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Issue: Vol. 3860 No. 6: 10 Sept. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.6
Page range: 580–588
Abstract views: 95
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of the hermit crab genus Cestopagurus Bouvier, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the South Pacific Ocean and description of a new species

Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682 Japan.
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237-0061.
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand.
Cestopagurus hinepuia new species Hinepuia Kermadec Arc New Zealand

Abstract

A fifth species of the pagurid genus Cestopagurus Bouvier, 1897, is described and illustrated on the basis of a single male specimen collected at a depth of 499 m from Hinepuia submarine volcano in the Kermadec Arc, New Zealand. The new species, C. hinepuia, appears similar to C. puniceus Komai & Takeda, 2005 known from waters off Japan, but the different armature of chelipeds distinguishes the new species. It is the first representative of the genus recorded from the South Pacific Ocean. A key for identification of species of the genus is presented.