title: Pagurus Asper H. Milne Edwards, 1848, a subjective synonym of Clibanarius longitarsus (De Haan, 1849) and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae).
abstract: The species-group name Pagurus longitarsus was proposed by De Haan (1849: 211, pl. 50, fig. 3) for a species of hermit crab collected from Japan (see Yamaguchi & Baba 1993: 272, 273). Dana (1852b: 464) transferred Pagurus longitarsus to the genus Clibanarius Dana, 1852 (first established in Dana 1852a). Dana (1852b: 464) also suggested that Pagurus longitarsus De Haan, 1849, and Pagurus asper H. Milne Edwards, 1848, were possibly synonymous by listing "Pagurus asper ? Edwards, Ann. des Sci. Nat., 1848(3), v. [sic] 62" in the synonymy of Pagurus longitarsus De Haan, 1849. Fize & Serène (1955: 72) repeated Dana's (1852b: 464) opinion regarding the synonymy Pagurus longitarsus and Pagurus asper. McLaughlin (2002: 399) and McLaughlin et al. (2010: 20) also considered Pagurus longitarsus De Haan, 1849, and Pagurus asper H. Milne Edwards, 1848, to be possibly conspecific, but considered Clibanarius longitarsus (De Haan, 1849), to be the valid name.
authors.affiliation: Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (formerly the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research), Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore.; Email: m.low@me.com.
authors.forename: Martyn E Y
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Low
authors.affiliation: Marine Bio-Industry Technical Implementation Unit, Mataram, Research Center for Oceanography-Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Teluk Kodek, Pemenang, Lombok Barat, NTB, Indonesia.; Email: dwilistyo@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Dwi Listyo
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Rahayu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033381:Anomura / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D009626:Terminology as Topic