Pagurus moluccensis Haig & Ball, 1988

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 : 623

Pagurus moluccensis Haig & Ball, 1988

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Pagurus moluccensis Haig & Ball, 1988: 187 , figs. 14, 15 [type locality: north side of Banda Besar, Indonesia, intertidal]; Komai & Rahayu, 2004: 184 , figs. 1A, 2–5; McLaughlin et al., 2010: 33 (list).

Material examined. 1 male (sl 3.2 mm) ( ZRC 2013.0644 ), PANGLAO 2004, stn M2, west end of Alona Beach , Panglao Island, 09°32.8'N, 123°45.9'E, 0–2 m, reef flat with sea grass bed, 30 May 2004 .

Distribution. Previously known from Indonesia, intertidal. Now recorded from the Philippines.

Remarks. The present specimen agrees well with the redescription of P. moluccensis given by Komai & Rahayu (2004).

Figures

Fig. 1. A, Pagurus fungiformis Komai & Rahayu, 2004, male (sl 2.7 mm), PANGLAO 2004, stn M51, Mayacabac, Panglao Island, ZRC 2013.0645; B, Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1962, male (sl mm), PANGLAO 2004, stn R66, Sungcolan inlet, Panglao Island, ZRC 2014.0300; C, Pagurus moluccensis Haig & Ball, 1988, male (sl 3.2 mm), PANGLAO 2004, stn M2, west end of Alona Beach, Panglao Island, ZRC 2013.0644; D, Pagurus pergranulatus (Henderson, 1896), PANGLAO 2004, stn R16, Black Forest, Balicasag Island, ovigerous female (sl 6.0 mm), ZRC 2014.0301.