Paguristes longipes, Osawa, Fujita & Okuno, 2006

Osawa, Masayuki & Fujita, Yoshihisa, 2019, Submarine cave hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from three islands of the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, Zootaxa 4560 (3), pp. 463-482 : 472

Pagurixus longipes Osawa, Fujita & Okuno, 2006

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Pagurixus longipes Osawa, Fujita & Okuno, 2006: 36 , figs. 4–6, 7C (type locality: Kume Island, Ryukyu Islands).— Komai & Rahayu 2013: 134 .

Material examined. Okinawa Island, Hedo Dome cave: main tube , 21 May 2017, 1 male parasitized by peltogastrid (sl 2.5 mm), RUMF-ZC-6032 (HD 2017-88) ; main tube , 23 May 2017, 1 male (sl 2.0 mm), RUMF-ZC- 6033 (HD2017-133) .

Distribution. Philippines (Panglao Island) and Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Island and Kume Island) in southwestern Japan ; 15–35 m ( Komai & Rahayu 2013 ; present study) .

Habitat. Coral reefs; often found in submarine caves ( Osawa et al. 2006; Komai & Rahayu 2013).

Remarks. In the Ryukyu Islands, P. longipes was previously recorded from only a submarine cave in Kume Island ( Osawa et al. 2006; Table 2), although the species has been also known from reef walls in Panglao Island, the Philippines ( Komai & Rahayu 2013). The present specimens represent the second record of the species from the Ryukyu Islands.

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FIGURE 2. Entire animal, dorsal view. A, Catapagurus tuberculosus (Asakura, 1999), male (sl 4.9 mm), RUMF-ZC-6031 (IE188); B, Pagurixus longipes Osawa, Fujita & Okuno, 2006, male (sl 2.0 mm), RUMF-ZC-6033 (HD2017-133); C, Pagurixus nomurai Komai & Asakura, 1995, female (sl 5.0 mm), RUMF-ZC-6038 (HD2017-65); D, Pagurixus nomurai Komai & Asakura, 1995, ovigerous female (sl 4.4 mm), RUMF-ZC-6040 (SH102).