Loxopagurus Forest, 1964

Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2015, Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes, Zootaxa 3947 (3), pp. 327-346 : 338

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Genus Loxopagurus Forest, 1964 View in CoL

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.

References

Forest, J. (1964) Sur un nouveau genre de Diogenidae (Crustacea: Paguridea) de l'Atlantique sud-americain, Loxopagurus gen. nov., etabli pour Pagurus loxochelis Moreira. Zoologische Mededelingen, 39, 279 - 296.

Moreira, C. (1901) Contribuicoes para o conhecimento da fauna brazileira. Crustaceos do Brazil. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, 11, 1 - 151.