Iridopagurus de Saint Laurent-Dechancé, 1966

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Iridopagurus de Saint Laurent-Dechancé, 1966

Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded or very obtusely triangular lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata without accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 simple; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process present or absent. Male with long, coiled sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5; tube development on right coxa varying from simple papilla to short sexual tube; pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins usually straight. Type species: Spiropagurus iris A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893 .