taxonID	type	description	language	source
6367985AFFCBFFCC3FC6748CFEFBF8A1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely and roundly triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped much stronger than left. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with short, massive sexual tube on right coxa of pereopod 5, directed obliquely toward midline; left coxa without sexual tube, or possibly with small papilla protruding from gonopore; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Anapagurus? dubius A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1900.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCBFFCC3C7C7182FA28FD6B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right chela generally ovate, armature usually as mushroom-shaped tubercles. Carpi of ambulatory legs lacking dorsodistal spine. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with anterior lobe absent, reduced and styliform, or small and subquadrate. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales; preungual process small. Coxae of male pereopods 5 occasionally with slight papilla protruding from one or both gonopores; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with paired, modified pleopod 1; pleopods 2 – 5. Uropods symmetrical or nearly so, protopods produced posteriorly. Telson with median cleft usually broadly U-shaped, posterior lobes usually symmetrical, terminal margins unarmed. Type species: Pylopagurus boletifer A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCBFFCC3C7C7382FC41FB6B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Anterior carapace vaulted and generally well calcified, with anterolateral regions slightly depressed. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata somewhat reduced, 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal; right stronger, but not necessarily longer. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with narrow, transverse anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 weakly semichelate, propodal rasp rudimentary; prominent tubular preungual process. Abdomen reduced; tergal plates of somites 2 – 5 sometimes very faintly delineated. Male with moderate, stout sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, left often with very short tube; no unpaired pleopods. Female pleopods 2 – 4. Uropods generally symmetrical. Telson with terminal margins narrowly to broadly oblique. Type species: Alainopaguroides lemaitrei McLaughlin, 1997.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCBFFCC3C7C7582FB95F92D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Anterior carapace vaulted and generally well calcified, with anterolateral regions distinctly globular. Ocular acicles multispinose. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped stronger, but not markedly longer. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with narrow, transverse anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 subchelate, propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous spines; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 subchelate. Male with stout, moderate sexual tubes of approximately equal length on coxae of both pereopods 5, each with long setae mesially and terminally; no unpaired pleopods. Female with single gonopore opening posteriorly on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 4 only. Abdomen reduced; tergal plate of somite 2 weakly delineated; tergal plates of somites 3 – 5 clearly defined, chitinous or very weakly calcified. Uropods symmetrical. Telson with terminal margin entire. Type species: Alainopagurus crosnieri Lemaitre and McLaughlin, 1995.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCBFFCD3C7C7678FE26FE2B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Ocular acicles simple. Rostrum prominent, lateral projections reduced. Antennal acicles each with row of spines on mesial surface. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped elongate in large males. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe, margin spinose. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Right coxa of pereopod 5 in male with short, mesially directed sexual tube; coxa of left with very short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins rounded. Type species: Alloeopagurodes spiniacicula Komai, 1998.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCBFFCC3FC671BDFE85FA12.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Cephalothorax usually with only shield weakly to strongly calcified; rostrum produced as median projection or rounded lobe; lateral projections usually well developed. Gills bi- or quadriserial phyllobranchia, 8 – 13 pairs. Ocular peduncles with penultimate segments each provided with acicle. Antennal acicles most commonly with only terminal spine. Maxillipeds 3 separated by moderate to broad sternal plate; ischium usually with well developed crista dentata, sometimes reduced, with or without 1 or more accessory teeth. Chelipeds unequal or subequal, right generally larger. Ambulatory legs with dactyls and propodi usually similar from right to left, occasionally dissimilar; dactyls usually with ventral row of corneous spines; carpi usually armed with at least dorsodistal spine. Pereopod 4 usually semichelate, sometimes subchelate, infrequently chelate or simple; preungual process present or absent at base of claw; rarely circular sensory structure (type A P 4 structure, cf. McLaughlin, 1974) on lateral face of dactyl. Fifth pereopods usually chelate, occasionally subchelate. Males usually with paired gonopores on coxae of pereopod 5, occasionally only with single left gonopore; membranous, chitinous, or very weakly calcified sexual tube frequently developed in conjunction with gonopore on one or both coxae; usually without, but occasionally with pleopods 1 and / or 2 paired and modified; with or without unpaired left pleopods on abdominal somites 3 – 5 or 2 – 5. Females usually with paired gonopores on coxae of pereopod 3, occasionally only single left gonopore; often without, but frequently with, pleopod 1 paired and modified; with unpaired left pleopods on somites 2 – 5, or less frequently, 2 – 4. Uropods usually asymmetrical, occasionally symmetrical. Telson usually with lateral indentations separating anterior and posterior portions; posterior lobes usually separated by median cleft. Type genus: Pagurus Fabricius, 1775.