Discorsopagurus McLaughlin, 1974

McLaughlin, P. A., 2003, Illustrated keys to families and genera of the superfamily Paguroidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with diagnoses of genera of Paguridae, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60 (1), pp. 111-144 : 121

Discorsopagurus McLaughlin, 1974

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with semicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with multiple rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with or without slight papilla protruding from gonopores on one or both coxae of pereopods 5; pleopods 3–5 or 2–5. Female with pleopods 2–5. Abdomen straight or slightly flexed, not twisted; tergites of somites 3–4 paired, incompletely fused chitinous plates; tergite 6 strongly calcified. Uropods symmetrical. Telson with or without slight lateral indentations; terminal margin entire, straight or concave. Type species: Pylopagurus schmitti Stevens, 1925 .