Bathypaguropsis McLaughlin, 1994

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

Bathypaguropsis McLaughlin, 1994

Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum well developed. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped massive, chela operculate or nearly so; propodal-carpal articulation approximately 30˚ from perpendicular; left cheliped with propodal-carpal articulation with 30–60˚ counterclockwise rotation. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp of 1or more, sometimes incomplete, rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with pleopods 2–5. Female with pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Bathypaguropsis yaldwyni McLaughlin, 1994 .