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Issue: Vol. 2227 No. 1: 10 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2227.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 3

A new hermit crab (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Paguridae) from the eastern North Pacific

Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14, Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore
Shannon Point Marine Center, Western Washington University, 1900 Shannon Point Road, Anacortes, WA 98221-9081B, U.S.A
Crustacea Decapoda Anomura Paguroidea Paguridae Pagurus new species North Pacific

Abstract

A new intertidal species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus, recently discovered on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, is described and illustrated. This species, Pagurus holmi n. sp., is compared and contrasted to other regional shallowwater species.

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