WoRMS taxon details
original description
Lemaitre, R.; Rahayu, D. L.; Komai, T. (2018). A revision of “blanket-hermit crabs” of the genus <em>Paguropsis</em> Henderson, 1888, with the description of a new genus and five new species (Crustacea, Anomura, Diogenidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em>752: 17-97., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.752.23712 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNHN 50015, geounit Bohol Sea [details]
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Etymology The specific name is derived from the Latin feminine singular of confuso, meaning confusion or disorder, and in reference to the state of morphological confusion that had prevented the unmasking of this and other new species under the name P. typica. [details]
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confusing blanket hermit crab |
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