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A new species of hermit crab of the genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from the southern Caribbean off Venezuela. 2016

Daniel José Marcondes Lima, and Rafael Lemaitre

Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Distrito de Rubião Junior, s/n, CEP: 18618-970, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil; Email: danieljmlima@gmail.com.

A male specimen of a new species of the heterogeneous genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775, collected in 1968 off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, was discovered among the vast crustacean collections of the Smithsonian Institution. This new species herein described and illustrated is named P. scopaopsis, and is characterized primarily by the presence of: a brush-like setation pattern on the dactyl of the left third pereopod, dense small tubercles on the dorsal surfaces of the dactyl and fixed finger of the right chela, and a raised longitudinal ridge armed with spines on the palm and fixed finger of the left chela.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013045	Species Specificity	The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species.	Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species
D014687	Venezuela	A country in northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, located between Colombia and Guyana.
D017691	Caribbean Region	The area that lies between continental North and South America and comprises the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies, and the adjacent mainland regions of southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.	West Indies Region,Caribbean,Caribbean Sea Region
D033381	Anomura	An infraorder of CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA comprising the hermit crabs and characterized by a small fifth pair of legs.	Hermit Crab,Pagurus,Paralithodes,Hermit Crabs,Anomuras,Crab, Hermit,Crabs, Hermit,Paralithode
D063147	Animal Distribution	A process by which animals in various forms and stages of development are physically distributed through time and space.	Animal Dispersal,Animal Dispersals,Animal Distributions,Dispersal, Animal,Dispersals, Animal,Distribution, Animal,Distributions, Animal