Genus Paguristes Dana, 1851 s.s.

Paguristes Dana, 1851: 269; 1852a: 122; 1852b: 437. — A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1893: 32. — Alcock 1905: 30 (in part). — Forest 1954: 170 (in part). — Forest & de Saint Laurent 1968: 67 (in part). — Zariquiey Alvarez 1968: 235. — McLaughlin 1974: 17. — Miyake 1978b: 25. — Forest & McLaughlin 2000: 58 (in part). — Rahayu 2006: 350.

Pagurites – Lörenthey & Beurlen 1929: 71 (misspelling).

TYPE SPECIES. — By subsequent designation by Stimpson (1858), Paguristes hirtus Dana, 1851, shown by Haig (1956) to be a junior subjective synonym of Pagurus weddellii H. Milne Edwards, 1848 .

OTHER SPECIES INCLUDED. — Paguristes balanophilus Alcock, 1905; P. calvus Alcock, 1905; and P. simplex n. sp.

DISTRIBUTION. — Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman, and northern Australia; 73-804 m.