Rhodochirus McLaughlin, 1981

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 : 127

Rhodochirus McLaughlin, 1981

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular or as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right chela subovate to subquadrate; at least some spines or tubercles with basal rosettes. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subquadrate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process well developed. Male with pleopods 3–5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2–5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Pylopagurus rosaceus A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893 .