Coenobita moluccensis, Shih & Rahayu & Pramono, 2025

Shih, Hsi-Te, Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Pramono, Félix Adhi, 2025, Integrative Taxonomy Uncovers Four New Species and One New Record of Land Hermit Crabs Coenobita Latreille, 1829 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) from Indonesia, Zoological Studies 64 (11), pp. 1-38 : 3

Family Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 Genus Coenobita Latreille, 1829 Coenobita moluccensis n. sp.

( Figs. 1‒4 , 13A, B )

Figures

Fig. 1. Coenobita moluccensis n. sp. Holotype ò (SL 12.0 mm, MZB Cru 5722). A, shield and cephalic appendages; B, right antennular peduncles, lateral view; C, right antennal peduncles, lateral view; D, sternite and coxae of male P5; E, telson. Setae partially omitted. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; B‒E = 1 mm.

Fig. 2. Coenobita moluccensis n. sp. Holotype ò (SL 12.0 mm, MZB Cru 5722). A, left cheliped, outer view; B, right cheliped, outer view; C, left P4, lateral view; D, sternite and coxae of male P5.

Fig. 3. Coenobita moluccensis n. sp. Holotype ò (SL 12.0 mm, MZB Cru 5722). A, dactylus and propodus of left P2, lateral view; B, dactylus of left P2, ventral view; C, dactylus and propodus of left P3, lateral view; D, dactylus of left P3, ventral view; E, propodus of left P3, dorsal view; F dactylus and propodus of right P3, lateral view; G, dactylus of right P3, ventral view.

Fig. 4. Color in life of Coenobita moluccensis n. sp. A–D, tissue samples (see Table 1). A, TS COx100; B, TS COx105; C, TS COx104; D, TS COx94. All specimens from Aru Island, Maluku, Indonesia; not kept.

Fig. 13. Outer surface of the second article of the right antennal peduncles in Coenobita moluccensis n. sp. (A, B), C. patsyae n. sp. (C, D), C. celebensis n. sp. (E, F), and C. lila Rahayu, Shih & Ng, 2016 (G, H.). A, holotype ò (SL 12.0 mm; MZB Cru 5722); B, paratype ò (SL 14.4 mm; NCHUZOOL 15259); C, holotype ò (SL 15.0 mm; MZB Cru 5725); D, ò (SL 13.8 mm; NCHUZOOL 15273); E, holotype ò (SL 18.3 mm, MZB Cru 5727); F, paratype ò (SL 15.5 mm, NCHUZOOL 15277); G, paratype ò (SL 10.7 mm, NCHUZOOL 13624); H, ò (SL 11.3 mm NCHUZOOL 15284). Scale bars = 1 mm.