Genus Loxopagurus Forest, 1964

Type species. Pagurus loxochelis (Moreira, 1901)

Diagnosis. Fourteen pairs of gills with entire lamellae. Small salience rostral acute not overreaching the lateral projections. Third maxillipeds with basis-ischium short, without crista dentata. Left cheliped glabrous with granules or tubercles flattened, very stronger than right cheliped that is hairy and armed with spinose tubercles.