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCD3FCE7347FDD8FCA5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right appreciably larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with anterior lobe subrectangular to subcircular. Pereopod 4 semichelate, propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales. Male with short, posteriorly directed sexual tube on right coxa of pereopod 5; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight to oblique. Type species: Eupagurus (Spiropagurus) facetus Melin, 1939.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCD3FCE72FAFE5EFACB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple; ocular lobes unarmed or with pair of spines. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds grossly unequal, right much larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Coxa of left pereopod 5 in male with short to moderate sexual tube directed toward exterior and often curved over abdomen dorsally; coxa of right sometimes with short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Females with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins generally oblique. Type species: Pagurus laevis Bell, 1846.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCD3FCE7427FD0DF91E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum well developed or reduced to rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple or multispinose. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right chela usually suboperculate. Left cheliped with propodal-carpal articulation rotated 0 – 45 ˚ from perpendicular. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular to subtriangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 3 or 4 rows of corneous scales; preungual process usually moderately well developed. Males with pleopods 3 – 5. Females with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins rounded, sometimes somewhat excavated. Type species: Pylopagurus bartletti A. Milne-Edwards, 1880	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCD3FCE7790FBE4FE35.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum well developed. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped massive, chela operculate or nearly so; propodal-carpal articulation approximately 30 ˚ from perpendicular; left cheliped with propodal-carpal articulation with 30 – 60 ˚ counterclockwise rotation. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp of 1 or more, sometimes incomplete, rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with pleopods 2 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Bathypaguropsis yaldwyni McLaughlin, 1994.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCD3C64736AFA1DFC33.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 10 pairs, no pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4). Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata more or less reduced, no accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right appreciably stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with roundly rectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 semichelate. Male with moderate to long sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, directed from right to left under thorax and recurved anteriorly; coxa of left with very short or short tube concealed between 2 thick tufts of sternal setae; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight or oblique. Type species: Catapaguroides microps A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1892.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCD3C64756FFB04FA65.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata somewhat reduced, with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds elongate, unequal, right stouter than left. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process prominent. Coxa of right pereopod 5 of male with moderate sexual tube, curving toward exterior over lateral side of abdomen, left coxa occasionally with very slightly protruded papilla; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 4 or 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Catapagurus sharreri A. Milne-Edwards, 1880. (Generic diagnosis restricted by Asakura, 2001)	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCD3C6474BAFADBF93D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, similar, moderately long and slen- der. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) not known. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson unknown. Type species: Ceratopagurus pilosimanus Yokoya, 1933.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCAFFCE3C647672FECDFDCE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills distally quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum prominent, acutely triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds very unequal; right much stronger and distinctly sexually dimorphic. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with roundly rectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with long sexual tube on right coxa of pereopod 5, orientated toward left across ventral body surface; left coxa without gonopore, or with gonopore and very short sexual tube directed toward right; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins horizontal to oblique. Type species: Cestopagurus coutieri Bouvier, 1897.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC9FFCE3FC67320FECDFBEB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 13 pairs (11 pairs presumably functional), pleurobranchs of somites XI and XII (thoracomeres 5 and 6, above pereopods 2 and 3) reduced or rudimentary. Rostrum broadly rounded. Corneas reduced, located ventrolaterally on ultimate peduncular segments. Ocular acicles simple, basally contiguous. Crista dentata well developed, and 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopod 3) divided into anterior and posterior lobes by distinct, membranous hinge. Pereopod 4 semichelate, propodal rasp with 1 – 2 rows of corneous scales, no preungual process. Male unknown. Female with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Uropods asymmetrical. Telson symmetrical, with distinct lateral indentations, posterior lobes each with “ half-moon ” contour and blade-like lateral margin. Type species. Chanopagurus atopos Lemaitre, 2003.