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
Petrochirus
Stimpson, 1858
Type
species.
Cancer diogenes
Linnaeus, 1758
Diagnosis
. Fourteen pairs of gills with entire lamellae. Rostrum small, rounded, at level of lateral projections. Ocular peduncles slender; ocular scale separated. Antennal flagella with very short setae. Ischium of third maxillipeds with well developed
crista dentata
. Right cheliped stronger than left. Males with 4 unpaired pleopods (pl2–pl5) with inner ramus rudimentary. Females with 3 unpaired pleopods triramous (pl2–pl4), pl5 very small, with inner ramus rudimentary.