Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan

Hermit crabs fauna of the family Diogenidae in the Kume Island, south Japan, were found to consist of 49 species, of which 47 species were collected during the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition. Of the 49 species collected, 20 species, Calcinusseurati Forest, 1951: Ciliopagurus krempfi (Forest, 1952), Clibanarius corallinus H. Milne Edwards, 1848: Clibanarius englaucus Ball & Haig, 1972: Clibanarius rhabdodactylus Forest, 1953: Clibanarius striolatus Dana, 1852: Dardanus brachyops Forest, 1962: Dardanus robustus Asakura, 2006: Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848): Dardanus woodmasoni Alcock, 1905: Diogenes holthuisi Asakura & Tachikawa, 2010: Diogenes leptocerus Forest, 1956: Diogenes pallescens Whitelegge, 1897: Paguristes macrops Rahayu & Forest, 2009; Paguristes ocellus Komai, 2010: Pseudopaguristes bicolour Asakura & Kosuge, 2004; Pseudopaguristes bollandi Asakura & McLaughlin, 2003; Pseudopaguristesjanetkae McLaughlin, 2002: Pseudopaguristes laurentae (Morgan & Forest, 1991): and Pseudopaguristes monoporus (Morgan, 1987), are recorded for the first time from Kume Island. Six species, Dardanus brachyops, Diogenes holthuisi,Diogenes leptocerus, Diogenes pallescens, Paguristes macrops, and Pseudopaguristes laurentae, are discussed in detail. Zootaxa, 2012. No. 3367. P: 176-190 ISSN: 1175-5326