09°31.1'N, 123°41.3'E, 20–25 m, rubble on sand, 5 males, 1 juvenile (not measured), ZRC 2012.0918 ; same data, 2 males (sl 1.3, 1.5 mm), CBM-ZC 11252 ; stn B39, Panglao Island , Pontod Lagoon 1, 09°32.8'N, 123°42.1'E, 17–25 m, reef wall with small caves, 2 Jul.2004, 1 male (sl 1.3 mm), ZRC 2012.0919 ; stn B42, Panglao Island , between Momo and Napaling, 09°37.0'N, 123°46.0'E, 30–33 m, edge on reef wall, 6 Jul.2004, 1 male, ZRC 2012.0920 ; stn D8, Panglao Island , Dao, 09°34.0'N, 123°48.9'E, 1–4 m, sandy bottom, seagrass, rubble, coral slabs, 9 Jun.2004, 2 males (sl 1.7, 1.9 mm), ZRC 2012.0921 ; stn M1, Panglao Island , Alona Beach, 09°32.9'N, 123°46.6'E, intertidal to shallow subtidal, May to Jul.2004, 2 males, 3 females (not measured because of poor condition), ZRC 2012.0922 ; stn M3, Panglao Island , Danao, 9°32.5'N, 123°44.7'E, 0–2.5 m, reef, 31 May to 17 Jun.2004, 9 males, 2 females, 2 ovig. females (not measured) ; same data, 1 male (sl 1.8 mm), MNHN-IU-2009-2405 ; stn M7, Panglao Island , Momo Beach, 0–3 m, 09°36.1'N, 123°45.2'E, reef platform with seagrass, 1 Jun.2004, 2 ovig. females (sl 1.3, 1.7 mm), ZRC 2012.0923 ; stn M11, Panglao Island , Sungcolan Bay, 09°38.3'N, 123°49.6'E, 0–3 m, rocky intertidal, fringe mangrove and seagrass, 6 Jun.2004, 1 ovig. female (sl 1.9 mm), ZRC 2012.0924 ; stn M18, Panglao Island , Gak-Ang Islet, 09°33.0'N, 123°43.5'E, intertidal to shallow subtidal, sandy bottom and seagrass, 10 Jun.2004, 27 males (sl 1.8–2.5 mm), 15 females (sl 1.5–1.7 mm), ZRC 2012.0925 ; stn R66 , Panglao Island , Sungcolan inlet, 09°38.3'N, 123°50.3'E, 1–3 m, channel between lagoon and the sea, 18 Jun.2004, 1 ovigerous female (sl 2.0 mm) ZRC 2012.0926 ; stn S32, Panglao Island , Pontod Islet lagoon, 09°33.1'N, 123°44.0'E, 4 m, sand with extensive seagrass, few coral heads, 8 Jun.2004, 5 males (sl 1.3 mm), 1 ovig. female (not measured), ZRC 2012.0927 .

Distribution. — Ryukyu Islands ( Japan), Guam, the Philippines, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Phuket ( Thailand); intertidal to 33 m.

Remarks. — This species was recorded from the Philippines by Komai & Osawa (2007). It exhibits substantial variation in the armature and ornamentation of the right cheliped in males, as Komai & Osawa (2007) mentioned. Furthermore, it has been found that the terminal margins of the telson vary from oblique to nearly horizontal.