Clibanarius rhabdodactylus Forest, 1953

Malay, Maria Celia (Machel) D., Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2018, Hermit crabs of the genera Calcinus Dana, Clibanarius Dana, and Dardanus Paul’son from the PANGLAO 2004 Expedition, with description of a new species and a checklist of the hermit crabs of the Philippines (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 23-65 : 35

Clibanarius rhabdodactylus Forest, 1953

Clibanarius zebra var. rhabdodactylus Forest, 1953a: 448 , Figs. 3 , 8 (Hikueru, Tuamotu, type locality).

Clibanarius rhabdodactylus – Rahayu & Forest, 1993 (1992): 777; McLaughlin et al., 2010: 20.

Material examined. 1 male SL 3.3 mm ( ZRC), stn M8, Doljo Point, Panglao I., mixed intertidal platform, fringe mangrove, seagrass, 9°35.5′N,123°43.3′/ 123°44.3′E, 0–2 m, 4.vi.2004 .

Habitat. Intertidal.

Remarks. Apparently this is an uncommon species as not many specimens have been found so far, and only one specimen was collected for the first time from the Philippines.

Figures

Fig. 3. A, Clibanarius longitarsus (De Haan, 1849). Specimen not measured and sexed, stn M52; B, Clibanarius merguiensis De Man, 1888. Male SL 3.5 mm, stn M51; C, Clibanarius serenei Rahayu & Forest, 1993. Male SL 3.6 mm, stn M11; D, Clibanarius snelliusi Buitendijk, 1937. Male SL 5.3 mm, stn M1; E, Clibanarius striolatus Dana, 1852. Specimen not measured and sexed, stn M9; F, Clibanarius virescens (Krauss, 1843). Male SL 4.1 mm, stn M8; G, Dardanus deformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1836). Female SL 8.8 mm, stn M3; H, Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775). Female SL 6.6 mm, stn M8.

Fig. 8. Dardanus balhibuon, new species, holotype. Female SL 14.3 mm, stn R38, NMCR 40109. A, Left second pereopod, lateral view; B, Propodus of left third pereopod, lateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.