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC9FFCE3FC67507FEE8F9B5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 8 – 10 pairs, no pleurobranchs on somites XI, XII, XIII (thoracomeres 5 – 7, above pereopods 2 – 4), arthrobranchs of maxilliped 3 small, vestigial or absent. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata reduced, no accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal in length, but right appreciably stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular or subovate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 simple, without propodal rasp; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 semichelate. Male with long sexual tube developed on coxa of right pereopod 5, directed from right to left across ventral body surface and curved anteriorly; left with short sexual tube directed from left to right; pleopods 2 – 5. Female with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson without lateral indentations; terminal margin entire or with minute median cleft. Type species: Decaphyllus spinicornis de Saint Laurent, 1968.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC9FFCE3FC677EAFB03FE73.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obsolete or as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; left cheliped with some degree of clockwise rotation of propodal-carpal articulation, dorsolateral margin of chela weakly to strongly inflated proximally. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Females with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with posterior lobes each contoured as " half-moon "; blade-like lateral margin and acute terminal angle broadly separated by U-shaped median cleft, inner margins each with 1 prominent spine in basal half. Type species: Eupagurus spinulimanus Miers, 1876.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC9FFCE3C7C7088FC73FC7E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with semicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with multiple rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with or without slight papilla protruding from gonopores on one or both coxae of pereopods 5; pleopods 3 – 5 or 2 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Abdomen straight or slightly flexed, not twisted; tergites of somites 3 – 4 paired, incompletely fused chitinous plates; tergite 6 strongly calcified. Uropods symmetrical. Telson with or without slight lateral indentations; terminal margin entire, straight or concave. Type species: Pylopagurus schmitti Stevens, 1925.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC9FFCE3C7C74D8FB77F8AE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right chela suboperculate; left cheliped with propodal - carpal rotation of approximately 60 ˚ from perpendicular. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with anterior lobe as single capsulate seta. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales; preungual process small to moderately large. Male usually without sexual tubes, occasionally with very short tube or papilla from one or both gonopores; with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Abdomen straight or slightly flexed. Telson without lateral indentations, terminal margin convex, entire or with shallow median concavity. Type species: Pylopagurus guatemoci Glassell, 1937.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFCF3FCE7182FE2DFD75.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right chela subovate; left cheliped with propodal-carpal rotation of 15 – 30 ˚ from perpendicular. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with anterior lobe subcircular to subquadrate. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process moderately small. Male usually without sexual tubes, occasionally with very short tube or papilla, most frequently on right coxa; with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Abdomen straight or slightly flexed. Telson without lateral indentations, terminal margin convex, entire or with inconspicuous median indentation. Type species: Pylopagurus spinicarpus Glassell, 1938.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFCF3FCE73AFFEA7FB5B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills distally quadriserial, 9 pairs, pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4) but arthrobranchs absent from arthrodial membrane of maxilliped 3. Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata without accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with marginally armed, subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 simple; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process prominent. Male with moderate to long, coiled sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5; right coxa sometimes with papilla or very short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminals straight or oblique. Type species: Enneobranchus flavioculatus García-Gómez, 1988.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFCF3FCE75D8FEF3F963.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial; 9 pairs, pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4) but arthrobranchs absent from arthrodial membranes of maxilliped 3. Rostrum triangular, not deflected. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata without accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right more robust. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subquadrate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 semichelate. Coxa of left pereopod 5 of male with moderate, rather stout sexual tube directed exteriorly and dorsally, terminally somewhat spatulate and with fringe of dense curved setae; right occasionally with protruded papilla; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with lateral indentations weakly indicated; terminal margins oblique. Type species. Enneopagurus garciagomezi McLaughlin, 1997.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFCF3FCE7780FCD7FDED.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Biserial gills, 9 pairs, pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4) but arthrobranchs absent from arthrodial membrane of maxilliped 3. Rostrum well developed, strongly depressed. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata somewhat reduced, without accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right appreciably larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with small anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate, propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 weakly semichelate. Coxa of left pereopod 5 of male with long, basally stout sexual tube directed exteriorly and curved dorsally across abdomen from left to right; coxa of right without sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female unknown. Abdomen straight. Telson with very weak transverse indentations; terminal margins oblique. Type species: Enneophyllus spinirostris McLaughlin, 1997.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFCF3C647300FB66FC7B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds markedly unequal, right elongate in large males. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopod 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with moderate sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5; right without sexual tube; no unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopods 2 – 4. Telson with terminal margin entire. Type species: Anapagurus drachi Forest, 1966.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFCF3C6472BAFAE7FA8B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds grossly unequal, right very elongate, with prominently produced ventral carpal margin. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subovate to subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process present or absent. Male with short, posteriorly or laterally directed sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5; left coxa often with papilla or very short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight or oblique. Type species: Pagurus piercei Wass, 1963.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFCF3C6474EAFB0EF925.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum narrowly triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right cheliped with chela subquadrate to subrectangular. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to roundly subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified, pleopods 2 – 5. Abdomen flexed or straight. Telson with terminal margins straight or slightly excavated. Type species: Pylopagurus diegensis Scanland and Hopkins, 1969.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFC8FFC83C64767FFEF3FDCE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata somewhat reduced, with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds elongate, unequal, right stouter. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with rectangular, sometimes armed, anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scale; preungual process prominent. Right coxa of pereopod 5 of male with long sexual tube directed toward exterior and curved over dorsal surface of abdomen toward left; left coxa sometimes with papilla or very short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Hemipagurus gracilis Smith, 1881. (Genus reinstated by Asakura, 2001)	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCFFFC83FC67302FEE4FC1D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata somewhat reduced, with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds elongate, subequal, right stouter. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of spiniform scales; preungual process tubular. Coxa of right pereopod 5 of male with stout, short sexual tube directed posteriorly and externally; left usually with very short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins rounded. Type species: Icelopagurus crosnieri McLaughlin, 1997.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCFFFC83FC6756FFEFBFA46.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded or very obtusely triangular lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata without accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 simple; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process present or absent. Male with long, coiled sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5; tube development on right coxa varying from simple papilla to short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins usually straight. Type species: Spiropagurus iris A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCFFFC83FC674BAFF71F8AE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Carapace, exclusive of branchiostegites, generally heavily calcified throughout; posterior carapace broader than shield. Rostrum prominent. Ocular acicles simple, obscured basally by anterior margin of shield. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal or unequal, right larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe, usually armed with spines medianly. Pereopod 4 simple; propodal rasp with 1 or 2 rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male without unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Abdomen reduced. Telson with terminal margins straight. Type species: Pagurus splendescens Owen, 1839.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCFFFC83C7C7182FB4BFD9D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds grossly unequal; right chela operculate. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subquadrate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales; apparently no preungual process. Pereopod 5 minutely chelate. Male with pleopod 2 paired, modified; no unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopods 2 – 4. Abdomen reduced. Uropods generally symmetrical. Telson without lateral indentations; terminal margin entire. Type species: Lithopagurus yucatanicus Provenzano, 1968.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCFFFC83C7C7317FB73FB86.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right chela subrectangular to subtriangular; dorsal surface of palm usually circumscribed by row of dorsomesial, dorsoproximal and dorsolateral marginal spines; left chela with dorsolateral margin elevated, at least proximally, and frequently expanded; propodal-carpal rotation variable. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular, subovate or slender rod-like anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process minute. