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Komai, T.; Rahayu, D. L. (2013). The hermit crab genus Catapaguroides A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Bohol Sea,Philippines, with descriptions of eight new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 61(1): 143-188.

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Komai, T.; Rahayu, D. L.

2013

61(1): 143-188

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ABSTRACT. –– Ten species of the pagurid genus Catapaguroides A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892, including eight new to science, are reported from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines, collected by the PANGLAO 2004 Marine Biodiversity Project: C. brevidactylus, new species; C. conicus, new species; C. crassimanus, new species; C. cristimanus de Saint Laurent, 1968; C. hirsutus, new species; C. karubar McLaughlin, 1997; C. levigatus, new species; C. pusillus, new species; C. tenuiclavus, new species; and C. tuber, new species.The sample is rather small, but specimens came from diverse habitats, including coral reefs, underwater caves, and lower sublittoral soft bottoms. This study is the fi rst report of the genus from the Philippines. Affi nities of the eight new species are discussed. Supplemental descriptions and illustrations are also given for C.

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