A new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from deep waters off Taiwan

Abstract

A new species of pagurid hermit crab, Pagurus luticola, is described from deep waters off Taiwan, northwestern Pacific. It is referred to the informal capillatus group, which is represented by seven previously described species mainly known from cold waters in the North Pacific. The new species, representing the second species of the group known from subtropical waters, is characterized by the possession of numerous granules on the mesial surfaces of both palms and three or four irregular rows of small granules on the mesial face of the dactylus of the left cheliped.