Pagurus
{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pagurus armatus.jpg
| image_caption = Black-eyed hermit crab, Pagurus armatus
| taxon = Pagurus
| authority = Fabricius, 1775 {{cite book |author=Johan Christian Fabricius |year=1775 |url=https://archive.org/download/systemaentomolog00fabr |title=Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Sysnonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus |language=Latin |location=Flensburg & Leipzig |publisher=Officina Libraria Kortii |pages=1–832|author-link=Johan Christian Fabricius }}
| type_species = Cancer bernhardus
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 {{cite journal |author=Patsy A. McLaughlin |author2=Tomoyuki Komai |author3=Rafael Lemaitre |author4=Dwi Listyo Rahayu |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |editor1=Martyn E. Y. Low |editor2=S. H. Tan |title=Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea |journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |volume=Suppl. 23 |pages=5–107 |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s23/s23rbz005-107.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302185247/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s23/s23rbz005-107.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-02}}
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Pagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is not calcified and they use snail shells as protection. These marine decapod crustaceans are omnivorous, but mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion. Trigonocheirus and Pagurixus used to be considered subgenera of Pagurus, but the former is nowadays included in Orthopagurus, while the latter has been separated as a distinct genus.
Species
Some 170 species are presently placed in Pagurus; many others have been placed here at one time but are now assigned to other genera of Paguroidea. The following list is current {{as of|June 2012|lc=y}}:{{cite web |author=Michael Türkay |year=2010 |title=Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 |editor=Patsy McLaughlin |work=World Paguroidea database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106854 |access-date=June 25, 2012}}
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{{Linked species list
| Pagurus acadianus | Benedict, 1901
| Pagurus alabamensis | Rathbun, 1935 †
| Pagurus alaini | Komai, 1998
| Pagurus alatus | Fabricius, 1775
| Pagurus albidianthus | de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000
| Pagurus albus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus alcocki | (Balss, 1911)
| Pagurus aleuticus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus anachoretoides | Forest, 1966
| Pagurus anachoretus | Risso, 1827
| Pagurus angustus | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus annexus | McLaughlin & Haig, 1993
| Pagurus annulipes | (Stimpson, 1860)
| Pagurus arcuatus | Squires, 1964
| Pagurus arenisaxatilis | Harvey & McLaughlin, 1991
| Pagurus armatus | (Dana, 1851)
| Pagurus benedicti | (Bouvier, 1892)
| Pagurus beringanus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus bernhardus | (Linnaeus, 1758)
| Pagurus boriaustraliensis | Morgan, 1990
| Pagurus bouvieri | (Faxon, 1895)
| Pagurus brachiomastus | (Thallwitz, 1892)
| Pagurus brandti | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus brevidactylus | (Stimpson, 1859)
| Pagurus brucei | (Rathbun, 1926) †
| Pagurus bullisi | Wass, 1963
| Pagurus capillatus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus capsularis | McLaughlin, 1997
| Pagurus carneus | (Pocock, 1889)
| Pagurus carolinensis | McLaughlin, 1975
| Pagurus carpoforminatus | (Alcock, 1905)
| Pagurus caurinus | Hart, 1971
| Pagurus cavicarpus | (Paulson, 1875)
| Pagurus chevreuxi | (Bouvier, 1896)
| Pagurus compressipes | (Mieers, 1884)
| Pagurus comptus | White, 1847
| Pagurus conformis | (De Haan, 1849)
| Pagurus confragosus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus confusus | Komai & Yu, 1999
| Pagurus constans | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus cornutus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus criniticornis | (Dana, 1852)
| Pagurus cuanensis | Bell, 1845
| Pagurus curacaoensis | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus dalli | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus dartevellei | (Forest, 1958)
| Pagurus decimbranchiae | Komai & Osawa, 2001
| Pagurus defensus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus delsolari | Haig, 1974
| Pagurus dissimilis | (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893)
| Pagurus edwardsii | (Dana, 1852)
| Pagurus emmersoni | McLaughlin & Forest, 1999
| Pagurus erythrogrammus | Komai, 2003
| Pagurus excavatus | (Herbst, 1791)
| Pagurus exiguus | (Melin, 1939)
| Pagurus exilis | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus filholi | (De Man, 1887)
| Pagurus fimbriatus | Forest, 1966
| Pagurus forbesii | Bell, 1845
| Pagurus forceps | H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
| Pagurus fungiformis | Komai & Rahayu, 2004
| Pagurus gladius | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus gordonae | (Forest, 1956)
| Pagurus gracilipes | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus granosimanus | (Stimpson, 1859)
| Pagurus gymnodactylus | Lemaitre, 1982
