Distribution. Widely distributed in the eastern Atlantic from Norway (Bergen) to South Africa (St Sebastian Bay, Eastern Cape), including the Azores and the Canary Islands, as well as the Mediterranean Sea (Barnard 1950; Ingle 1993; d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999). Pagurus cuanensis has been reported from the intertidal zone down to 250 m depth (d’Udekem d’Acoz, 1999). Further records, all within this distribution, can be found in Sánchez-Jerez et al. (2000), Koçak et al. (2001), Abelló et al. (2002), García Raso & Manjón-Cabeza (2002), d’Udekem d’Acoz & Wirtz (2002), Pipitone & Arculeo (2003), Ungaro et al. (2005), Ates et al. (2006), García-Muñoz et al. (2008); Mutlu & Ergev (2008), Koçak et al. (2010), Thatje et al. (2010), Pipitone & Vaccaro (2011) and El Lakhrach et al. (2012).
Sumber: Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Crustacea) from deep Mauritanian waters (NW Africa) with the description of a new species