A New Genus and New Species of Paguridae (Crustacea:

A new genus and new species of the hermit crab family Paguridae is described and illustrated on the basis of three specimens collected from o Balicasag Island, Bohol Sea, the Philippines. e new genus, Pliopagurus, is referred to the “Pylopagurus-Tomopagurus ” group on account of its having 11 pairs of biserial gills and paired rst pleopods in females, and appears closest to Lophopagurus McLaughlin, 1981. e possession of short sexual tubes on both coxae of the h pereopods in the male and the lack of a median crest or dorsolateral keel of the le chela distinguish Pliopagurus from Lophopagurus. An emended key to the genera of the “Pylopagurus-Tomopagurus ” group is presented. Key Words: Pliopagurus curvimanus, Pylopagurus-Tomopagurus group, Lophopagurus, new genus, Philippines