Family DACRYOPILUMNIDAE Serène, 1984
Compiler and date details
May 2012 - Peter Davie, Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Dacryopilumninae Serène, R. 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par Crosnier, A.: Carpilliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale 24: 1-400 figs A-C, 1-243 pls 1-48 [11, 15].
Type genus:
Dacryopilumnus Nobili, 1906.
Diagnosis
Carapace transversely oval to subhexagonal, dorsally convex; anterolateral margins short, with closed fissures, appearing entire; front extremely broad, much broader than posterior border, truncate, deflexed. Orbits rounded, not closed; outer edge equal to greatest width of carapace; placed dorso-posteriorly such that infraorbital margin clearly visible dorsally; eyes large, completely visible in dorsal view. Antennae positioned some distance from orbits and frontal margin. Chelipeds unequal, rather stout, fingers short; right chela without special gastropod cutting tooth. Walking legs short. Male second gonopod with distal part longer than subdistal part, suddenly becoming very slender along terminal section.
History of changes
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