THE DECAPODA REPTANTIA OF THE COASTS OF 



IRELAND. 



PART II. 



Paguridea. 



BY 



C. M. Selbie, B.Sc, 



National Museum, Dublin i 



(Mr. Selbie joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in August, 1914, and 

 received a commission in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). He 

 gave his life for his country at the Somme on the 14th July, 1916. 

 This paper has been completed from the author's rough drafts and 

 prepared for publication by Mr. Stanley W. Kemp, D.Sc, of the 

 Zoological Survey of India, during a recent visit to this country.] 



Plates I-IX. 



Introduction. 



The first part of this paper, published in 1914, ^ contained 

 an account of the Palinura and Astacura and of the Anomura 

 belonging to the tribes Galatheidea and Thalassinidea. This 

 second part is devoted to the tribe Paguridea, and completes 

 the description of the Anomura. 



The material on which the paper is based was nearly all 

 obtained by the Irish Fishery Cruiser Helga It contains 

 representatives of eleven species, one of which, Nematopagurus 

 longicornis, has not hitherto been recorded from British waters. 

 Eupagurus sculptimanus, recorded by Melville from 60 fathoms, 

 off Aran Island, has not been found by the Helga, and two 

 species, Diogenes pugilator and Anapagurus chiroacanthus, 

 which are known from the shores of Great Britain, have not 

 yet been discovered in Irish waters. The total number of 

 British and Irish Paguridea, all of which are described below, 

 now stands at fourteen. 



The majority of the species normally inhabit water that is 

 shallow or of moderate depth, but most have a considerable 

 bathymetric range extending beyond the 200 fathom line. 

 Exceptions to this statement are Diogenes pugilator, Eupagurus 

 cuanensis and Anapagurus Hyndmanni which are restricted 

 to coastal waters and are rarely, if ever, found at greater depths 

 than 50 fathoms, and Eupagurus carneus, Eupagurus variabilis, 

 and Nematopagurus longicornis, which are off-shore species 



1 Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. Invest;, 1914, I. [1914]. 



fisheries, Ireland^ ScL Invest., 1921, /. [1921]. 



