Illustrated keys to families and genera of the superfamily Paguroidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with diagnoses of genera of Paguridae

Abstract

McLaughlin, P.A. 2003. Illustrated keys to families and genera of the superfamily Paguroidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with diagnoses of genera of

Decapod Crustacea of the continental margin of southwestern and central Western Australia: preliminary identifications of 524 species from FRV Southern Surveyor voyage SS10-2005

“…Although many species have been described the literature is extremely scattered. McLaughlin (2003) has provided keys to families and genera that enabled access to the recent literature. Five families were represented among the 70 species recognised.…”

A new genus and species of hermit crab (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from northwestern Australia

“…Of the 69 genera of the Paguridae reviewed by McLaughlin (2003a), males of 35 genera were characterized as developing of one or a pair of sexual tubes, and at least some species in an additional six genera showed evidence of papillae or very short protuberances of the vas deferens from one or both coxae. Cycetopagurus, gen. nov., is one of 18 genera in which at least some species develop paired sexual tubes, with the right as long as or longer than the left.…”

“…Gill structure is interpreted according to the definition of Lemaitre (2004); the criterion for sexual tube length is that proposed by McLaughlin (2003a). All other terminology for the diagnosis and description follows that of McLaughlin (2003b).…”

A new species of <i>Pagurus</i> (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), new records and a redescription of hermit crabs from the Mexican Pacific

“…We reviewed the type material of Enallopagurus spinica rpus (Glassell, 1938) (Crustacean Collection, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, LACM-CR) and Solenopagurus diomedeae (Faxon, 1893) (Invertebrates Collection, Harvard University, MCZ). We followed McLaughlin (1974) for general terminology, Lemaitre (1989) for type and division of gill lamellae, and McLaughlin (2003) for the use and significance of the term "semichelate". The measurement used is shield length (SL, in mm), from the midpoint of the rostral lobe to the midpoint of the posterior margin of the shield.…”