Nematopaguroides Forest and de Saint Laurent, 1968

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Nematopaguroides Forest and de Saint Laurent, 1968

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded or obtusely triangular lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal or somewhat unequal, right usually largest. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with irregularly subrectangular anteri- or lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp of 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process usually present. Male with moderate to long sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, usually directed obliquely toward exterior and with terminal filament; left coxa with or without short to moderate sexual tube; pleopods 3–5. Females with pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Nematopaguroides fagei Forest and de Saint Laurent, 1968 .