education and training
- B.A., Universidad J. Tadeo Lozano
- M.S., Florida International University
- Ph.D., University of Miami
Lemaitre, Rafael
Research Zoologist and Curator of Crustacea
Systematics, biology, and zoogeography of decapod crustaceans, especially hermit crabs, worldwide.
Background And Education
Publications
selected publications
-
article
- Two new species of the Phimochirus holthuisi complex from the Gulf of Mexico, supported by morphology, color, and genetics (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae). Zootaxa. 4683:531-551. 2019
- A revision of "blanket-hermit crabs" of the genus Paguropsis Henderson, 1888, with the description of a new genus and five new species (Crustacea, Anomura, Diogenidae). ZooKeys. 17-97. 2018
- Studies of male sexual tubes in hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea). III. Morphology of the sexual tube in Catapagurus sharreri A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Paguridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 38:235-240. 2018
- The porcelain crab Porcellana africana Chace, 1956 (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) introduced into Saldanha Bay, South Africa. BioInvasions Records. 7:133-142. 2018
- A new hermit crab species of the genus Tomopaguropsis Alcock, 1905 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from the Bohol Sea, Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 65:168-174. 2017
- A new species of Odontozona Holthuis, 1946 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) from the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa. 4276. 2017
- A new species of shrimp of the genus Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, including a key to the western Atlantic species of the genus. Zootaxa. 4303. 2017
- Crossing the Indian Ocean: a range extension for Goreopagurus poorei Lemaitre & McLaughlin, 2003 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae). Zootaxa. 4306:271-278. 2017
- Differentiation of three common deep-water hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Parapaguridae) from the South African demersal abundance surveys, including the description of a new species of Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996. ZooKeys. 676:21-45. 2017
- Discovery of a new micro-pagurid fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea. Zoosystema. 39:151. 2017
- Discovery of a new species of hermit crab of the genus Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 1905 from the Caribbean: "den commensal" or "cleaner"? (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguridae). ZooKeys. 139-158. 2017
- On the taxonomy of two poorly known species of Geosesarma De Man, 1892 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa. 4250. 2017
- A new species of hermit crab of the genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from the southern Caribbean off Venezuela. Zootaxa. 4161:445-450. 2016
- A new species of symbiotic palaemonid shrimp of the genus Pseudocoutierea Holthuis, 1951 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico, with an updated key for the identification of species of the genus. Zootaxa. 4173:475-482. 2016
- A new species of the hermit crab genus Michelopagurus McLaughlin, 1997 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from Moorea, French Polynesia. Zoosystema. 37:363-370. 2015
- New taxonomic and distributional information on hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic coast of South America. Zootaxa. 3994:451. 2015
- Redescription and taxonomic status of Paguristes praedator Glassell, 1937 and P. oxyophthalmus Holthuis, 1959 (Anomura: Paguroidea: Diogenidae), with an emendation to the diagnosis of the genus Areopaguristes Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010. Zootaxa. 3915:491-509. 2015
- A new species of Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheoidea: Munidopsidae) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa. 3821. 2014
- A worldwide taxonomic and distributional synthesis of the genus Oncopagurus Lemaitre, 1966 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Parapaguridae), with descriptions of nine new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62:210-301. 2014
- An unusual new species of paguroid (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguridae) from deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ZooKeys. 57-67. 2014
- Molecular and morphological resurrection of Clibanarius symmetricus (Randall, 1840), a cryptic species hiding under the name for the “thinstripe” hermit crab C. vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 34:848-861. 2014
- New morphological and distributional information on Homolodromiidae and Homolidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Americas, with description of a new species and comments on western Pacific species. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 34:504-524. 2014
- Porcellanid crabs from Guadeloupe Island (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura), with an updated list of species from the Lesser Antilles. Zoosystema. 36:5-27. 2014
- Discovery of an alien crab, Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae), from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. BioInvasions Records. 2:311-315. 2013
- A new species of the hermit crab genus Areopaguristes Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) discovered in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef of Belize, Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa. 67-79. 2012
- First Reports of Deep-Water Hermit Crabs Parapagurus Smith, 1879 (Decapoda, Parapaguridae) and Coelenterate Associates from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and South Atlantic. Crustaceana. 85:591-600. 2012
- Appeltans, Ward, Ahyong, Shane T, Anderson, Gary, Angel, Martin V, Artois, Tom, Bailly, Nicolas, Bamber, Roger, Barber, Anthony, Bartsch, Ilse, Berta, Annalisa, Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, Bock, Phil, Boxshall, Geoff, Boyko, Christopher B, Brandão, Simone Nunes, Bray, Rod A, Bruce, Niel L, Cairns, Stephen D., Chan, Tin-Yam, Cheng, Lanna, Collins, Allen Gilbert, Cribb, Thomas, Curini-Galletti, Marco, Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Davie, Peter J F. et al. 2012. "The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity." Current Biology 22 (23):2189-2202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036 2012
- A new genus of Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) for a new species from the tropical eastern Pacific and Pagurus longimanus Wass, 1963 from the tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa. 39-50. 2011
- A new species of Micropagurus McLaughlin, 1986 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from French Polynesia. Crustaceana. 14:379-388. 2010
- Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea). Part 1, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 23:5-107. 2010
- Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea). Part 3, Aegloidea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 23:131-137. 2010
- Preliminary study of the preungual process in the Paguroidea, with emphasis on the Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Nauplius. 18:13-23. 2010
- A New Classification for the Pylochelidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) and Descriptions of New Taxa. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 20 supplement:159-231. 2009
- Felder, Darryl L., Dworschak, Peter C., Robles, Rafael, Bracken, Heather D., Windsor, Amanda M., Felder, Jennifer M., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2009. "Obvious invaders and overlooked infauna: Unexpected constituents of the decapod crustacean fauna at Twin Cays, Belize." in Proceedings ofthe Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium, edited by Lang, Michael A., Macintyre, Ian G., and Rützler, Klaus., 181-188. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2009
- Phylogenetic relationships within the Pylochelidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea): A cladistic analysis based on morphological characters. Zootaxa. 1-14. 2009
- Recent Advances and Conflicts in Concepts of Anomuran Phylogeny (Crustacea: Malacostraca). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 67:119-135. 2009
- A reply to TW Flegel. Aquaculture. 275:370-373. 2008
- Larvae of two species of Trizocheles (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Pylochelidae: Trizochelinae), description of the adult of one, and preliminary implications of development on pylochelid phylogeny. Zootaxa. 52-68. 2008
- A new and distinctive species of the hermit crab genus Catapaguropsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa. 31-41. 2007
- Hermit crab phylogeny: a reappraisal and its "fall-out". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27:97-115. 2007
- Redescription of Pylocheles (Bathycheles) cubensis Ortiz & Gómez, 1986, the senior synonym of Pylocheles (B.) chacei Forest, 1987 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea, Pylochelidae). Zootaxa. 41-46. 2007
-
chapter
- The MUSORSTOM-TDSB deep-sea benthos exploration program (1976-2012): An overview of crustacean discoveries and new perspectives on deep-sea zoology and biogeography. 13-66. 2013
- The genus Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea, Parapaguridae): A worldwide review and summary, with descriptions of five new species. 311-421. 2013
- Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea. 1019-1104. 2009
Affiliation
member of
Other
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
