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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A787D9-FFD6-DF30-FF73-FA207F4BB595

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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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Diogenidae

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