Pagurus imafukui, a New Species of Deep-water Hermit Crab (Crustacea : Anomura : Paguridae), with Notes on its Larvas

Patsy A. Mclaughlin, Kooichi Konishi
1994 Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory  
A new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus was collected from depths of 126 and 300 meters off the Pacific coast of Japan. This is a strongly polymorphic species, which has been found only in shells of scaphopods (Order Dentalioida). Pagurus imafukui new species is described, illustrated and its ~orphological variations discussed. Aspects of early larval morphology of this species are also given.
doi:10.5134/176238 fatcat:syo5g6ywtvh23djx534imcm72a