Paguritta Melin, 1939

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 : 125

Paguritta Melin, 1939

Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicle simple or bifid. Antennal flagella with paired very long setae armed with prominent setules on each article. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right appreciably larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular or subquadrate anterior lobe, anterior margin usually with few blunt spines. Pereopod 4 semichelate, propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male usually with papilla or very short sexual tube one or both coxae of pereopods 5; no unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopods 2–4. Uropods symmetrical. Telson with terminal margins straight. Type species: Paguritta gracilipes Melin, 1939 .