Enneopagurus McLaughlin, 1997

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 : 122

Enneopagurus McLaughlin, 1997

Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial; 9 pairs, pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4) but arthrobranchs absent from arthrodial membranes of maxilliped 3. Rostrum triangular, not deflected. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata without accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right more robust. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subquadrate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 semichelate. Coxa of left pereopod 5 of male with moderate, rather stout sexual tube directed exteriorly and dorsally, terminally somewhat spatulate and with fringe of dense curved setae; right occasionally with protruded papilla; pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopods 2–5. Telson with lateral indentations weakly indicated; terminal margins oblique. Type species. Enneopagurus garciagomezi McLaughlin, 1997 .