Pagurus heblingi Nucci & Melo, 2003

Lemaitre, Rafael & Tavares, Marcos, 2015, New taxonomic and distributional information on hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic coast of South America, Zootaxa 3994 (4), pp. 451-506 : 493

Pagurus heblingi Nucci & Melo, 2003

Pagurus heblingi Nucci & Melo, 2003: 351 , fig. 1 (type locality: Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro).— Lemaitre & Cruz Castaño, 2004: 71.— Nucci & Melo, 2007: 54 , figs 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D.— McLaughlin et al., 2010: 33.

New material. Brazil. TAAF MD55, 53 CB 92, 360 m, 19°34’S, 38°55’W, 29 May 1987: 1 male 3.8 mm ( MZUSP 16830); TAAF MD55, sta 57 CB 97, 600 m, 21°34’S, 40°08’W, 31 May 1987: 1 female 2.0 mm ( MZUSP 16821); TAAF MD55, sta 63 CB 104, 23°42’S, 42°07’W, 430 m, 1 Jun 1987:1 ov female 2.2 mm ( MZUSP 16819).

Diagnosis. See Nucci & Melo (2003), and Nucci & Melo (2007).

Distribution. Southwestern Atlantic: from Espírito Santo to northern coast of São Paulo, Brazil. Depth: 300 to 600 m.

Remarks. This species was previously known exclusively from the type material collected along the coast of Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro ( Nucci & Melo 2003), roughly near 22°52’44”S, 42°01’08”W. The material herein reported expands the horizontal range of this species for about 2° of latitude to the north and 1° of latitude to the south of the type locality, and also increases by 200 m the lower depth limit at which this species is known to live.