Abstract
A bathyal pagurid hermit crab, Pagurus townsendi (BENEDICT, 1892), is described based on 28 specimens collected from the Pacific coast of northern Japan at the depths of 325 to 740 m. P. townsendi resembles apparently P. trigonocheirus (STIMPSON, 1858) but it is distinguished readily by having more acute rostrum, dilated corneae, more elongate right cheliped, and longer dactyl of the left chela, as well as the coloration. The present material represents the first record of this rare species from the Western Pacific.
