Abstract During the Biological Expedition to the Kamcthaka Peninsula and North Kuril

• Main Authors: Tomoyuki Komai, Yuri M. Yakovlev
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Kamchatka Peninsula and North Kuril; Bering Sea; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.376.578; http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/18373/18373.pdf

Islands in 1997,a small collection of decapod crustaceans was obtained from Paramushir and Shumshu Islands. Nineteen species of six families have been identified. Additional material from various sources has also been examined in order to supplement the collection. A rare majid crab, Hyas kurilensis Kobjakova, 1962,is rediscovered since the original description, and is transferred to the genus Oregonia. The occurrence of a pagurid hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus (Dana, 1851), in Japanese waters is confirmed. All but one species have been previously known from the Bering Sea and Far East, and the ranges of further 17 species are extended to the northwest coast of North America. Oregonia kurilensis is so far known only from the Kuril Islands. Key words: redescription.