Rafael Lemaitre

• B.A., Universidad J. Tadeo Lozano
• M.S., Florida International University
• Ph.D., University of Miami

Systematics, biology, and zoogeography of decapod crustaceans, especially hermit crabs, worldwide.

Journal Article

• Landschoff, Jannes and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2024. "Rediscovering the unusual Cancellus makrothrix Stebbing, 1924 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) in the “Great African Seaforest”." Zootaxa, 5492, (4) 530–544. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.3.
• De Grave, Sammy, Decock, Wim, Dekeyzer, Stefanie, Davie, Peter J. F., Fransen, Charles H. J. M., Boyko, Christopher B., Poore, Gary C. B., Macpherson, Enrique, Ahyong, Shane T., Crandall, Keith A., de Mazancourt, Valentin, Osawa, Masayuki, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ng, Peter K. L., Lemaitre, Rafael, van der Meij, Sancia E. T., and Santos, Sandro. 2023. "Benchmarking global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda)." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 43, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruad042.
• Felder, Darryl L., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Mantelatto, Fernando L. 2023. "Redescription of the mole crab Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippidae), based on Caribbean populations from Puerto Rico, Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama." Zootaxa, 5227, (3) 341–354. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5227.3.3.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2023. "The taxonomic status of Pagurus bouvieri (Faxon, 1895), an obscure name, and redescription of Pagurus smithi (Benedict, 1892), a poorly known species (Decapoda: Paguridae)." Nauplius, 31. https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023011.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Felder, Darryl L. 2023. "A new genus and species of micro-pagurid hermit crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Paguridae) from the rariphotic reef zone in Curaçao, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea." Zootaxa, 5277, (2) 374–380. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.7.
• Parente, Manuel Ayon, Hendrickx, Michel E., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2022. "Generic reassignment and redescription of Pagurus gladius (Benedict, 1892), and description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Paguroidea: Paguridae) from the Mexican Pacific." Nauplius, 30. https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2022039.
• Komai, Tomoyuki and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2022. "Reinstatement of "Hippolyte St. Pauli" Brandt, 1851 as a valid species of Lebbeus White, 1847 (Decapoda: Caridea: Thoridae)." Zootaxa, 5168, (3) 350–360. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.3.6.
• Poupin, Joseph and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2022. "A new hermit crab of the genus Calcinus from Rapa Island, French Polynesia with affinities to Calcinus dapsiles Morgan, 1989 and Calcinus sirius Morgan, 1991 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae)." Nauplius, 30. https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2022014.
• Felder, Darryl L. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2020. "A new species of the hermit crab genus Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836 from a mesophotic deep bank in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae)." Zootaxa, 4890, (4) 589–598. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4890.4.10.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2020. "New and rare micro-pagurid hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico." Zootaxa, 4722, (4) 301–325. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4722.4.1.
• Felder, Darryl L., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Craig, Catherine. 2019. "Two new species of the Phimochirus holthuisi complex from the Gulf of Mexico, supported by morphology, color, and genetics (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae)." Zootaxa, 4683, (4) 531–551. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.4.
• Griffiths, Charles L., Roberts, Selwyn, Branch, George M., Eckel, Korbinian, Schubart, Christoph D., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2018. "The porcelain crab Porcellana africana Chace, 1956 (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) introduced into Saldanha Bay, South Africa." BioInvasions Records, 7, (2) 133–142. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2018.7.2.04.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, Rahayu, Dwi Listyo, and Komai, Tomoyuki. 2018. "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, (752) 17–97. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.752.23712.
• Tudge, Christopher C., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Schneider-Paolantonio, Katie. 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, (2) 235–240. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux124.
• Criales, María M. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2017. "A new species of Odontozona Holthuis, 1946 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) from the Caribbean Sea." Zootaxa, 4276, (3). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.5.
• Jung, J., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Kim, W. 2017. "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.
• Landschoff, Jannes and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2017. "Crossing the Indian Ocean: a range extension for Goreopagurus poorei Lemaitre & McLaughlin, 2003 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae)." Zootaxa, 4306, (2) 271–278. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.7.
• Landschoff, Jannes and Lemaitre, Rafael. 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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.12987.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 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, (646) 139–158. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.646.11132.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, Felder, Darryl L., and Poupin, Joseph. 2017. "Discovery of a new micro-pagurid fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea." Zoosystema, 39, (2) 151. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n2a1.
• Ng, Peter K. L. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2017. "On the taxonomy of two poorly known species of Geosesarma De Man, 1892 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from the Philippines." Zootaxa, 4250, (5). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4250.5.5.
• Ramos-Tafur, Gabriel E. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 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, (4). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4303.4.3.
• Lima, Daniel José Marcondes and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2016. "A new species of hermit crab of the genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from the southern Caribbean off Venezuela." Zootaxa, 4161, (3) 445–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.12.
• Ramos-Tafur, Gabriel and Lemaitre, Rafael. 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, (5) 475–482. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4173.5.4.
• Ayón-Parente, Manuel, Hendrickx, Michel E., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 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, (4) 491–509. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.2.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2015. "A new species of the hermit crab genus Michelopagurus McLaughlin, 1997 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from Moorea, French Polynesia." Zoosystema, 37, (2) 363–370. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2015n2a5.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Tavares, Marcos. 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, (4) 451. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.1.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 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.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Tavares, Marcos. 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, (4) 504–524. https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002243.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, Vázquez-Bader, Ana Rosa, and Gracia, Adolfo. 2014. "An unusual new species of paguroid (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguridae) from deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico." ZooKeys, (449) 57–67. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.8541.
• Negri, Mariana, Lemaitre, Rafael, and Mantelatto, Fernando L. 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, (6) 848–861. https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002277.
• Poore, Gary C. B., Ahyong, Shane T, Bracken-Grissom, Heather, Chan, Tin-Yam, Chu, Ka H., Crandall, Keith A., Dworschak, Peter C., Felder, Darryl L., Feldmann, Rodney M., Hyžný, Matúš, Karasawa, Hiroaki, Lemaitre, Rafael, Komai, Tomoyuki, Li, Xinzheng, Mantelatto, Fernando L., Martin, Joel W., Ngoc-Ho, Nguyen, Robles, Rafael, Schweitzer, Carrie E., Tamaki, Akio, Tsang, Ling M., and Tudge, Christopher C. 2014. "On stabilising the names of the infraorders of thalassinidean shrimps, Axiidea de Saint Laurent, 1979 and Gebiidea de Saint Laurent, 1979 (Decapoda)." Crustaceana, 87, (10) 1258–1272. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003354.
• Poupin, Joseph and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2014. "Porcellanid crabs from Guadeloupe Island (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura), with an updated list of species from the Lesser Antilles." Zoosystema, 36, (1) 5–27. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2014n1a1.
• Vázquez-Bader, Ana Rosa, Gracia, Adolfo, and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2014. "A new species of Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874 (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheoidea: Munidopsidae) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea." Zootaxa, 3821, (3). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3821.3.4.
• Bracken-Grissom, Heather, Cannon, Maren E., Cabezas, Patricia, Feldmann, Rodney M., Schweitzer, Carrie E., Ahyong, Shane T, Felder, Darryl L., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Crandall, Keith A. 2013. "A comprehensive and integrative reconstruction of evolutionary history for Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda)." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 128. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-128.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, Campos, Néstor H., Viloria Maestre, Efraín, and Windsor, Amanda M. 2013. "Discovery of an alien crab, Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae), from the Caribbean coast of Colombia." BioInvasions Records: International Journal of Field Research on Biological Invasions, 2, (4) 311–315. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2013.2.4.08.
• 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.
• Cardoso, Irene and Lemaitre, Rafael. 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, (4-5) 591–600. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854012X634384.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Felder, Darryl L. 2012. "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, (3480) 67–79.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Felder, Darryl L. 2011. "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, (3125) 39–50.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2010. "A new species of Micropagurus McLaughlin, 1986 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from French Polynesia." Crustaceana Monographs, 14 379–388.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, Tudge, Christopher C., and McLaughlin, P. A. 2010. "Preliminary study of the preungual process in the Paguroidea, with emphasis on the Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)." Nauplius, 18, (1) 13–23.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A., Komai, Tomoyuki, Lemaitre, Rafael, and Rahayu, Dwi Listyo. 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, supplement, 23 5–107.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Crandall, Keith A. 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, supplement, 23 131–137.
