Pylopaguridium McLaughlin and Lemaitre, 2001

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 : 126

Pylopaguridium McLaughlin and Lemaitre, 2001

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles multispinose. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped markedly larger than left, subrectangular, operculate. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular or subovate anterior lobe, usually armed with few small spines. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with paired gonopores, but coxae of pleopods 5 asymmetrical, left produced posteriorly; pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins straight. Type species: Pylopaguridium markhami McLaughlin and Lemaitre, 2001b .