title: A new species of the hermit crab genus Paguristes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southwestern India.
abstract: A new species of the hermit crab genus Paguristes Dana, 1851 (Diogenidae), P. luculentus, is described and illustrated on the basis of three male specimens collected from off the Kerala State, southwestern India. It belongs to the species group characterized by the posterior lobes of the telson unarmed on the terminal margins, but the characteristic armature of the chelae and carpi of the chelipeds, consisting of a covering of numerous small corneous-tipped spines, and the presence of numerous small corneous-tipped or corneous spines on the mesial faces of the dactyli of the second pereopods immediately distinguish the new species from other congeneric species. The new species represents the ninth of the genus known from Indian waters.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682 Japan.; Email: komai@chiba-muse.or.jp.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komai
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682 Japan.; Email: resmirema@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reshmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India.; Email: bijupuzhayoram@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Appukuttannair Biju
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033364:Decapoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity