Tarrasopagurus McLaughlin, 1997

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

Tarrasopagurus McLaughlin, 1997

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 .