Subfamily Cryptocneminae Stimpson, 1907

Lissomorpha haswelli [from Ward 1933: pl. 2 fig. 5]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cryptocnemidae Stimpson, W. 1907. Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853–1856. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 49(3): 1-240 pls 1-26 [161].
• Leuciscini Števčić, 2005.
• Lissomorphini Števčić, 2005.
• Onychomorphini Števčić, 2005.

Diagnosis

Carapace broad, flattened or even concave; with lamelliform lateral expansions concealing all or part of walking legs. Orbits small and deep; antennae obsolete or nearly so. Apex of third maxilliped sharply triangular, projecting much beyond extremity of exopod, bisecting epistome; exopod generally dilated, its outer margin more or less convex. Chelipeds symmetrical, large and depressed, always exposed. Male abdomen with most segments fused.

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