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Abdomen frequently straight or only weakly flexed. Uropods symmetrical or asymmetrical. Telson with terminal margins straight, oblique or rounded. Type species: Eupagurus cookii Filhol, 1883.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCFFFC83C7C751FFA2CF9F5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right chela with dorsomesial margin depressed, dorsal surface with sloping or concave dorsomesial component; left chela with dorsal midline elevated into prominent keel or crest. Ambulatory legs with dactyl and propodus of left pereopod 3 sometimes dissimilar. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subrectangular anterior lobe, occasionally armed. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of scales; usually no preungual process. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight, oblique or rounded. Type species: Eupagurus thompsoni Filhol, 1885 b.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCFFFC93C7C7728FE41FE9B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum broadly triangular or rounded. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal; right cheliped exhibiting considerable sexual dimorphism; left cheliped with propodal-carpal articulation rotated 15 – 45 ˚. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopod 3) with elongate, slender or acutely triangular, usually spinulose, anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales; preungual process usually well developed. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique or rounded. Type species: Eupagurus (Elassochirus) corallinus Benedict, 1892 (= Eupagurus ungulatus Stüder, 1883).	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFC93FCE7017FE8CFD2E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded or obtusely and bluntly triangular lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right appreciably stouter. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row, or rarely incomplete double of scales; no distinctive preungual process. Right, left, or both coxae of pereopods 5 of male with short sexual tube partially masked by tuft of setae; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with paired, modified pleopod 1; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins rounded. Type species: Pagurodes limatulus Henderson, 1888.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFC93FCE7240FEF3FB5E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as rounded lobe or obsolete. Ocular acicles multispinose. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right largest. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with broad, subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 – 3 rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Coxa of left pereopod 5 of male with moderate to long sexual tube; right with or without gonopore; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson without lateral indentations; terminal margin entire. Type species: Micropagurus devaneyi McLaughlin, 1986.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFC93FCE75D0FD6DF9CE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum acute. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds elongate, unequal, right longer and somewhat stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with bluntly subtriangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 unusually elongate, simple; propodal rasp replaced by row of setae; no preungual process. Male without unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 4. Uropods symmetrical, protopods each with prominent, posteriorly directed spine. Telson without lateral indentations, terminal margin entire. Type species: Eupagurus macrocheles A. Milne-Edwards, 1880.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFC93FCE7720FB70FE9B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded or obtusely triangular lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal or somewhat unequal, right usually largest. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with irregularly subrectangular anteri- or lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp of 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process usually present. Male with moderate to long sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, usually directed obliquely toward exterior and with terminal filament; left coxa with or without short to moderate sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Females with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Nematopaguroides fagei Forest and de Saint Laurent, 1968.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFC93C647017FC58FCA5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as weakly and obtusely subtriangular, broadly rounded or obsolete lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds moderately long and slender; subequal, with right generally slightly longer and / or more robust. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemiovate to roundly rectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of scales; no preungual process. Male with moderate to long, often distally filamentous, sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, orientated from right to left across ventral body surface; coxa of left with papilla, very short or short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Females with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight, rounded, somewhat oblique, or prominently oblique. Type species: Nematopagurus longicornis A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1892.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFC93C6472FAFBCCFAD5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum prominent. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right considerably larger, suboperculate. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subovate anteri- or lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Abdomen straight or slightly flexed; tergites chitinous, usually in form of lateral plates, tergite of somite 5 entire; tergite of somite 6 strongly calcified. Telson with terminal margins straight. Type species: Pagurus minimus Holmes, 1900.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFC93C64744AFA34F93D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 10 pairs, no pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above pereopod 4). Cephalothorax nearly completely calcified. Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata reduced, without accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right largest. Pereopods 2 and 3 with paddle-shaped dactyls. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with elongate, slender, subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 with broadly expanded and flattened propodus, no propodal rasp; dactyl elongate, simple. Pereopod 5 subchelate. Male with long sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5; coxa of left without sexual tube or with papilla; no unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopods 2 – 4. Abdomen reduced. Uropods symmetrical. Telson with terminal margin entire. Type species: Ostraconotus spatulipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1880.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCEFFCA3C647672FE97FE2B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right largest. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopod 3) not described. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales. Male with coxae of pereopod 5 markedly asymmetrical; gonopore on coxa of left masked by tuft of long, stiff setae directed from left to right and extending across ventral body surface, usually also with papilla or very short sexual tube; no unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight. Type species: Eupagurus? minimus Chevreux and Bouvier, 1892.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCDFFCA3FC67352FF71FC06.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCDFFCA3FC6749AFF71F8AB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds elongate, subequal, right stouter. Sternite of somite XII (thoracopod 6, pereopods 3) with marginal spinules on subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopods 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Coxa of right pereopod 5 of male with stout, short to moderate sexual tube directed posteriorly, coxa of left sometimes with papilla or very short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Females with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique or nearly perpendicular. Type species: Pagurodes inarmatus Henderson, 1888.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCDFFCA3C7C721FFAE6FAEB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata without accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right stronger, but not always longer. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with armed or unarmed, subovate to subquadrate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 subchelate or very weakly semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 subchelate. Coxa of left pereopod 5 of male with club-like, stout, very short to moderate left sexual tube direct- ed toward exterior and provided with terminal tufts of very long setae, coxa of right with small gonopore; pleopods 3 – 5. Females with paired, modified pleopod 1, pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins very oblique. Type species: Jacquesia polymorpha de Saint Laurent and McLaughlin, 1999.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCDFFCA3C7C7182FCCCFC85.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum variable. Ocular acicles simple, bifid or multispinous. Crista dentata with 1 or more accessory teeth. Chelipeds generally very unequal, right usually appreciably larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with variably-shaped anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 usually semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 to several rows of corneous scales; with or without preungual process. Male usually without, rarely with slight papilla protruded from gonopore on one or both coxae of pereopod 5; with no paired, modified pleopods, usually with unpaired pleopods 2 – 5 or 3 – 5, rarely without unpaired pleopods. Female usually with paired, rarely with single left gonopore on coxa (e) of pereopods 3; without paired pleopod 1, usually with unpaired pleopods 2 – 5, rarely 2 – 4. Abdomen usually spirally twisted, occasionally straight. Uropods asymmetrical, infrequently symmetrical. Telson with terminal margins rounded, straight or oblique, usually with median cleft. Type species: Cancer bernhardus Linnaeus, 1758 [as defined by lectotype selection by Forest and Holthuis (1955: 312): specimen figured by Swammerdam (1737: pl. 2 fig. 1)]	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCDFFCA3C7C7408FC61F925.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, or occasionally distally quadriserial; 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right largest. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with roundly subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 2 or more rows of corneous scales; usually with small preungual process. Coxa of right pereopod 5 of male with very short to short sexual tube, left with or without similarly very short to short sexual tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins rounded or oblique. Type species: Parapagurodes makarovi McLaughlin and Haig, 1973.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCDFFCB3C7C767FFCB0FE16.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum usually triangular, occasionally only as rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 to several accessory teeth. Chelipeds markedly unequal; right chela subovate to subcircular. Sternite of somite XII (thoracopod 6, pereopods 3) with subsemiovate to subsemicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process prominent. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Eupagurus operculatus Stimpson, 1859.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCCFFCB3FCE7097FEA6FB9D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Anterior carapace vaulted and well calcified; lateral margins of shield each developed into 2 blunt or spiniform, wing-like projections. Rostrum triangular or truncated. Ocular acicles simple, obscured from dorsal view by broad rostrum. Posterior carapace well calcified anteriorly and usually drawn out into projecting lobes. