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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 67
Validation of Strigopagurus fragarchela (Crustacea: Anomura: Diogenidae), a distinctive hermit crab from the continental shelf off south-east Queensland, Australia
Davie, P.J.F. & McNamara, M.K.A.
Published: 12 October 2026
Citation
Davie, P.J.F. & McNamara, M.K.A. (2026). Validation of Strigopagurus fragarchela (Crustacea: Anomura: Diogenidae), a distinctive hermit crab from the continental shelf off south-east Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 67: 66–69. https://doi.org/10.17082/bbod8834
Accepted
22 September 2026
Published
12 October 2026
Peer reviewed
No (Addendum)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17082/bbod8834
Keywords
taxonomy, new species, endemism, distribution, Indo-West Pacific, allopatry, hermit crab
Abstract
The distinctive diogenid hermit crab, Strigopagurus fragarchela, was recently described from material from coastal shelf waters off south-east Queensland, Australia by Davie & McNamara (2024) in Volume 65 of Memoirs of the Queensland Museum Nature. Unfortunately, because the journal is an electronic-only publication and the work did not include a ZooBank registration number, the name is not available for nomenclatural purposes. The present note validates the name Strigopagurus fragarchela by fulfilling the requirements of the current zoological code.
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