Pagurus confusus Komai &amp; Yu 1999
Creators: name: Komai, Tomoyuki
name: Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Paguridae
Pagurus
Pagurus confusus

description: <i>Pagurus confusus</i> Komai &amp; Yu, 1999 <b>Restricted synonymy.</b> <i>Eupagurus obtusifrons</i> – Yokoya, 1933: 85 (in part). Not <i>Eupagurus obtusifrons</i> Ortmann, 1892. <i>Pagurus obtusifrons</i> – Miyake, 1978: 106, pl. 2, fig. 4; 1982: 128, pl. 43, fig. 5; Baba et al., 1986: 203, 204, fig. 151. Not <i>Pagurus obtusifrons</i> (Ortmann, 1892). <i>Pagurus confusus</i> Komai &amp; Yu, 1999: 197, figs. 6–9 [type locality: Tosa Bay, Japan, 140–150 m]; McLaughlin et al., 2007: 280, unnumbered figs.; 2010: 33 (list). <b>Material examined.</b> 1 male (sl 5.7 mm) (ZRC 2013.0646), Balicasag Island, coll. local fishermen, November 2003 to April 2004, tangle nets; 1 male (sl 10.8 mm), 1 female (sl 8.2 mm), 1 ovigerous female (sl 9.1 mm) (ZRC 2013.0649), Maribohoc Bay, Panglao, 100–300 m, coll. local fishermen, between November 2003 and April 2004, tangle nets; 1 male (sl 5.7 mm) (ZRC 2013.0648), PANGLAO 2004, PN1, Balicasag Island, coll. local fisherman, 28 May 2004; 1 male (sl 4.9 mm) (ZRC 2013.0647), stn T5, W of Baclayon, Bohol Island, 09°35.3'N, 123°52.2'E, 84–87 m, coarse muddy sand, 2 June 2004. <b>Distribution.</b> Previously known from southern Japan and Taiwan, at depths of 90– 262 m. Its range is now extended southward to the Philippines, at depths of 84– 300 m. <b>Remarks.</b> The present specimens agree well with the published accounts of <i>P. confusus</i> (cf. Komai &amp; Yu, 1999; McLaughlin et al., 2007).
description: Published as part of <i>Komai, Tomoyuki &amp; Rahayu, Dwi Listyo, 2014, New records and new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Philippines, pp. 620-646 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62</i> on page 621, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5355008
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