The New Zealand Pagurus traversi (Filhol, 1885) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) in Australia, first record of a translocated hermit crab

Eichler, J., Hall, B., Farrelly, C., Falconer, A., and Poore, G.C.B. 2024. The New Zealand Pagurus traversi (Filhol, 1885) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) in Australia, first record of a translocated hermit crab. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 83: 317–323. The New Zealand hermit crab Pagurus traversi (Filhol, 1885) was first reported in Tasmania and Victoria, Australia, in 2022 as photographs on iNaturalist. Its identity was confirmed by specimens collected and examined at Museums Victoria. The species, widespread on the eastern coast of New Zealand, has now been reported from northern and eastern Tasmania, from as early as 2013, eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales. This is the first record of a presumed established translocated hermit crab. Introductions and range extensions of anomurans are reviewed.