Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Crustacea) from deep Mauritanian waters (NW Africa) with the description of a new species
Fecha de publicación
2015-10-02Tipo
articlePalabras clave
DiogenidaePaguridae
Parapaguridae
Areopaguristes
Pseudopaguristes
Paguristes new species
Deep-sea
Mauritania
Northwest Africa
Resumen
Thirteen hermit crab species of the families Diogenidae, Paguridae and Parapaguridae were captured in deep waters off
Mauritania during Maurit surveys. A new species of the genus Paguristes, Paguristes candelae n. sp., is described.
Areopaguristes mauritanicus n. comb. is proposed for Paguristes mauritanicus Bouvier, 1906 and Pseudopaguristes
marocanus n. comb. for Paguristes marocanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892; the females of the latter species are
reported for the first time. Our data extends the geographical distribution of Pseudopaguristes marocanus southwards and
that of Paragiopagurus macroceros northwards. Both species, together with Diogenes pugilator (Roux, 1829), are
recorded for the first time in Mauritanian waters. New data about bathymetric ranges are also reported for Pseudopaguristes
marocanus n. comb., Areopaguristes mauritanicus n. comb. and Paragiopagurus macroceros.
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