Propagurus McLaughlin and de Saint Laurent, 1998

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

Propagurus McLaughlin and de Saint Laurent, 1998

Diagnosis. Gills generally quadriserial, 13 pairs (11 or 12 pairs presumably functional), with pleurobranch on somite XI (thoracomere 5, above pereopod 2) rudimentary or well-developed, pleurobranch on somite XII (thoracomere 6, above pereopod 3) always rudimentary. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right longer and stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular. to roundly subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 2 to several rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with pleopods usually 3–5, occasionally 2–5. Females with pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins generally oblique. Type species: Pagurus gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards, 1836 .