• De Grave, Sammy, Pentcheff, N. Dean, Ahyong, Shane T, Chan, Tin-Yam, Crandall, Keith A., Dworschak, Peter C., Felder, Darryl L., Feldmann, Rodney M., Fransen, Charles H. J. M., Goulding, Laura Y. D., Lemaitre, Rafael, Low, Martyn E. Y., Martin, Joel W., Ng, Peter K. L., Schweitzer, Carrie E., Tan, S. H., Tshudy, Dale, and Wetzer, Regina. 2009. "A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 21 Supplement 1–109.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 2009. "Recent Advances and Conflicts in Concepts of Anomuran Phylogeny (Crustacea: Malacostraca)." Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 67, (2) 119–135.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, McLaughlin, Patsy A., and Sorhannus, Ulf. 2009. "Phylogenetic relationships within the Pylochelidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea): A cladistic analysis based on morphological characters." Zootaxa, (2022) 1–14.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2009. "A New Classification for the Pylochelidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) and Descriptions of New Taxa." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 20 supplement 159–231.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 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, (1911) 52–68.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A., Lemaitre, Rafael, Ferrari, Frank D., Felder, Darryl L., and Bauer, R. T. 2008. "A reply to TW Flegel." Aquaculture, 275, (1-4) 370–373.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2007. "A new and distinctive species of the hermit crab genus Catapaguropsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the South China Sea." Zootaxa, (1560) 31–41.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Ortiz, M. 2007. "Redescription of Pylocheles (Bathycheles) cubensis Ortiz & Gómez, 1986, the senior synonym of Pylocheles (B.) chacei Forest, 1987 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea, Pylochelidae)." Zootaxa, (1406) 41–46.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Sorhannus, Ulf. 2007. "Hermit crab phylogeny: a reappraisal and its "fall-out"." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 27, (1) 97–115. https://doi.org/10.1651/S-2675.1.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2006. "Rectification of events leading to discovery and description of neoglyphea inopinata Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1975." Crustaceana, 79, (1) 123–124. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759699.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2006. "Two new species of Parapaguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) with subconical corneas, and new data on biology of some rare species." Zoosystema, 28, (2) 517.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 2006. "A new genus and species of the hermit crab family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from Australia." Zootaxa, (1257) 57.
• Ruiz, Gregory M., Fegley, L., Fofonoff, Paul W., Cheng, Y., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2006. "First records of Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) for Chesapeake Bay and the mid-Atlantic coast of North America." Aquatic Invasions, 1, (3) 137–142. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2006.1.3.7.
• Tudge, Christopher C. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2006. "Studies of male sexual tubes in hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea). II. Morphology of the sexual tube in the land hermit crabs, Coenobita perlatus and C. clypeatus (Coenobitidae)." Crustacean Research, Special Number, (6) 121–131.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2005. "Remarks on the life and works of Fenner A. Chace, Jr. (1908-2004), With a list of his taxa and complete bibliography." Crustaceana, 78, (5) 621–639.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Watabe, H. 2005. "Pagurus ikedai (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae), a new hermit crab species of the bernhardus group of Pagurus Fabricius, 1758 from Japanese waters." Zootaxa, 819 1–12.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2004. "A review of Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Paguroidea, Parapaguridae), with description of a new species." Scientia Marina, 68, (3) 355–372.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2004. "A phylogenetic evaluation of the Pylopaguropsis group of hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Paguridae)." The Crustacean Society 2004 Summer Meeting, 24-28 October, Florianopolis, Brazil, 000.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2004. "Discovery of the first hermit crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parapaguridae) associated with hydrothermal vents." Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 45 325–334.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2004. "A worldwide review of hermit crab species of the genus Sympagurus Smith, 1883 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parapaguridae)." Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, 191 85–149.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Castaño, N. Cruz. 2004. "A new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 from the Pacific coast of Colombia, with a checklist of the eastern Pacific species of the genus." Nauplius, 12, (2) 71–82.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2004. "The discovery of two new species of Lithopagurus Provenzano, 1968 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Paguridae) and the first records of the genus in the western Pacific." Zoosystema, 26, (3) 483–494.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A., Lemaitre, Rafael, and Tudge, Christopher C. 2004. "Carcinization in the Anomura--fact or fiction? II. Evidence from larval, megalopal and early juvenile morphology." Contributions to Zoology, 73, (3) 165–205.
