Paguritherium Reinhard 1945

Detorre, Marissa, Williams, Jason D. & Boyko, Christopher B., 2023, A review of the endoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Entoniscidae) from hermit crabs, including description of the new subfamily Diogenioninae and a new species of Paguritherium Reinhard, 1945 from the Philippines, Zootaxa 5249 (1), pp. 12-40 : 21

Genus Paguritherium Reinhard 1945

Diagnosis: Female head with dorsal groove; antennulae and antennae present as fused pads; maxilliped present. Pereon without ovarian processes; oostegites 1–5 present; oostegite 1 largest with ascendant and recurrent lobes; other oostegites on posterior of pereon, directed dorsally; oostegite 5 reduced. Heart in pleomere 1; five pairs of pleopods present; posterior margin of pleomere 6 entire; uropods absent. Male antenna projecting beyond margin of head; pereopods unsegmented; medioventral spines and pleopods absent; posterior margin of pleomere 6 entire. Epicaridium larva pereopod 6 similar in length to pereopod 5, with reduced dactylus; pleopods 1–3 with medial angle of peduncle bearing one long seta, exopod bearing three long setae; pleopod 4 with medial angle of peduncle bearing one short seta, exopod bearing three long setae; pleopod 5 reduced, setae absent. Cryptoniscus larva unknown.

Included species: Paguritherium alatum Reinhard, 1945 ; P. manggagaway n. sp.