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, right appreciably larger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopod 3) with broad, subrectangular lobe. Pereopod 4 usually semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with coxae of pereopods 5 sometimes expanded posteroventrally, but usually without very short sexual tube developed; without unpaired pleopods. Female with paired gonopores located posteriorly on coxae of pereopods 3; pleopods 2 – 4. Abdomen reduced, usually globular, with tergites at least faintly delineated. Uropods generally symmetrical. Telson often carried ventrally; terminal margin rounded, entire or with slight median cleft. Type species: Porcellanopagurus edwardsi Filhol, 1885 a.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCCFFCB3FCE7518FE97F9EE.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCCFFCB3FCE770FFC59FEE5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gill biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles simple or bifid. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal; right slightly larger, both suboperculate. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with small subquadrate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 10 – 12 rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male without unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 4. Abdomen reduced. Uropods symmetrical. Telson with terminal margin entire. Type species: Protoniopagurus bioperculatus Lemaitre and McLaughlin, 1996.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCCFFCB3C64703AFCD7FD15.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills distally quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum reduced and rounded. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right somewhat stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with roundly subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Coxa of right pereopod 5 of male with long sexual tube, stout proximally and drawn out into filament distally. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with oblique terminal margins. Type species: Pagurodes piliferus Henderson, 1888.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCCFFCB3C647386FA93FB91.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds grossly unequal; right exceptionally large. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with semicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 simple or weakly semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with short to moderate, rod-like sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5, no gonopore on coxa of right; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Pygmaeopagurus hadrochirus McLaughlin, 1986.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCCFFCB3C647500FBB0FA35.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles multispinose. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped markedly larger than left, subrectangular, operculate. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular or subovate anterior lobe, usually armed with few small spines. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with paired gonopores, but coxae of pleopods 5 asymmetrical, left produced posteriorly; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight. Type species: Pylopaguridium markhami McLaughlin and Lemaitre, 2001 b.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFCCFFCB3C647762FAF2F8AB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped usually massive, chela operculate or semioperculate; dactyl frequently articulating obliquely with palm. Ambulatory legs with dactyls and propodi of pereopods 3 frequently dissimilar. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 to 4 rows of corneous scales, with or without preungual process. Male with pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique, concave or straight. Type species: Pylopagurus magnimanus Henderson, 1896.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD3FFD43FC67182FCB7FD56.taxon	diagnosis	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	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD3FFD43FC673D2FE47FBCD.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD3FFD43FC67527FDD2FA3D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 10 pairs, no pleurobranch on somite XIII (on thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4). Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata consisting of 2 or 3 strong curved, spine-like teeth; no accessory tooth. Chelipeds grossly unequal, right massive. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with roundly rectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 weakly semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with short sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5, coxa of right with only small papilla; pleopods 2 – 5. Females with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Scopaeopagurus megalochirus McLaughlin and Hogarth, 1998.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD3FFD43FC67777FA35FEC6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills distally quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right somewhat longer and stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subsemicircular to subquadrate anterior lobe. Propodus and dactyl of left pereopod 3 dissimilar in having numerous plumose setae on lateral faces. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; preungual process usually present. Male with long sexual tube on coxa of right pereopod 5, directed toward exterior and curved dorsally, coxa of left usually with small papilla; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins straight or oblique. Type species: Cestopagurus lineatus Wass, 1963.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD3FFD43C7C7058FB6BFC33.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 10 pairs, no pleurobranch on somite XIII (thoracomere 7, above arthrobranchs of pereopod 4). Anterior carapace vaulted and strongly calcified; lateral margins of shield each developed into 3 blunt or spiniform lobes; posterior carapace lobe consisting of elongate median and small lateral elements. Rostrum prominent. Ocular acicles reduced, simple; hidden from dorsal view by anterior margin of shield. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Right cheliped much stronger, but not appreciably longer than left. