Abstract
Three species of the pagurid hermit crab genus Pagurixus Melin, 1939, are reported from Europa Island in the MozambiqueStrait, western Indian Ocean: P. haigae Komai & Osawa, 2007, P. annulus n. sp., and P. europa n. sp. Pagurixushaigae is recorded from the western Indian Ocean for the first time. Pagurixus annulus n. sp. and P. europa n. sp. arereferred to the P. boninensis (Melin, 1939) species group and P. anceps (Forest, 1954) group, respectively. Diagnosticcharacters of these two new species are discussed.
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