Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes
Author
Nucci, Paulo Ricardo
Author
Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De
text
Zootaxa
2015
3947
3
327
346
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.2
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1175-5326
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Genus
Dardanus
Paulson, 1875
Type
species.
Dardanus hellerii
Paulson, 1875
.
Diagnosis
. Fourteen pairs of gills with entire lamellae. Frontal margin rounded at median region; rostrum absent. Ocular peduncles stout, ocular scales large and short widely separated. Antennal flagellum with very short setae. Third maxilliped with well developed
crista dentata
. Chelipeds usually subequal, left larger than right; fingers with corneous claw. Males with unpaired pleopods (pl2–pl5) with rudimentary inner ramous. Females with unpaired pleopods (pl2–pl4 triramous) and pl5 very short with rudimentary inner ramus.