Subfamily Calmaniinae Stevcic, 1991

Calmania prima [from Laurie 1906: pl. 1 fig. 10]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Calmaniinae Stevcic, Z. 1991. Note on some rare and aberrant Australian crabs. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8(1): 121-134 [125].

  Type genus:

   Calmania Laurie, 1906.

Diagnosis

Carapace elongate to broader than long. Anterolateral margins indistinctly lobulated, not spiniform or clearly dentiform. Cheliped fingers, when closed, usually forming distinct gape. Male abdomen seven segmented, not reaching level of anterior edges of bases of chelipeds; telson not elongate, not twice length of segment 6; lateral margins subparallel. Male genital openings coxal. Male first gonopod relatively stout, sinuous, distal part strongly recurved.

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