Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 1905

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12210813

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scientific name

Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 1905
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Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 1905 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped usually massive, chela operculate or semioperculate; dactyl frequently articulating obliquely with palm. Ambulatory legs with dactyls and propodi of pereopods 3 frequently dissimilar. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 to 4 rows of corneous scales, with or without preungual process. Male with pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins oblique, concave or straight. Type species: Pylopagurus magnimanus Henderson, 1896 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Paguridae

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