Catapaguroides microps A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892

Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2011, Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Pagurus, Zootaxa 3104, pp. 26-41 : 31

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scientific name	Catapaguroides microps A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892
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Catapaguroides microps A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892 View in CoL

Catapaguroides microps A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892: 221 View in CoL ; 1899: 63; 1900: 207, pl. 204, figs 17–20. — Holthuis, 1962: 243. — Saint Laurent, 1968: 935, figs 17, 21, 22, 24. — McLaughlin, 2002: 497. — Lins & Cardoso, 2010: 51, figs 1, 2. — McLaughlin et al., 2010: 28.

Material examined. None.

Diagnosis. Rostrum broadly rounded. Ocular acicles simple. Chelipeds unequal, right stronger than left. Fourth pereopod semichelate; propodal rasp with row of corneous scales. Males with long sexual tube on coxa of right fifth pereopod; left sexual tube short, with tufts of setae. Females with single gonopore on coxa of left third pereopod.

Distribution. Western Atlantic: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Cape Finisterre, Spain and Morocco. Indo-Pacific: Indonesia.

Habitat. Unknown. The material examined by Lins & Cardoso (2010) was collected between 1067 and 1626 m.

Remarks. Recently, Lins & Cardoso (2010) reported the presence of Catapaguroides microps for the first time in Brazilian waters, and provided a description, diagnosis and illustrations.