Clibanarius Dana, 1852

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 : 331

Genus Clibanarius Dana, 1852

Type species. Cancer clibanarius Herbst, 1791

Diagnosis. Thirteen pairs of gills with entire lamellae (not divided). Small rostral salience acute. Ocular peduncles long and slender. Ocular scales very close. Antennal flagella with short setae. Endopod of first maxillipeds with lateral lobe. Third maxillipeds with crista dentata well developed. Chelipeds equal; fingers open horizontally, with corneous claw. In both male and females pl 2 -pl 5 unpaired and biramous; with inner ramous very shorter in males.