Illustrated keys to families and genera of the superfamily Paguroidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with diagnoses of genera of Paguridae
Author
McLaughlin, P. A.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2003
2003-12-31
60
1
111
144
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
journal article
10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16
1447-2554
12210056
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
)