Subfamily Caphyrinae Paul'son, 1875

Lissocarcinus laevis [from Miers 1886: pl. 17 fig. 3]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caphyrinae Paul'son, O.M. 1875. Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with Notes regarding other Seas. Part I. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). Jerusalem : The Israel Program for Scientific Translations 164 pp. 21 pls. [reissued and translated by F.D. Por, 1961] [63].
• Lissocarcinidae Ortmann, A.E. 1893. Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas), I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Crancroidea, 1: Section Portuninea. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z.Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen, VI. Theil. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 7: 23-88 pl. 3 [67, 87].

Diagnosis

Carapace subcircular or subhexagonal, usually not much broader than long; surface either smooth or traversed on each side by ridges; eyestalks of normal length; anterolateral border with five or six teeth or nearly entire. Basal antennal segment lying obliquely, with anterolateral lobe entering orbital hiatus, peduncle and flagellum excluded from orbit. Chelipeds of about same length or little longer than ambulatory legs, bearing a reduced set of spines on merus, carpus and palm; fingers not grooved or very weakly grooved. Walking legs short; last leg variously modified, varying from paddle-shaped to ending in a claw-shaped dactylus. Male first gonopod with subterminal spines. (After Apel & Spiridonov 1998).

General References

Apel, M. & Spiridonov, V.A. 1998. Taxonomy and zoogeography of the portunid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) of the Arabian Gulf and adjacent waters. Fauna of Arabia 17: 159-331

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