Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989

Lemaitre, R., 1996, Hermit crabs of the family Parapaguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Australia: species of Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989, Sympagurus Smith, 1883 and two new genera., Records of the Australian Museum 48 (2), pp. 163-221 : 167

Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989

Parapagurus .-De Saint Laurent, 1972: 101 (in part).

Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989: 35 . Type species by original designation: Sympagurus gracilipes A. Milne Edwards, 1891: 132 . Gender: masculine.

Diagnosis. Eleven pairs of phyllobranchiate or intermediate gills. Shield distinctly broader than long, weakly and evenly calcified. Eye-stalks stout. Corneae strongly dilated. Fourth segment of antennal peduncle unarmed. Epistomial spine absent. Right cheliped elongate, often slender; palm rounded mesially, with weakly to well delimited dorsolateral margin. Left cheliped usually weakly calcified on merus, carpus, and often proximal portion of palm. Ambulatory legs with dactyls straight or nearly so. Fourth pereopod with propodal rasp consisting of 1 row of corneous scales. Second abdominal somite with left pleuron terminating ventrally in small subtriangular lobe. Males with well developed paired 1st and 2nd gonopods; 1st gonopods each with short, broad subtriangular distal lobe; 2nd gonopods each with rudimentary exopod and strongly twisted distal segment.

Species. Strobopagurus gracilipes (A. Milne Edwards, 1891) , S. kilburni ( Kensley, 1973), and S. sibogae (De Saint Laurent, 1972) .