Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean Territory of Australia, with descriptions of three new species and reappraisal of the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012 Author Komai, Tomoyuki Author Rahayu, Dwi Listyo Author Fujita, Yoshihisa text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2021 2021-09-28 69 378 402 journal article 10.26107/RBZ-2021-0059 2345-7600 7174998 8C4058FE-A01E-4EAC-B491-21B213685784 Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007 ( Fig. 8C ) Pagurixus laevimanus – McLaughlin & Haig, 1984: 142 , fig. 7. Not Pagurixus laevimanus ( Ortmann, 1892 ) . Pagurixus haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007: 97 , figs. 1–4; Komai, 2010: 1287 ; Komai & Poupin, 2013: 192 , fig. 1A; Komai & Rahayu, 2013: 134 ; Arima, 2014: 188 , unnumbered figs.; Bourjon et al., 2018: 454 , table 1. Material examined. COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS . QM W29568, 1 male (sl 1.3 mm ), CK08, Trannies Beach , West Island , 12°08.507′S , 96°49.095′E , 20 March 2011 ; ZRC 2021.0647 , 1 male (sl 1.4 mm ; photo), 1 female (sl 1.2 mm ), CK19, S of Direction Island , 12°05.503′S , 96°52.904′E , 6.9 m , 22 March 2011 . Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Guam , the Philippines , Indonesia , New Guinea , Malaysia , New Caledonia , Phuket ( Thailand ), Europa Island ( Mozambique Strait), and Réunion; coral reef, intertidal to 20 m ( Komai & Osawa, 2007 ; Komai, 2010 ; Komai & Poupin, 2013 ; Komai & Rahayu, 2013 ; Bourjon et al., 2018 ). Newly recorded from Cocos (Keeling) Islands , intertidal to 6.9 m . Remarks. The specimens examined agree well with the original description of Pagurixus haigae (cf. Komai & Osawa, 2007 ).