Catapaguroides A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1892

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Catapaguroides A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1892

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 10 pairs, no pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4). Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata more or less reduced, no accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right appreciably stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with roundly rectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 semichelate. Male with moderate to long sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, directed from right to left under thorax and recurved anteriorly; coxa of left with very short or short tube concealed between 2 thick tufts of sternal setae; pleopods 3–5. Female with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins straight or oblique. Type species: Catapaguroides microps A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1892 .