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Issue: Vol. 1520 No. 1: 5 Jul. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1520.1.4
Page range: 51–56
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Goreopagurus McLaughlin, 1988 (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from Brazil, with description of a new species

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga – São Paulo. CEP 04263–000, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga – São Paulo. CEP 04263–000, Brazil
Crustacea Goreopagurus Paguroidea new species Brazil

Abstract

The genus Goreopagurus McLaughlin, 1988 was erected for Pagurus piercei Wass, the description of which was based on a single male. Prior to the present study Goreopagurus was represented by three species: G. piercei (Wass, 1963); G. garthi McLaughlin & Haig, 1995; and G. poorei Lemaitre & McLaughlin, 2003. Herein we record the first occurrence of the genus Goreopagurus from Brazil, and add the fourth species to the genus.

References

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    McLaughlin, P.A. (1988) The rediscovery of Ceratopagurus Yokoya and a new genus for Pagurus piercei Wass (Decapoda, Paguroidea, Paguridae). Crustaceana, 55, 257–267.

    McLaughlin, P.A. & Haig, J. (1995) A new species of Goreopagurus McLaughlin (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Pacific, and a comparison with its Atlantic counterpart. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108(1), 68–75.

    Wass, M.L. (1963) New species of hermit crabs (Decapoda, Paguridae) from the western Atlantic. Crustaceana, 6(2), 133–157.