Pagurus retrorsimanus (Crustacea : Decapoda : Paguridae), a new and distinctive hermit crab from the eastern Pacific Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Pagurus retrorsimanns, a new and distinctive hermit crab species from the eastern Pacific of the genus Pagurus Fabricius, is described and illustrated. It is immediately distinguished from other representatives of the genus in the region by its extremely massive right cheliped.

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

author list (cited authors)

  • Wicksten, M. K., & McLaughlin, P. A.

complete list of authors

  • Wicksten, MK||McLaughlin, PA

publication date

  • December 1998