An in situ hermit crab from the Early Miocene of southern New Zealand

23 2 Tue, 01/01/1980 - 12:00 May 471 474

HYDEN, F. M., FOREST, J. 1980. An in situ hermit crab from the Early Miocene of southern New Zealand. Palaeontology, 23, 2, 471–474.

Fiona M. Hyden and Jacques Forest An Early Miocene (Burdigalian) hermit crab preserved within a struthiolariid gastropod shell is described. The specimen, here designated Pagurus difdenensis sp. nov., has close affinities with the Recent species P. spinulimanus (Miers) which is common in New Zealand waters. The Palaeontological Association (Free Access)