Lophopagurus (Lophopagurus) McLaughlin, 1981

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 : 123

Lophopagurus (Lophopagurus) McLaughlin, 1981

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right chela with dorsomesial margin depressed, dorsal surface with sloping or concave dorsomesial component; left chela with dorsal midline elevated into prominent keel or crest. Ambulatory legs with dactyl and propodus of left pereopod 3 sometimes dissimilar. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subrectangular anterior lobe, occasionally armed. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of scales; usually no preungual process. Male with pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins straight, oblique or rounded. Type species: Eupagurus thompsoni Filhol, 1885b .