Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882)

(Figs. 1–4A, B)

Eupagurus sp. — Smith, 1881: 428.— Smith, 1882:14.

Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882: 12, pl. 2, fig. 5 (type locality: USFC Fish Hawk, sta 922, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, northeastern coast of United States). — Smith, 1883: 27, pl. 4, fig. 4. — Verrill, 1883: 61; 1885: 553. — Smith, 1887: 639. — Howe, 1901: 240. — Alcock, 1905: 182. — Przibram, 1905: 197. — Pilsbry, 1907: 85. — Fowler, 1912: 579. — Balss, 1924: 768, tab. 1.

Eupagurus Smithii A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893: 140, pl. 10, figs 1–12 (preoccupied name) (type locality: Sand Key, Florida, Gulf of Mexico).

Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895: 57 (replacement name for Eupagurus smithii A. Milne Edwards, 1893).

? Pagurus politus — Sumner et al., 1913: 668.

Pagurus politus — Rathbun, 1905: 16. — Gordan, 1956: 333. — Hazlett, 1966: 85. — Williams, 1974: 21 (key) fig 56. — Williams, 1984: 219, fig. 156.— Williams, 1988: 69; Williams and Wigley, 1977: 9. — Abele and Kim, 1986: 33, 379, unnumbered fig. f–h. — Williams et al., 1989: 31. — Squires, 1990: 365 (key), 381, figs 202, 203. — Nizinski, 2003: 121. — Felder et al., 2009: 1071. — Martínez-Campos et al., 2017: 358, fig 6.71.

Pagurus bouvieri — Williams et al., 1989: 31. — McLaughlin et al., 2005:244. — McLaughlin et al., 2010: 32.

Typematerial. Lectotypehereinselectedof Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882, male 9.8 mm, northwestern Atlantic, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USFC Fish Hawk, sta 922, 40°03’48”N 70°45’54”W, 16 July 1881, 130 m (USNM 21452) .

Paratypes of Eupagurus smithii A. Milne Edwards, 1893 (preoccupied name, = Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895), 2 ovig females 6.6 mm, 7.7 mm (Fig.4), “Bache” Expedition, Gulf of Mexico, Sand Key, Florida, 234m, 23 March 1872 (MCZ 4005).

Paralectotypes of Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882: 3 males 4.1–4.8 mm, 2females 4.6, 5.2mm, northwestern Atlantic, Cape May, New Jersey, USCS Blake, sta 336, 38°21’50”N 73°32’W, 18 Jul 1880, 360 m (USNM 4929); and specimens listed by Smith (1882: 13, 14) from USFC stations 197, 260, 304, 306, 309, 310 (not found in USNM or MCZ, see Remarks).