Masticacheles, Fraaije, Krzemiński, Van Bakel, Krzemińska & Jagt, 2014

Fraaije, René H. B., Krzemiński, Wiesław, Van Bakel, Barry W. M., Krzemińska, Ewa & Jagt, John W. M., 2014, New Late Jurassic symmetrical hermit crabs from the southern Polish Uplands and early paguroid diversification, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 (3), pp. 681-688 : 684

Genus Masticacheles nov.

Type species: Masticacheles longirostris sp. nov., see below.

Etymology: In reference to the pronounced massetic regions formed by several muscle attachment areas.

Diagnosis.—Shield well calcified, length slightly exceeding width, well areolated, with distinct regions, including more or less equal−sized anterior and posterior massetic regions, both wider than long. Rostrum prominent, triangular. Post−ocular spines distinct, triangular. Post−rostral ridge turning into central gastric groove. Anterior part of gastric region vermiculate, posterior part bluntly arrowhead−shaped to obtuse.