Komai, T.; Reshmi, R.; Kumar, A. N. B. (2012). A new species of the hermit crab genus Ciliopagurus Forest (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southern India. Zootaxa. 3266, 53-61.

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Komai, T.; Reshmi, R.; Kumar, A. N. B.

2012

3266, 53-61

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The diogenid hermit crab genus Ciliopagurus Forest, 1995 is currently represented by 18 recent species, 17 species from the Indo-West Pacific and one species from the eastern Atlantic. In this paper, we describe a new species, Ciliopagurus grandis, from off Kerala State, southern India. This new species is compared with six congeneric species, C. albatrossi Forest, 1995, C. caparti (Forest, 1952), C. krempfi (Forest, 1952), C. liui Forest, 1995, C. macrolepis Forest, 1995, and C. shebae (Lewinsohn, 1969). It is characteristic in having weakly armed antennal acicles. Key words: Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae, Ciliopagurus, new species, Kerala, India

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