PAGURUS RETRORSIMANUS (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, PAGURIDAE), A NEW AND DISTINCTIVE HERMIT-CRAB FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC

Authors
WICKSTEN MK MCLAUGHLIN PA
Citation
Mk. Wicksten et Pa. Mclaughlin, PAGURUS RETRORSIMANUS (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, PAGURIDAE), A NEW AND DISTINCTIVE HERMIT-CRAB FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 111(1), 1998, pp. 153-157
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
111
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
153 - 157
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1998)111:1<153:PR(DPA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Pagurus retrorsimanus, a new and distinctive hermit crab species from the eastern Pacific of the genus Pagurus Fabricius, is described and i llustrated. It is immediately distinguished from other representatives of the genus in the region by its extremely massive right cheliped.