Tomopagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893

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Tomopagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular or sometimes only broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right appreciably larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subovate to subsemicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process prominent. Male usually without, rarely with pleopod 1 paired but reduced or vestigial; pleopods 3–5. Female usually with pleopod 1 paired, modified, rarely without pleopod 1; pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Tomopagurus rubropunctatus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893 .