This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lemaitre, R. (2003): A new genus and species of hermit crab (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from Taiwan. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60 (1): 105-110, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.15, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of…

Abstract Lemaitre, R. 2003. A new genus and species of hermit crab (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from Taiwan. In: Lemaitre, R., and Tudge, C.C. (eds), Biology of the Anomura. Proceedings of a symposium at the Fifth International Crustacean Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 9–13 July 2001. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60(1): 105–110.

A new monotypic hermit crab genus, Chanopagurus (Paguridae), is described for a new species, C. atopos, based on an ovigerous female specimen collected in deep water (880 m) off the coast of Taiwan. The single specimen is unique in having: 13 pairs of quadriserial gills which include two reduced but functional pleurobranchs on the fifth and sixth thoracic somites; ocular peduncles concave mesially; reduced, unpigmented corneas located lateroventrally; ocular acicles each armed with very small spine; unpaired left gonopore; and paired first pleopods. The new species shares with Propagurus McLaughlin and de Saint Laurent, the presence of reduced pleurobranchs on the fifth and sixth thoracic somites. The superficial resemblance of C. atopos with species of Tomopaguropsis Alcock, in having subequal chelipeds, and long, dense setae on the antennae, chelipeds and second and third pereopods, is considered homoplasy.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/11ea87d2-71b5-481e-9310-e901f12b837a
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/C939CC3BD16BFFE9FFBB1F1809003E50
Citation: Lemaitre R, felipe (2003). A new genus and species of hermit crab (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from Taiwan. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tzn9mu accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.