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Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-24
Page range: 579–585
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A new species of Solitariopagurus from the Red Sea with notes on S. profundus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae)

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a. M., Germany.
Solitariopagurus new species Red Sea

Abstract

A new species of Solitariopagurus, S. cauticolus, from the Red Sea is described. This is the second species of the genus associated with coral reefs, and the fifth known for the genus. New material of S. profundus from the central deep Red Sea is listed. The bivalve shell carrying is confirmed also for this deep sea species.