Acanthopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1968

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Acanthopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1968

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely and roundly triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped much stronger than left. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with short, massive sexual tube on right coxa of pereopod 5, directed obliquely toward midline; left coxa without sexual tube, or possibly with small papilla protruding from gonopore; pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Anapagurus?dubius A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1900 .