Pylopaguropsis keijii McLaughlin & Haig, 1989

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 : 399-400

Pylopaguropsis keijii McLaughlin & Haig, 1989

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Pylopaguropsis keijii McLaughlin & Haig, 1989: 150 , figs. 2i, 3d, 5d, 7e, 9d, 11d, 13d (type locality: Oahu, Hawai’i); Morgan, 1992: 172; 2000: 119; Asakura, 2000: 82, figs. 6, 7, 19B, C, 20; Okuno & Arima, 2006: 40, fig. 3K; Poupin et al., 2013: 47, fig. 26A, C; Arima, 2014: 173, unnumbered figs.; Osawa & Fujita, 2019: 475, figs. 3D, 5F.

Material examined. CHRISTMAS ISLAND. ZRC 2021.0645 , 1 male (sl 2.2 mm; photo 139), CI-D03-2011, Ethel Beach , 10°27.805′S, 105°42.443′E, 3–27.5 m, 24 March 2011 ; QM W29574, 1 female (sl 2.4 mm), CI-D17-2011, Thunderdome Cave , 10°27.906′S, 105°36.465′E, 3–16.6 m, 30 March 2011 .

COCOS (KEELING ISLANDS). ZRC 2021.0646 , 4 males (sl 1.6–3.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (sl 2.7 mm), CK2-18, North Keeling Island , 9 February 2012 .

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: Zanzibar, Mayotte, Maldives, Christmas Island, Guam, Caroline Islands, Japan (Ryukyu and Izu Islands), and Hawaii; 2.5–30 m ( McLaughlin & Haig, 1989; Asakura, 2000; Morgan, 2000; Okuno & Arima, 2006; Poupin et al., 2013).

Remarks. The present specimens are identified as Pylopagurosis keijii in reference to McLaughlin & Haig (1989) and Asakura & Paulay (2003).

Figures

Fig. 12. Habitus in dorsal view, showing living colouration. A, Pagurixus tweediei (Forest, 1956), ZRC 2021.0640, male (sl 3.6 mm); B, Pylopaguropsis bellula Osawa & Okuno, 2007, ZRC 2021.0643, female (sl 3.0 mm); C, Pylopaguropsis keijii McLaughlin & Haig, 1989, ZRC 2021.0645. Photographs by LKCNHM.