Petrochirus Stimpson, 1858

Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2015, Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes, Zootaxa 3947 (3), pp. 327-346 : 340

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4BEA9B2D-E883-43B5-AE74-1EBBD0D4D684
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096710
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scientific name	Petrochirus Stimpson, 1858
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Genus Petrochirus Stimpson, 1858 View in CoL

Type species. Cancer diogenes Linnaeus, 1758

Diagnosis. Fourteen pairs of gills with entire lamellae. Rostrum small, rounded, at level of lateral projections. Ocular peduncles slender; ocular scale separated. Antennal flagella with very short setae. Ischium of third maxillipeds with well developed crista dentata. Right cheliped stronger than left. Males with 4 unpaired pleopods (pl2–pl5) with inner ramus rudimentary. Females with 3 unpaired pleopods triramous (pl2–pl4), pl5 very small, with inner ramus rudimentary.