Pagurus forceps H. Milne Edwards, 1836

Mantelatto, Fernando Luis, Pardo, Luis Miguel, Pileggi, Leonardo Gomes & Felder, Darryl L., 2009, Taxonomic re-examination of the hermit crab species Pagurus forceps and Pagurus comptus (Decapoda: Paguridae) by molecular analysis, Zootaxa 2133, pp. 20-32 : 25

Pagurus forceps H. Milne Edwards, 1836

Type locality: shores of Chile, probably Valparaíso (see Haig 1955 and Forest & Saint Laurent, 1968 for review).

Material examined: 3 males (3.20, 3.41, 4.36* mm Shield Length = SL), 2 females (3.28, 3.48 mm SL), Coquimbo, Chile, October 2007, CCDB 2078 ( DNA voucher); 2 males (4.36, 4.41 mm SL), 1 female (4.23 mm SL), 1 ovigerous female (2.95 mm SL), Punta de Tralca, Central Chile, February 2005, CCDB 2079; 1 male (3.89 mm SL), 1 female (3.99 mm SL), Punta de Tralca, Central Chile, July 2004, CCDB 1806 ( DNA voucher); 2 males (3.59, 4.76 mm SL), 1 ovigerous female (3.32 mm SL), Punta de Tralca, Central Chile, July 2004, CCDB 1750 (*underline shield lengths indicates the specimens used for molecular analysis from numbered lot and here considered as DNA voucher).