• Tudge, Christopher C. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2004. "Studies of male sexual tubes in hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea). I. Morphology of the sexual tube in Micropagurus acantholepis (Stimpson, 1858), with comments on function and evolution." Journal of Morphology, 259 106–118.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2003. "Preface: Contibutions to the study of east Pacific crustaceans/Contribuciones al Estudio de los Crustáceos del Pacífico Este. Page vii in M.E. Hendrickx (ed.), Contributions to the Study of East Pacific Crustaceans." Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y LimnologA-a, UNAM, 2 1–303.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2003. "A new genus and species of hermit crab (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from Taiwan." Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 60, (1) 105–110.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 2003. "New species of Goreopagurus (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from Tasmania and reevaluation of sexual tubes in hermit crab systematics." Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 60, (2) 221–227.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 2003. "Revision of Pylopagurus and Tomopagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Addendum and taxonomic summary." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116, (2) 464–486.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Poupin, J. 2003. "A strikingly colored new species of Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Parapaguridae) from French Polynesia." Zootaxa, 386 1–11.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Tudge, Christopher C. 2003. "Biology of the Anomura - foreword to this special issue." Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 60 1–3.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Tudge, Christopher C. 2003. "Special issue Biology of the Anomura: Symposium Biology of the Anomura, 5th International Crustacean Congress July 913, 2001, Melbourne, Australia." Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 60 1–149.
• Poupin, J. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2003. "Hermit crabs of the genus Calcinus Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, with description of a new species." Zootaxa, 391 1–20.
• Werding, Bernd, Hiller, Alexandra, and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2003. "Geographic and depth distributional patterns of western Atlantic Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with an updated list of species." Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 60 79–85.
• Campos, N. H. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2002. "A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Potamocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Decapoda:Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Panamá." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 115, (3) 600–604.
• Komai, T. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2002. "A new species of Bathypaguropsis McLaughlin, 1994 from Japan, and redescription of B. kuroshioensis (Miyake, 1978) (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae)." Crustaceana, 75, (3-4) 423–441.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, Campos, N. H., and Bermúdez, A. 2001. "A new species of Pyromaia from the Caribbean Sea, with a redescription of P. propinqua Chace, 1940 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Inachoididae)." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 21, (3) 760–773.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, Garcia-Gomez, J., Sternberg, R., and Campos, N. H. 2001. "A new genus and a new species of crab of the family Goneplacidae MacCleay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the tropical western Atlantic." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114 951–963.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2001. "A new family for a new genus and new species of hermit crab of the Superfamily Paguroidea (Decapoda: Anomura) and its phylogenetic implications." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 21, (4) 1063–1076.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2001. "Revision of Pylopagurus and Tomopagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VI. Pylopagurus A. Milne-Edwareds & Bouvier, 1891, Haigia McLaughlin, 1981, and Pylopaguridium, a new genus." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114, (2) 444–483.
