Species Micropagurus polynesiensis (Nobili, 1906)
- Anapagurus polynesiensis Nobili, G. 1906. Diagnoses préliminaires de Crustacés Décapodes et Isopodes nouveaux recueillis par M. le Dr. G. Seurat aux îles Touamotou. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 12(5): 256-270 [260].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Rikitea [French Polynesia]. - Micropagurus vexatus Haig, J. & Ball, E.E. 1988. Hermit crabs from north Australian and eastern Indonesian waters (Crustacea Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) collected during the 1975 Alpha Helix Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 40(3): 151-196 [181 figs 11, 12].
Type data:
Holotype NIOJ A.003 ♂, Saparua, Naira, off town of Bandanaira, Indonesia.
Paratype(s) AHF 755; NIOJ A.002; NIOJ A.013.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Komai, T., Rahayu, D.L. & Fujita, Y. 2021. Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean Territory of Australia, with descriptions of three new species and reappraisal of the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69: 378–402
Generic Combinations
- Micropagurus polynesiensis (Nobili, 1906). —
Haig, J. & Ball, E.E. 1988. Hermit crabs from north Australian and eastern Indonesian waters (Crustacea Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) collected during the 1975 Alpha Helix Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 40(3): 151-196 [184]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Loyalty Islands, and New Caledonia; shallow subtidal to 55 m (Asakura, 2005). Morgan (1992) recorded this species from Cocos (Keeling) Islands (as M. vexatus) and Davie (2002) included Christmas Island in the distribution of the species (as M. vexatus).
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)
Distribution References
- Komai, T., Rahayu, D.L. & Fujita, Y. 2021. Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean Territory of Australia, with descriptions of three new species and reappraisal of the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69: 378–402 [391]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772 | 17-Jan-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Gary Poore |
| DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 05-May-2022 | ADDED |