Paguroidea - Anomura - Paguridae - Paguritta

Paguritta corallicola Lewinsohn, 1978

6 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Sasaki (2022 World catalog) - Heron Island, Geat Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 10 m (type locality); Queensland (Great Barrier Reef), Australia, in boreholes in coral; Capricorn Group, Heron Island, Australia, 10 m; Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, 10 m, from coral Astreopora myriophthalma (Lamarck, 1816).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-20 m

New Caledonia data
Paguritta ?corallicola - New Caledonia, Photo only, E. Tardy, 29 November 2010, passe Voh, pre-det. J. Poupin.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Paguritta ?corallicola - Frehch Polynesia, Australes, Tubai Is., photo in situ Cécile Berthe, in coral ?Montipora, 2024. Pre-det. J. Poupin, from photo only.
Paguritta ?corallicola - Frehch Polynesia, Australes, Tubai Is., photo in situ Adrien Cantat, in coral ?Montipora, 2024
The determination by photo only (c/o J. Poupin) is made by using color pattern, appreciated by consulting this link, that illustrates several Paguritta species in color: https://www.reeflex.net/tiere/16361_Paguritta_corallicola.htm
and by consulting the key and drawings in McLaughlin & Lemaitre (1993, Raffles Bulletin). It must be confirmed by refined examination of specimens, not collected for present observation in 2024.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database