Pagurus
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- genus
- Pagurus
Pagurus
Key to species of genus Pagurus from Brazil
1. Length of ocular peduncle (including corneae) less than 3 times diameter of cornea................................. 2
- Length of ocular peduncle (including corneae) equal to or longer than 3 times diameter of cornea......... 5
2. Ultimate segment of antennular peduncles as long as ocular peduncles (including corneae)..... P. heblingi
- Ultimate segment of antennular peduncles shorter than ocular peduncles (including corneae).................. 3
3. Carpus of right cheliped with strong oblique carina................................................................... P. limatulus
- Carpus of right cheliped without oblique carina..........................................................................................4
4. Right cheliped with carpus covered by denticles..................................................................... P. longimanus
- Right cheliped with carpus covered by conical or rounded tubercles............................................... P. exilis
5. Ocular acicles with 1 spine..................................................................................................... P. criniticornis
- Ocular acicles with more than 1 spine......................................................................................................... 6
6. Antennal peduncles overreaching ocular peduncles. Antennal flagellum with long setae........... P. leptonyx
- Antennal peduncles equal to or shorter than ocular peduncles. Antennal flagellum with short setae......... 7
7. Chelipeds covered by short, dense setae................................................................................. P. provenzanoi
- Chelipeds covered by long, scattered setae.......................................................................... P. brevidactylus
Name
- Homonyms
- Pagurus Fabricius, 1775
- Pagurus
- Common names
- hermit crabs in language.
Bibliographic References
- Berthold, A.A. (1827). Latreille's Naturliche Familien des Thierreichs, Aus dem Französischen mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar. x+606 pp.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 472 Addition to the Ojficial List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic name Pagurus Fabricius, 1775, with Cancer bernhardus Linnaeus, 1758, as type species (class Crustacea, order Decapoda).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16(13), 213-276 (1957)
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].