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Issue: Vol. 4555 No. 3: 14 Feb. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.6
Page range: 372–384
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Redescription of the little known hermit crab, Clibanarius clibanarius (Herbst, 1791) (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae), based on material from southern India and type material

Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682 Japan.
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581 Kerala, India. 3Department of Zoology, Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695004, India.
Marine Bio-industry, Research Center for Oceanography—Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Dusun Teluk Kodek, Pemenang 83756, Lombok Utara, NTB, Indonesia.
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581 Kerala, India.
Crustacea Clibanarius infraspinatus Kerala specific identity

Abstract

A little known littoral hermit crab, Clibanarius clibanarius (Herbst, 1791), is redescribed on the basis of material from southern India, supplemented by the photographs of the type material. The species appears closest to C. infraspinatus Hilgendorf, 1869, but the absence of a prominent ventral spine or protuberance on the cheliped meri immediately distinguishes C. clibanarius from C. infraspinatus. Although the species has been reported from wide areas in the Indo-West Pacific, records outside of India still needs to be verified.

 

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