| Pagurus hartae | (McLaughlin & Jensen, 1996)
| Pagurus heblingi | Nucci & Melo, 2003
| Pagurus hedleyi | (Grant & McCulloch, 1906)
| Pagurus hemphilli | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus hirsutiusculus | (Dana, 1851)
| Pagurus holmi | Ng & McLaughlin, 2009
| Pagurus ikedai | Lemaitre & Watabe, 2005
| Pagurus imafukui | McLaughlin & Konishi, 1994
| Pagurus imaii | (Yokoya, 1939)
| Pagurus imarpe | Haig, 1974
| Pagurus impressus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus indicus | Sarojini & Nagabhushanam, 1972
| Pagurus insulae | Asakura, 1991
| Pagurus investigatoris | (Alcock, 1905)
| Pagurus iridocarpus | de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000
| Pagurus irregularis | (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892)
| Pagurus japonicus | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus kaiensis | McLaughlin, 1997
| Pagurus kennerlyi | (Stimpson, 1854)
| Pagurus kulkarnii | Sankolli, 1962
| Pagurus lanuginosus | De Haan, 1849
| Pagurus laurentae | Forest, 1978
| Pagurus lepidus | (Bouvier, 1898)
| Pagurus leptonyx | Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1968
| Pagurus limatulus | Fausto Filho, 1970
| Pagurus liochele | (Barnard, 1947)
| Pagurus longicarpus | Say, 1817
| Pagurus longimanus | Wass, 1963
| Pagurus lophochela | Komai, 1999
| Pagurus luticola | Komai & Chan, 2006
| Pagurus macardlei | (Alcock, 1905)
| Pagurus maclaughlinae | Garcia-Gomez, 1982
| Pagurus maculosus | Komai & Imafuku, 1996
| Pagurus malloryi | Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2001 †
| Pagurus marshi | Benedict, 1901
| Pagurus mbizi | (Forest, 1955)
| Pagurus meloi | Lemaitre & Cruz Castano, 2004
| Pagurus mertensii | Brandt, 1851
| Pagurus middendorffii | Brandt, 1851
| Pagurus minutus | Hess, 1865
| Pagurus moluccensis | Haig & Ball, 1988
| Pagurus nanodes | Haig & Harvey, 1991
| Pagurus nesiotes | Haig & McLaughlin, 1991
| Pagurus nigrivittatus | Komai, 2003
| Pagurus nigrofascia | Komai, 1996
| Pagurus nipponensis | (Yokoya, 1933)
| Pagurus nisari | Siddiqui & Komai, 2008
| Pagurus novizealandiae | (Dana, 1852)
| Pagurus ochotensis | Brandt, 1851
| Pagurus parvispina | Komai, 1997
| Pagurus parvus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus pectinatus | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus pergranulatus | (Henderson, 1896)
| Pagurus perlatus | H. Milne-Edwards, 1848
| Pagurus pilosipes | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus pilsbryi | Roberts, 1962 †
| Pagurus pitagsaleei | McLaughlin, 2002
| Pagurus politus | (Smith, 1882)
| Pagurus pollicaris | Say, 1817
| Pagurus prideaux | Leach, 1815
| Pagurus protuberocarpus | McLaughlin, 1982
| Pagurus provenzanoi | Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1968
| Pagurus proximus | Komai, 2000
| Pagurus pubescens | Krøyer, 1838
| Pagurus pubescentulus | (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892)
| Pagurus pulchellus | (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892)
| Pagurus pycnacanthus | (Forest, 1955)
| Pagurus quaylei | Hart, 1971
| Pagurus quinquelineatus | Komai, 2003
| Pagurus rathbuni | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus redondoensis | Wicksten, 1982
| Pagurus retrorsimanus | Wicksten & McLaughlin, 1998
| Pagurus rhabdotus | Haig & Harvey, 1991
| Pagurus rotundimanus | Wass, 1963
| Pagurus ruber | (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892)
| Pagurus rubrior | Komai, 2003
| Pagurus samoensis | (Ortmann, 1892)
| Pagurus samuelis | (Stimpson, 1857)
| Pagurus setosus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus similimanus | (Balss, 1921)
| Pagurus similis | (Ortmann, 1892)
| Pagurus simulans | Komai, 2000
| Pagurus sinuatus | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus smithi | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus souriei | (Forest, 1952)
| Pagurus spighti | McLaughlin & Haig, 1993
| Pagurus spilocarpus | Haig, 1977
| Pagurus spina | Komai, 1994
| Pagurus spinulentus | (Henderson, 1888)
| Pagurus stevensae | Hart, 1971
| Pagurus sticticus | McLaughlin, 2008
| Pagurus stimpsoni | (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893)
| Pagurus tanneri | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus tenuilineatus | (Rahayu, 2022)
| Pagurus townsendi | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus traversi | (Filhol, 1885)
| Pagurus triangularis | (Chevreux & Bouvier, 1892)
| Pagurus trichocerus | Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1968
| Pagurus trigonocheirus | (Stimpson, 1858)
| Pagurus tristanensis | (Henderson, 1888)
| Pagurus tuberculosus | Harvey, 1998 †
| Pagurus undosus | (Benedict, 1892)
| Pagurus venturensis | Coffin, 1957
| Pagurus vetaultae | Harvey & McLaughlin, 1991
| Pagurus villosus | Nicolet, 1849
| Pagurus virgulatus | Haig & Harvey, 1991
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The following are all nomina nuda. They have never been validly described as new species, but only mentioned under these names:
- Pagurus bunomanus Glassell, 1937
- Pagurus crenatus Hope, 1851
- Pagurus cuanensis Thompson, 1844
- Pagurus cultratus White, 1847
- Pagurus hirtimanus White, 1847
- Pagurus hyndmani Thompson, 1844
- Pagurus laevis Thompson, 1844
- Pagurus ulidiae Thompson, 1843
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