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Issue: Vol. 5837 No. 2: 23 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5837.2.8
Page range: 356-364
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 7

New species of hermit crab of the genus Paguristes (Decapoda: Paguroidea: Diogenidae) from Pacific Costa Rica, Central America

Departamento de Ecología; CUCBA-Universidad de Guadalajara; Carretera a Nogales km. 15.5; Las Agujas Nextipac; Zapopan; Jalisco; C.P. 45110; México.
Escuela de Biología; Universidad de Costa Rica; 11501-2060 San José; Costa Rica; Unidad de Investigación Pesquera y Acuicultura (UNIP) of the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Marinas y Limnología (CIMAR); Universidad de Costa Rica; 11501-2060 San José; Costa Rica; Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET); Universidad de Costa Rica; 11501-2060 San José; Costa Rica; Editorial Universitaria; Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; 18 Avenida 11-95; Zona 15; 01015 Ciudad de Guatemala; Guatemala.
Crustacea Anomura Eastern Tropical Pacific dichotomous key

Abstract

A new hermit crab species, Paguristes costaricaensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated in detail. This is the sixteenth species of Paguristes reported from the Eastern Pacific and the fourth species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Paguristes costaricaensis sp. nov. has major morphological similarities with P. fecundus Faxon, 1893, but they can be distinguished easily by the absence of spines on the dorsal margin of the propodus and carpus of pereopod 4 in P. costaricaensis sp. nov. and armed with three and three spines, respectively, in P. fecundus. A revised key to the 16 presently known species of Paguristes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific is provided.

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How to Cite

Ayón-Parente, M. & Wehrtmann, I.S. (2026) New species of hermit crab of the genus Paguristes (Decapoda: Paguroidea: Diogenidae) from Pacific Costa Rica, Central America. Zootaxa, 5837 (2), 356–364. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5837.2.8