• Forest, J., Saint Laurent, M. de, McLaughlin, Patsy A., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2000. "The marine fauna of new Zealand: Paguridea (Decapoda: Anomura) exclusive of the Lithodidae." National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Biodiversity Memoir, 114 1–250.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Bermdez, A. 2000. "A new cyclodorippoid crab of the genus Cymonomoides Tavares, 1993 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Cymonomidae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113, (4) 974–979.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Campos, N. H. 2000. "Porcellana lillyae, new species (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae), from the Caribbean Sea, with a key to the western Atlantic species of the genus." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 20, (2) 259–265.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Collette, Bruce B. 2000. "Austin Beatty Williams (17 October 1919-27 October 1999). Biographical summary." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113, (1) 1–12.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Reed, K. 2000. "Raymond B Manning: Biographical sketch and bibliography." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 20, (2) ii–xi.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2000. "Aspects of evolution in the anomuran superfamily Paguroidea: one larval prospective." Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 38, (3) 159–169.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2000. "Reassignment of Pagurus miyakei Baba, 1986 to Propagurus McLaughlin & de Saint Laurent, 1998 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) and description of the males." Crustacean Research, 29 58–64.
• Tudge, Christopher C., Poore, C. B., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2000. "Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of generic relationships within the Callianassidae and Ctenochelidae (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Callianassoidea)." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 20 129–149.
• Blanco Rambla, J. P. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1999. "Neocallichirus raymanningi, a new species of ghost shrimp from the northeastern coast of Venezuela (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 112, (4) 768–777.
• Campos, M. R. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1999. "Two new freshwater crabs of the genus Ptychophallus Smalley, 1964 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Panama, with notes on the distribution of the genus." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 112, (3) 553–561.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1999. "Crustacea Decapoda: A review of the species of the genus Parapagurus Smith, 1879 (Parapaguridae) from the Pacific and Indian Oceans." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 180 303–378.
• Campos, M. R. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1998. "A new freshwater crab of the genus Neostrengeria Pretzmann, 1965, from Colombia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with a key to the species of the genus." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 111, (4) 899–907.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1998. "Revisiting Tylaspis anomala Henderson, 1885 (Parapaguridae) with comments on its relationships and evolution." Zoosystema, 20, (2) 289–305.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1998. "A new species of hermit crab of the family Parapaguridae (Decapoda, Anomura) from French Polynesia." Zoosystema, 20, (1) 101–107.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1998. "Austin Beatty Williams recipient of award for excellence in research." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 18, (3) 619–620.
• Ortiz, M., Rueda, R. Lalana, and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1998. "Antonio Osvaldo Gomez Hernandez 29 February 1928 - 25 December 1996." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 18 616–618.
• Criales, M. M. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1997. "Discovery and morphological variation of the caridean shrimp Discias atlanticus Gurney, 1939 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Bresiliidae) associated with the polychaete worm Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)." Caribbean Journal of Science, 33, (3-4) 246–250.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1997. "Crustacea Decapoda: Parapaguridae from the KARUBAR Cruise in Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 172 573–596.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1997. "Carcinization in the Anomura - fact of fiction? I. Evidence from adult morphology." Contributions to Zoology, Amsterdam, 67, (2) 79–123.
• Nates, S. F., Felder, Darryl L., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1997. "Comparative larval development in two species of the burrowing ghost shrimp genus Lepidophthalmus (Decapoda: Callianassidae)." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 17 497–519.
• Ortiz, M. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1997. "Seven new amphipods (Crustacea: Peracarida: Gammaridea) from the Caribbean coast of South America." Boletim de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, 26 71–104.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1996. "Hermit crabs of the Family Parapaguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Amomura) from Australia: Species of Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989, Sympagurus Smith, 1883 and two new genera." Records of the Australian Museum, 48, (2) 163–221.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Felder, Darryl L. 1996. "A new species of ghost shrimp of the genus Sergio Manning & Lemaitre, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109, (3) 453–463.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 1996. "Revision of Pylopagurus and Tomopagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), with the descriptions of new genera and species. Part V. Anisopagurus McLaughlin, Manucomplanus McLaughlin, and Protoniopagurus new genus." Bulletin of Marine Science, 59, (1) 89–141.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Ng, K. L. 1996. "Rediscovery and redescription of the rare hermit crab, Diogenes jubatus (Nobill, 1903) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae), from Singapore." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 44, (2) 323–333.
• Tavares, M. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1996. "Lonchodactylus messingi, a new genus and species of Cyclodorippidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Bahamas." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109, (3) 464–469.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1995. "Charybdis hellerii (Milne Edwards, 1867), a nonindigenous portunid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) discovered in the Indian River lagoon system of Florida." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108, (4) 643–648.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 1995. "Alainopagurus crosnieri, gen. et sp. nov. (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from the western Pacific." Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 17A, (3-4) 3–4.
