Identity of Pagurus obtusifrons, with description of a new species of Pagurus (Decapoda : Anomura : Paguridae)

A review of the taxon heretofore known as Pagurus ol obtusifrons (Ortmann, 1892) has shown that it is conspecific with Pagurus yokoyai Makarov, 1938, which has recently been transferred to the genus Propagurus McLaughlin and de Saint Laurent, 1998. Thus, the name Propagurus obtusifrons should be use d for the species that has been called as Pagurus yokoyai. The species to w hich the name Pagurus obtusifrons has been applied represents a new species , here described as Pagurus confusus. These two species are described and i llustrated in detail. The new species is also compared with P. arcuatus Squ ires, 1964, and P. parvispina Komai, 1997.