Pylopagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1891
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https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6367985A-FFD3-FFD4-3FC6-7182FCB7FD56 |
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Felipe |
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Pylopagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1891 |
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Pylopagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1891 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum acute. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped markedly larger than left; chela subcircular to subrectangular, operculate. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with narrow subovate, subquadrate, or subsemicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process small to very prominent. Male usually without, but occasionally with papilla or very short sexual on one or both coxae of pereopod 5; pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2–5. Abdomen straight or rarely flexed. Uropods symmetrical or nearly so. Telson with terminal margins concave or oblique. Type species: Eupagurus discoidalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
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