• Campos, N. H. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1994. "A new Calcinus (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the tropical western Atlantic, and a comparison with other species of the genus from the region." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 107, (1) 137–150.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1994. "Crustacea Decapoda: Deep-water hermit crabs (Parapaguridae) from French Polynesia, with descriptions of four new species." Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 161 375–419.
• Ortiz, M. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1994. "Crustaceos anfipodos (Gammaridea) colectados en las costas del Caribe colombiano, al sur de Cartagena." Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta de Betφn, 23 119–127.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1993. "A new genus of Parapaguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)." Researches on Crustacea, 22 11–20.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Campos, N. H. 1993. "Two new hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from the Caribbean Sea." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 106, (3) 554–565.
• Manning, Raymond B. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1993. "Sergio, a new genus of ghost shrimp from the Americas (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae)." Nauplius, Rio Grande, 1 39–43.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1993. "A review of the hermit crab genus Paguritta (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) with descriptions of three new species." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 41, (1) 1–29.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Alvarez-Leon, R. 1992. "Crustáceos decápodos del Pacífico Colombiano: lista de especies y consideraciones zoogeográficas." Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta de Betφn, 21 33–76.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 1992. "Descriptions of megalopa and juveniles of Sympagurus dimorphus (Studer, 1883), with an account of the Parapaguridae (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from Antarctic and Subantarctic waters." Journal of Natural History, 26 745–768.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Ramos, G. E. 1992. "A collection of Thalassinidea from the Pacific coast of Colombia, with a checklist of the eastern Pacific species (Crustacea: Decapoda)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 105, (2) 343–358.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Ramos, G. E. 1992. "A collection of thalassinidea(Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Pacific Coast of Colombia, with description of a new species and a checklist of eastern pacific species." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 105, (2) 343–358.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1991. "To the Memory of Gilbert L Voss: Portunus vossi, a rare new species of swimming crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from the west coast of Florida." Bulletin of Marine Science, 49, (1-2) 546–551.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and De, S. 1991. "Lepidophthalmus sinuensis: A new species of ghost shrimp (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Callianassidae) of importance to the commercial culture of penaeid shrimps on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, with observations on its ecology." Fishery Bulletin, 89 623–630.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1990. "A review of the eastern Atlantic species of the family Parapaguridae (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea)." Journal of Natural History, 24 219–240.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1989. "Revision of the genus Parapagurus (Anomura, Paguroidea, Parapaguridae), including redescriptions of the western Atlantic species." Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 253 1–106.
• Lemaitre, Rafael and Gore, Robert H. 1988. "Redescription, ecological observations, and distribution of the caridean shrimp Plesionika escatilis (Stimpson, 1860) (Decapoda, Pandalidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 101, (2) 382–390.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1986. "Western Atlantic species of the Parapagurus pilosimanus complex (Anomura, Paguroidea, Parapaguridae): description of a new species and morphological variations." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 6, (3) 525–542.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1984. "Decapod crustaceans from Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas, with notes on their zoogeographic affinities." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 4, (3) 425–447.
• McLaughlin, Patsy A., Treat, S. A., Thorhaug, A., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1983. "A restored seagrass (Thalassia) bed and its animal community." Environmental Conservation, 10 247–254.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1982. "The Provenzanoi group of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Paguridea) in the western Atlantic. Part II Pagurus gymnodactylus, a new species from the Gulf of Mexico and a comparison with Pagurus annulipes (Stimpson)." Bulletin of Marine Science, 32, (3) 656–663.
• Lemaitre, Rafael, McLaughlin, Patsy A., and Garcia-Gomez, J. 1982. "The Provenzanoi group of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Paguridea) in the western Atlantic. Part IV A review of the group, with notes on variations and abnormalities." Bulletin of Marine Science, 32 670–701.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1981. "Shallow-water crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) collected in the southern Caribbean near Cartagena, Colombia." Bulletin of Marine Science, 31, (2) 234–266.

