Pachygrapsus transversus, Fig.2, author: El Bouchikhi, Khadija
Birgus latro, author: Collection VLIZ
Young green crab, Carcinus maenas, (L. 1758), author: Julius A. Ellrich
author: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

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Boninpagurus acanthocheles Asakura & Tachikawa, 2004

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Asakura, A.; Tachikawa, H. (2004). <i>Boninpagurus acanthocheles</i>, a new genus and species of hermit crab (Decapoda: Anoomura: Paguridae) from shallow waters of the Ogsawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 24: 157-167. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Boninpagurus acanthocheles Asakura & Tachikawa, 2004. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=364539 on 2025-09-12
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original description Asakura, A.; Tachikawa, H. (2004). <i>Boninpagurus acanthocheles</i>, a new genus and species of hermit crab (Decapoda: Anoomura: Paguridae) from shallow waters of the Ogsawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 24: 157-167. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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