Scopaeopagurus McLaughlin and Hogarth, 1998

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

Scopaeopagurus McLaughlin and Hogarth, 1998

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 .