Clibanarius virescens Cassidy & McLaughlin 1997
Creators: name: Malay, Maria Celia (Machel) D.
name: Rahayu, Dwi Listyo
name: Chan, Tin-Yam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Diogenidae
Clibanarius
Clibanarius virescens

description: Clibanarius virescens (Krauss, 1843)
(Fig. 3F)
Pagurus virescens Krauss, 1843: 56, Fig. 3, pl. 4 (South Africa, type locality).
Clibanarius virescens – Fize & Serène, 1955: 138–145, Fig. 21; Miyake, 1956: 315–318, Figs. 8–9; Haig & Ball, 1988: 163–164; Morgan, 1988: 317–318, Fig. 1; Gherardi & McLaughlin, 1994: 636; Cassidy & McLaughlin, 1997: 87–89, Fig. 5; McLaughlin et al., 2007: 126–128, 3 unlabelled figures.
Clibanarius philippinensis Yap-Chiongco, in Estampador, 1937: 501–502 (Manila Bay and Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, type localities); Estampador, 1959: 49–50.
Material examined. 1 male SL 6.0 mm (ZRC), stn M1, Alona Beach, Panglao I., 9°32.9′N, 123°46.6′E, 0–1 m, v.2004 to vii.2004; 1 male SL 4.8 mm (ZRC), stn M1, Alona Beach, Panglao I., 9°32.9′N, 123°46.6′E, 0–1 m, v.2004 to vii.2004; 1 male SL 2.3 mm (ZRC), stn M10, Bingag / Tabalong, Panglao I., 9°37.8′N, 123°48.4′E, 0–3 m, 5.vi.2004; 2 males SL 4.2–5.3 mm (ZRC), stn M2, west end of Alona Beach, Panglao I., 9°32.8′N, 123°45.9′E, 0–2 m, 30.v.2004; 5 ovig. females SL 2.7–3.9 mm, 1 female SL 2.1 mm, 6 males SL 3.0– 4.3 mm (ZRC), stn M2, west end of Alona Beach, Panglao I., 9°32.8′N, 123°45.9′E, 0–2 m, 30.v.2004; 1 male SL 3.6 mm (ZRC), stn M7, Momo Beach, Panglao I., 9°36.1′N, 123°45.2′E, 0–3 m, 1.vi.2004; 1 male SL 4.1 mm (ZRC), stn M8, Doljo, north coast, Panglao I., 9°35.4′N, 123°44.3′E, 0–1 m, 2.vi.2004; 2 ovig. females SL 2.9–3.2 mm, 2 females SL 2.7 mm, 3 males 3.2–5.9 mm, 1 indiv. in shell (ZRC), stn M11, Sungcolan Bay, Panglao I., 9°38.3′N, 123°49.6′E, 0–3 m, 6.vi.2004; 1 ovig. female SL 3.2 mm, 1 female SL 3.6 mm (ZRC), stn M15, Baclayon, Bohol I., 9°37.2′N, 123°55.4′E, 0–1 m, 9.vi.2004; 1 female SL 1.9 mm, 1 male SL 2.2 mm, 1 indiv. in shell (ZRC), stn M18, Gak-Ang Islet, off Panglao I., 9°33.0′N, 123°45.5′E, 0–1 m,10 & 12.vi.2004; 1 ovig. female SL 1.9 mm, 2 females SL 2.1–4.0 mm, 13 males SL 2.0– 4.6 mm (ZRC), stn M19, Pamilacan I., 9°30.0′N, 123°55.3′E, 0–2 m, 11.vi.2004; 2 males SL 5.3–6.0 mm (ZRC), stn M22, Napaling, Panglao I., 9°37.2′N, 123°46.4′E, 0–3 m, 15.vi.2004; 2 females SL 2.0– 2.4 mm (ZRC), stn M24, Manga, Panglao I., 9°42.1′N, 123°51.3′E, 0–1 m, 17.vi.2004; 1 female SL 2.1 mm, 2 males SL 2.1–2.4 mm (ZRC), stn M25, Danao, Panglao I., 9°33.1′N, 123°44.6′E, 0–1 m, 17.vi.2004; 2 females SL 2.4–2.8 mm, 1 male SL 3.9 mm (ZRC), stn M51, Mayacabac, Panglao I., 9°36.8′N, 123°52.2′E, 0 m, 30.vi.2004; 3 ovig. females SL 3.4–3.5 mm, 1 female SL 2.9 mm, 1 male SL 3.0 mm (ZRC), stn R24, Bingag, Panglao I., 9°37.5′N, 123°46.8′E, 0–2 m, 6.vi.2004; 2 males SL 3.7–4.5 mm (ZRC), stn R53, Sungcolan Bay, Panglao I., 9°38.4′N, 123°49.7′E, 3–5 m, 20.vi.2004; 1 male SL 3.9 mm (ZRC), stn R76, lagoon, 9°N, 123°E, 5.vii.2004; 2 males 4.1–6.6 mm, 5 indivs. in shell (ZRC), Alona Beach, Panglao I., no other info.
Habitat. Intertidal, reef flats, seagrass beds, and mangrove areas, on rocky, sandy, mud-sand and coralline substrates.
Remarks. Clibanarius philippinensis, described from the Philippines by Yap-Chiongco (in Estampador, 1937), was tentatively synonymised with Cl. virescens by Haig & Ball (1988) due to similarities in morphology and colouration. Type material of Cl. philippinensis was destroyed during World War II (Estampador, 1959) thus a comparison of specimens is not possible. Clibanarius virescens is very abundant in the intertidal zone.
description: Published as part of Malay, Maria Celia (Machel) D., Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2018, Hermit crabs of the genera Calcinus Dana, Clibanarius Dana, and Dardanus Paul'son from the PANGLAO 2004 Expedition, with description of a new species and a checklist of the hermit crabs of the Philippines (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea), pp. 23-65 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66 on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4503028