A new species of the pagurid hermit crab genus Lophopagurus McLaughlin, 1981 (Crustacea:Decapoda: Anomura) from French Polynesia and additional records of L. indonesiensis McLaughlin, 1997 from the Philippines Anomura

Two species of the pagurid hermit crab genus Lophopagurus McLaughlin, 1981 are reported herein. Lophopagurus (Lophopagurus)minimus n. sp., described on the basis of two females from Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, appearsclosest to L. (L.) nanus (Henderson, 1888), but is easily distinguished from the latter by the different shape of the ocularpeduncles and the less developed armature of the right cheliped. A single female from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines, isidentified with L. (Australeremus) indonesiensis McLaughlin, 1997, a species for which possible synonymy with L. (A.)triserratus has been suggested. The newly collected specimen confirms the validity of the species and represents its second record since its description. Zootaxa, Vol. 3691 No. 2 2013. P: 240-252