The question of polyphyly in the hermit crab genus, Parapagurodes McLaughlin & Haig, 1973, has been investigated by comparisons of a series of morphological characters among the eight species presently assigned to the genus. The results of the analysis have shown that the only mutually shared characters are an acutely developed rostrum and the presence, in males, of a short or very short right sexual tube. Consequently, the composition of Parapagurodes is herein restricted to the two species originally assigned, viz. P. makarovi McLaughlin & Haig, 1973, and P. laurentae McLaughlin & Haig, 1973. Parapagurodes hartae McLaughlin & Jensen, 1996, is transferred to the genus Pagurus, and four species subsequently transferred from Pagurus to Parapagurodes, viz. P. gracilipes (Stimpson, 1858), P. nipponensis (Yokoya, 1933), P. constans (Stimpson, 1858), and P. imaii (Yokoya, 1939) are returned to Pagurus. A new genus, Dofleinia, is proposed for the species, Parapagurodes doederleini (Doflein).