THE HERMIT CRABS (DECAPODA ANOMURA DIOGENIDAE, PAGURIDAE) OF SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Abstract: Fifteen species of diogenid and two species of pagurid hermit crabs are recorded from the intertidal and subtidal marine habitats of southern and southwestern Western Australia. A key to their identification is provided. Live coloration of several species is described for the first time. Two new species, Calcinus dapsiles and Diogenes lophochir, are described and figured. C. dapsiles is the most common hermit crab of this region.

Author(s) MORGAN, GARY J. : Part 3
Page Number
319