Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1885a

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 : 126

Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1885a

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Anterior carapace vaulted and well calcified; lateral margins of shield each developed into 2 blunt or spiniform, wing-like projections. Rostrum triangular or truncated. Ocular acicles simple, obscured from dorsal view by broad rostrum. Posterior carapace well calcified anteriorly and usually drawn out into projecting lobes. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right appreciably larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopod 3) with broad, subrectangular lobe. Pereopod 4 usually semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with coxae of pereopods 5 sometimes expanded posteroventrally, but usually without very short sexual tube developed; without unpaired pleopods. Female with paired gonopores located posteriorly on coxae of pereopods 3; pleopods 2–4. Abdomen reduced, usually globular, with tergites at least faintly delineated. Uropods generally symmetrical. Telson often carried ventrally; terminal margin rounded, entire or with slight median cleft. Type species: Porcellanopagurus edwardsi Filhol, 1885a .