Book Chapter

• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2013. "The genus Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea, Parapaguridae): A worldwide review and summary, with descriptions of five new species." In Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 27. Ayhong, Shane, Chan, Tin-Yam, Corbari, Laure, and Ng, Peter, editors. 311–421. In Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle.
• Richer, de Forges, Chan, T. Y., Corbari, L., Lemaitre, Rafael, Macpherson, E., Ahyong, Shane, and Ng, Peter. 2013. "The MUSORSTOM-TDSB deep-sea benthos exploration program (1976-2012): An overview of crustacean discoveries and new perspectives on deep-sea zoology and biogeography." In Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 27. Ayhong, Shane, Chan, Tin-Yam, Corbari, Laure, and Ng, Peter, editors. 13–66. In Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle.
• 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. Lang, Michael A., Macintyre, Ian G., and Rützler, Klaus, editors. 181–188. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.181.
• Felder, Darryl L., Alvarez, F., Goy, J. W., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2009. "Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea." In Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters and Biota Vol. 1, Biodiversity. Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., editors. 1019–1104. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2006. "Paragiopagurus ventilatus Lemaitre, 2004." In Handbook of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna, 2nd ed. Desbruyères, D., Segonzac, M., and Bright, M., editors. 435–435. Landes Museen.
• Campos, Nestor Hernando, Lemaitre, Rafael, and Navas, Gabriel Rodolfo. 2003. "La fauna de crustaceos decapodos de la costa Caribe colombiana: un aporte al conocimiento de la biodiversidad en Colombia." In El Mundo marino en Colombia: Investigacion y Desarrollo de territorios olvidados. 174–184. Bogata, Colombia: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogata.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 2002. "Colecciones y Museos. Biodiversidad: una historia natural." In Biodiversidad Una cuestion debida. 55–64. La Tadeo.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1999. "Planes Marinus Rathbun, 1914." In Atacama Trench International Expedition (ATIE). 25–30. Univerista' de Genova. Istituto Scienze Ambientali Marine. Facolta di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali. In Data Report.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1999. "Crustacea decapoda." In Atacama Trech International Expedition (ATIE). Agor 60 "Vidal Gormaz" (1-6 September 1997). Second report. Preliminary results. 25–30. Genoa: Universita' di Genova. 56

Book

• Vasile, R. S., Manning, Raymond B., and Lemaitre, Rafael. 2005. William Stimpsons journal from the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 18531856. Crustacean Research, Special Number 5, Carcinological Society of Japan.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1995. A review of hermit crabs of the genus Xylopagurus A. Milne Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), with description of two new species. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 570. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.570.i.

Conference Proceedings

• Lemaitre, Rafael and McLaughlin, Patsy A. 2003. "On hermit crab mythology, and how kings became hermits." from The Crustacean Society 2003 Summer Meeting in The Crustacean Society 2003 Summer Meeting. 47.

Book Review

• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1999. [Book review] "Traité de zoologi. Tome VII. Crustacés. Fascicle 2. Generalités (suite) et systématique. 1996. Masson, Paris, France. Pp. 1-1002, 426 plates and figures, 22 tables." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 19, 924–927.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1997. [Book review] "Crustacea Decapoa Anomura: Revision du genre Trizopagurus Forest, 1952 (Diogenidae), avec l&#39etablissement de deux genres nouveaux. 1995." Crustaceana, 70, 508–509.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1994. [Book review] "Lobsters, Florida, Bahamas, the Caribbean. 1991. Green Turtle Publications, Plantation, 512 pp." Bulletin of Marine Science, 54, 1089–1090.
• Ramos, G. E. and Lemaitre, Rafael. 1991. [Book review] "Henry von Prahl (1948-1989)." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 11, 473–476.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1987. [Book review] "Crabs of Cape Cod. 1986. The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Natural History series No. 3, 80 pp." Estuaries, 10, 351.
• Lemaitre, Rafael. 1987. [Book review] "A Field Guide to Caribbean Reef Invertebrates. 1986. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 112 pp." Sea Frontiers, 33, 312–313.