A revision of the hermit crabs of the genera Catapagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Hemipagurus Smith from the Indo-West Pacific (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura : Paguridae)

Abstract

A systematic review of the genus Catapagurus A.Milne-Edwards, 1880 from the Indo-West Pacific is presented. The genusCatapagurus is rediagnosed and its type species,C. sharreri A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 is redescribed.Icelopagurus tuberculosus Asakura, 1999 is transferredto Catapagurus. The genusHemipagurus Smith, 1881a isreinstated and rediagnosed, and its type speciesH. gracilis Smith, 1881b isredescribed. Seven species previously assigned toCatapagurus, i.e. C. alcockiMcLaughlin, 1998, C. granulatus Edmondson, 1951,C. ensifer Henderson 1893,C. tanimbarensis McLaughlin, 1997,C. holthuisi McLaughlin, 1997,C. oculocrassus McLaughlin, 1997 andC. japonicus Yokoya, 1933, are transferred toHemipagurus. Eight new species ofHemipagurus are described from the Indo-West Pacific:H. haigae; H. kosugei;H. lewinsohni; H. maclaughlinae;H. albatrossae; H. hirayamai;H. imperialis; and H. toyoshioae.Catapagurus doederleini Doflein, 1902 is transferred toParapagurodes McLaughlin & Haig, 1973.