Catapagurus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

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 : 120

Catapagurus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata somewhat reduced, with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds elongate, unequal, right stouter than left. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process prominent. Coxa of right pereopod 5 of male with moderate sexual tube, curving toward exterior over lateral side of abdomen, left coxa occasionally with very slightly protruded papilla; pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopods 2–4 or 2–5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Catapagurus sharreri A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 . (Generic diagnosis restricted by Asakura, 2001)