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 subchelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 subchelate. Male with stout, short to moderate, equal or unequal sexual tubes developed on coxae of both pereopods 5, right frequently longer; each with long setae subterminally and terminally; no unpaired pleopods. Female with single gonopore posteriorly on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 4. Abdomen reduced; tergal plate of abdominal somite 2 weakly delineated; tergal plates of somites 3 – 5 clearly defined. Uropods symmetrical; protopods each with very prominent, posteriorly directed spine. Telson with terminal margin entire. Type species: Solitariopagurus profundus Türkay, 1986.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD3FFD43C7C756FFC1AFA65.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum as broadly rounded lobe. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal, right usually slightly stronger, but not necessarily longer. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with anterior lobe narrowly subrectangular, occasionally obsolete. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with long, usually coiled, terminally blunt sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5, right without sexual tube but sometimes with small papilla; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with characteristic, acutely triangular posterior lobes (Fig. 3 c), terminal margins very oblique. Type species: Pagurus spiriger De Haan, 1849.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD3FFD43C7C74BAFA06F8AE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills distally quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular or broadly rounded, with 1 or more marginal spinules. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds markedly unequal, right considerably longer and stronger. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with semicircular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with short sexual tube on coxa of left pereopod 5, directed anteriorly or posteriorly, right sometimes also with short or very short tube developed, sometimes with only papilla; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Tarrasopagurus rostrodenticulatus McLaughlin, 1997.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD2FFD53FCE7182FF08FD9D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata not described. Chelipeds grossly unequal, right largest. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with small, triangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1, possibly 2, rows of corneous scales; apparently no preungual process. Male with pleopod 2 paired, modified; pleopods 3 – 5. Female unknown. Abdomen straight, tergite of somite 5 as thickened, possibly calcified plate; uropods symmetrical. Telson terminal margin not described. Type species: Parapagurus valdiviae Balss, 1911.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD2FFD53FCE7312FDD9FC6E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds subequal; right usually somewhat more robust. Subquadrate anterior lobe of sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopod 3) with convex median, marginally setose, elevation. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with several rows of corneous scales; no preungual process. Male with or without pleopod 1 paired, modified; pleopods 2 – 5. Female with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins rounded. Type species: Tomopaguropsis lantana Alcock, 1905.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD2FFD53FCE7280FEF2FABD.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD2FFD53FCE74F2FEBEF92D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills distally quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum triangular. Ocular acicles simple. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal, some degree of sexual dimorphism. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with subrectangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of corneous scales; no preungual process. Coxa of male right pereopod 5 with moderate sexual tube directed toward the exterior; left with very short tube; pleopods 3 – 5. Female with single gonopore on coxa of left pereopod 3; pleopods 2 – 5. Type species: Catapaguroides? trichophthalm us Forest, 1954.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD2FFD53FCE767FFC18FDCE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills quadriserial, 11 pairs. Rostrum narrowly triangular. Ocular acicles simple or multispinous. Crista dentata without accessory tooth. Chelipeds unequal or subequal, right appreciably stouter, but not necessarily longer. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with generally subquadrate anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 row of scales corneous scales; no preungual process. Coxa of left pereopod 5 of male with moderate to long, often weakly spiraled sexual tube provided with sparse terminal tuft of stiff setae; right occasionally with papilla; pleopods 3 – 5. Females with pleopods 2 – 5. Telson with terminal margins oblique. Type species: Laurentia albatrossae McLaughlin and Haig, 1996 a.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
6367985AFFD2FFD53C647320FB99FBF5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gills biserial or distally quadriserial, 13 pairs. Rostrum obtusely triangular. Ocular acicles multispinose. Crista dentata with 1 accessory tooth. Chelipeds grossly unequal; palm of right with prominent spine or protuberance at mesial dorsodistal angle. Sternite of somite XII (thoracomere 6, pereopods 3) with narrow or subtriangular anterior lobe. Pereopod 4 semichelate; propodal rasp with numerous rows of small, corneous scales; no preungual process. Pereopod 5 subchelate, sometimes sexual dimorphic. Male with pleopods 1 and 2 paired, modified; no unpaired pleopods. Female with pleopods 2 - 4. Tergites of abdominal somites 2 – 5 as narrow calcified plates, tergite 6 heavily calcified and operculate; uropods symmetrical. Telson without lateral indentations, broader than long, terminal margin entire. Type species: Xylopagurus rectus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880.	en	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): 111-144, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2003.60.16, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-60-issue-1-2003/pages-111-144/
