Pagurus confusus Komai & Yu, 1999

Komai, Tomoyuki & Rahayu, Dwi Listyo, 2014, New records and new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62, pp. 620-646 : 621

Pagurus confusus Komai & Yu, 1999

Restricted synonymy.

Eupagurus obtusifrons – Yokoya, 1933: 85 (in part). Not Eupagurus obtusifrons Ortmann, 1892 .

Pagurus obtusifrons – Miyake, 1978: 106, pl. 2, fig. 4; 1982: 128, pl. 43, fig. 5; Baba et al., 1986: 203, 204, fig. 151. Not Pagurus obtusifrons ( Ortmann, 1892) .

Pagurus confusus Komai & Yu, 1999: 197 , figs. 6–9 [type locality: Tosa Bay , Japan, 140–150 m]; McLaughlin et al., 2007: 280, unnumbered figs.; 2010: 33 (list).

Material examined. 1 male (sl 5.7 mm) ( ZRC 2013.0646 ), Balicasag Island , coll. local fishermen, November 2003 to April 2004, tangle nets; 1 male (sl 10.8 mm), 1 female (sl 8.2 mm), 1 ovigerous female (sl 9.1 mm) ( ZRC 2013.0649 ), Maribohoc Bay, Panglao , 100–300 m, coll. local fishermen, between November 2003 and April 2004 , tangle nets; 1 male (sl 5.7 mm) ( ZRC 2013.0648 ), PANGLAO 2004, PN1, Balicasag Island , coll. local fisherman, 28 May 2004 ; 1 male (sl 4.9 mm) ( ZRC 2013.0647 ), stn T5, W of Baclayon, Bohol Island , 09°35.3'N, 123°52.2'E, 84–87 m, coarse muddy sand, 2 June 2004 .

Distribution. Previously known from southern Japan and Taiwan, at depths of 90– 262 m. Its range is now extended southward to the Philippines, at depths of 84– 300 m.

Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the published accounts of P. confusus (cf. Komai & Yu, 1999; McLaughlin et al., 2007).