Pagurus politus ( Smith, 1882 )

Lemaitre, Rafael, 2023, The taxonomic status of Pagurus bouvieri (Faxon, 1895), an obscure name, and redescription of Pagurus smithi (Benedict, 1892), a poorly known species (Decapoda: Paguridae), Nauplius (e 2023011) 31, pp. 1-19 : 9

Pagurus politus ( Smith, 1882)

( Figs. 1–4A, B )

Eupagurus sp. — Smith, 1881: 428.— Smith, 1882:14.

Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882: 12 , pl. 2, fig. 5 (type locality: USFC Fish Hawk, sta 922, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, northeastern coast of United States). — Smith, 1883: 27, pl. 4, fig. 4. — Verrill, 1883: 61; 1885: 553. — Smith, 1887: 639. — Howe, 1901: 240. — Alcock, 1905: 182. — Przibram, 1905: 197. — Pilsbry, 1907: 85. — Fowler, 1912: 579. — Balss, 1924: 768, tab. 1.

Eupagurus Smithii A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893: 140 , pl. 10, figs 1–12 (preoccupied name) (type locality: Sand Key, Florida, Gulf of Mexico).

Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895: 57 (replacement name for Eupagurus smithii A. Milne Edwards, 1893 ).

? Pagurus politus — Sumner et al., 1913: 668.

Pagurus politus — Rathbun, 1905: 16. — Gordan, 1956: 333. — Hazlett, 1966: 85. — Williams, 1974: 21 (key) fig 56. — Williams, 1984: 219, fig. 156.— Williams, 1988: 69; Williams and Wigley, 1977: 9. — Abele and Kim, 1986: 33, 379, unnumbered fig. f–h. — Williams et al., 1989: 31. — Squires, 1990: 365 (key), 381, figs 202, 203. — Nizinski, 2003: 121. — Felder et al., 2009: 1071. — Martínez-Campos et al., 2017: 358, fig 6.71.

Pagurus bouvieri — Williams et al., 1989: 31. — McLaughlin et al., 2005:244. — McLaughlin et al., 2010: 32.

Typematerial. Lectotypehereinselectedof Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882 , male 9.8 mm, northwestern Atlantic, Martha’s Vineyard , Massachusetts, USFC Fish Hawk , sta 922, 40°03’48”N 70°45’54”W, 16 July 1881, 130 m ( USNM 21452 ) .

Paratypes of Eupagurus smithii A. Milne Edwards, 1893 (preoccupied name, = Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895 ), 2 ovig females 6.6 mm, 7.7 mm ( Fig.4 ), “Bache” Expedition, Gulf of Mexico, Sand Key, Florida, 234m, 23 March 1872 ( MCZ 4005).

Paralectotypes of Eupagurus politus Smith, 1882: 3 males 4.1–4.8 mm, 2females 4.6, 5.2mm, northwestern Atlantic, Cape May, New Jersey, USCS Blake, sta 336, 38°21’50”N 73°32’W, 18 Jul 1880, 360 m ( USNM 4929); and specimens listed by Smith (1882: 13, 14) from USFC stations 197, 260, 304, 306, 309, 310 (not found in USNM or MCZ, see Remarks).

Figures

Figure 1. Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882), male lectotype7.9 mm, USFC Albatross,sta 2823, northwesternAtlantic,Martha’sVineyard, Massachusetts (USNM 16716): A, shield and cephalic appendages, dorsal view; B, anterior and posterior lobes of sternite XI (between third pair of pereopods), ventral view; C, sternite XIII (between fifth pair of pereopods), ventral view; D, telson, dorsal view. Scales = 3 mm (A), and 2 mm (B–D).

Figure 2. Carpus and chela of chelipeds, dorsal view. Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882), male lectotype 7.9 mm, USFC Albatross, sta 2823, northwestern Atlantic, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (USNM 16716): A, left; B, right. Pagurus smithi (Benedict, 1892), male lectotype 7.9 mm, USFC Albatross, sta 2823, northeastern Pacific, southernpart of Gulf of California, Mexico (USNM 16716): C, left; D, right. Scales = 1 mm.

Figure 3. Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882), male lectotype7.9 mm, USFC Albatross,sta 2823, northwesternAtlantic,Martha’sVineyard, Massachusetts (USNM 16716): A, right second pereopod, lateral view; B, dactyl of same, mesial view; C, right third pereopod, lateral view; D, dactyl of same, mesial view; E, propodus and dactyl of left fourth pereopod, lateral view. Scales equal 5 mm (A–D) and 1 mm (E).

Figure 4. Paratypes of Eupagurus smithii A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893 (preoccupied name, = Eupagurus bouvieri Faxon, 1895): A, B, ovigerous females 6.6 mm (A, dorsal view; B, ventral view); C, ovigerous female 7.7 mm (dorsal view), “Bache” Expedition, Gulf of Mexico, Sand Key, Florida (MCZ 4005). Photos: D.L. Felder.