Species Pagurixus boninensis (Melin, 1939)
- Eupagurus (Pagurixus) boninensis Melin, G. 1939. Paguriden und Galatheiden von Prof. Dr. Sixten Bocks Expedition nach den Bonin-Inseln 1914. Svenska Vetenskaps Academien nya Handlingar 18(2): 1-119 [38 figs 16-19].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Bonin Is.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Marshall, Ogasawara and Maldive Islands).
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, sand bottom, shallow subtidal.
General References
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [81] (according to Patsy McLaughlin (pers. comm.) the Australian record of this species by Morgan (1993) is a misidentification, but its true identity has not yet been determined)
Morgan, G.J. 1993. Three new species of Pagurixus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Paguridae) from Western Australia, with notes on other Australian species. pp. 163-181 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.E., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 1 634 pp. [169]
History of changes
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