Alainopaguroides McLaughlin, 1997

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 : 119

Alainopaguroides McLaughlin, 1997

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Anterior carapace vaulted and generally well calcified, with anterolateral regions slightly depressed. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata somewhat reduced, 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal; right stronger, but not necessarily longer. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with narrow, transverse anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 weakly semichelate, propodal rasp rudimentary; prominent tubular preungual process. Abdomen reduced; tergal plates of somites 2–5 sometimes very faintly delineated. Male with moderate, stout sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, left often with very short tube; no unpaired pleopods. Female pleopods 2–4. Uropods generally symmetrical. Telson with terminal margins narrowly to broadly oblique. Type species: Alainopaguroides lemaitrei McLaughlin, 1997 .