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Propagurus McLaughlin and de Saint Laurent 1998

Description

Propagurus McLaughlin and de Saint Laurent, 1998

Diagnosis. Gills generally quadriserial, 13 pairs (11 or 12 pairs presumably functional), with pleurobranch on somite XI (thoracomere 5, above pereopod 2) rudimentary or well-developed, pleurobranch on somite XII (thoracomere 6, above pereopod 3) always rudimentary. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right longer and stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular. to roundly subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 2 to several rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with pleopods usually 3–5, occasionally 2–5. Females with pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins generally oblique. Type species: Pagurus gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards, 1836.

Notes

Published as part of McLaughlin, P. A., 2003, Illustrated keys to families and genera of the superfamily Paguroidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with diagnoses of genera of Paguridae, pp. 111-144 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, http://zenodo.org/record/12210056

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Biodiversity

Family
Paguridae
Genus
Propagurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
McLaughlin and de Saint Laurent
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Propagurus de Saint, 1998 sec. McLaughlin, 2003