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Definition of Genus pagurus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Paguridae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pagurus

Literary usage of Genus pagurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"The old genus Pagurus was divided by Brandt in his work on Crustacea in ... The species of the genus Pagurus are very numerous and often difficult to ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"That which we take to be the second stage of the genus Pagurus (PL IX. fig. 2) was captured toward the end of May, in a towing-net, in Plymouth Sound. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"Indeed at present only one British species is referable to the restricted genus Pagurus, and this, as it so happens, is perhaps the least known member of ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"... or else ignore^ the fact that the genus Pagurus of older writers was split up more than thirty years ago into a number of separate and distinct genera. ..."

5. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"In Bell's ' History of British Stalk-eyed Crustacea,' ten species are named and described as belonging to the genus Pagurus, but the majority of them are ..."

6. The Amphibians of Western North America by Joseph Richard Slevin (1900)
"The old genus Pagurus was divided by Brandt in his work on Crustacea in ... The species of the genus Pagurus are very numerous and often difficult to ..."

7. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, An Introduction to the Knowledge by George Samouelle (1819)
"The curious economy of,the genus Pagurus attracted the attention of the ancients. One species is well described by Aristotle. ..."

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