Dana, 1852
Description: Carapace depressed, transversely oval, regions defined. Front, hardly projecting, more than one-third carapace width; margin divided into two large submedian lobes and two small lateral lobes. Antero-lateral margins tri- or quadridentate, equal to or shorter than markedly convergent postero-lateral margins. Posterior margin costate, short. Antennule fossette transverse. Basal antennal segment in adult butting into orbital hiatus, excluding short, slender antennal flagellum from orbit. Anterior margin of buccal cavity well defined, covered by third maxillipeds; exhalent channels faintly indicated on posterior region of endostome only. Exopod of third maxilliped, shorter than endopod, columnar, distally notched, bearing triangular tooth distally on inner margin. Lateral margins of endopod ischium nearly parallel, proximal margin obliquely truncate, oblique shallow sulcus near setose internal margin; inner distal angle of merus excavate; carpus setose distally on dorsal surface and propodus with setal tuft, dactylus terminally setose. Chelipeds unequal, fingers massive, spoon-shaped. Superior margin of pereiopods spinulate or tuberculate, external surface of pereiopodal carpi furrowed. Modifications of dactylo-propodal articulation well defined, dactylus tip cornute. Genital openings coxal. Male with 5 abdominal segments. (Clark & Galil, 1993)
Type species: Pilodius pilumnoides Dana, 1852.
Species treated:
Pilodius areolatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Pilodius granulatus Stimpson, 1858
Pilodius miersi (Ward, 1936)
Pilodius nigrocrinitus Stimpson, 1858
Pilodius paumotensis Rathbun, 1907
Pilodius pilumnoides (White, 1848)
Pilodius pugil Dana, 1852