Anapagurus Henderson, 1886

McLaughlin, P. A., 2003, Illustrated keys to families and genera of the superfamily Paguroidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with diagnoses of genera of Paguridae, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60 (1), pp. 111-144 : 120

Anapagurus Henderson, 1886

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple; ocular lobes unarmed or with pair of spines. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds grossly unequal, right much larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Coxa of left pereopod 5 in male with short to moderate sexual tube directed toward exterior and often curved over abdomen dorsally; coxa of right sometimes with short sexual tube; pleopods 3–5. Females with pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins generally oblique. Type species: Pagurus laevis Bell, 1846 .