Pagurus hirtimanus Miers, 1880

Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry, 2024, Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae, Calcinidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae) from Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, Nauplius (e 20240507) 32, pp. 1-24 : 18

Pagurus hirtimanus Miers, 1880

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Habitat. Sand, gravel substrate near seagrass bed, reef flat; intertidal to 3 m.

Distribution. Wide distribution in the Indo-West Pacific. Indonesia: Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, and Maluku.

Remarks. The specific characters of this species include: short and stout ocular peduncles, moderately dense setae on chelipeds, second and third pereopods; right cheliped with median row of moderately strong spines on dorsal surface of dactylus, flattened fixed finger, covered with tubercles, palm with strong spines medially, and two rows of spines on dorsal surface of the carpus with some capsulate spines on distal margin. The blue or black median band that separated distal blue and proximal white area of the ocular peduncles, and blue antennular peduncles are also characteristic for this species.

Figures

Figure 9.(A) Pagurus fungiformis Komai and Rahayu, 2004, male, 2.9 mm (MZB Cru 5564). (B) Pagurus hirtimanus Miers, 1880, male, 4.7 mm (MZB Cru 5567). (C) Pagurus moluccensis Haig and Ball, 1988 (photo in preservative),1 male, 1.8 mm (MZB Cru 5569). (D) Pagurixus anceps (Forest, 1954) (photo in preservative), male, 1.3 mm (MZB Cru 5570). (E) Pagurixus haigae Komai and Osawa, 2007 (photo in preservative), male, 2 mm (MZB Cru 5571). (F) Trichopagurus macrochela Komai and Osawa, 2005 (photo in preservative), ovigerous female, 1.8 mm (MZB Cru 5572). Live coloration unless indicated otherwise.