Subfamily Liomerinae Sakai, 1976

Liomera rugata [from Odner 1925: pl. 1 fig. 16]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Liomeroida Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [xvii 385, 390].

Diagnosis

Carapace transversely oval, generally much broader than long; dorsal surface convex, smooth, granular or rugose; regions prominent or hardly indicated; anterolateral margins entire or weakly dentate; front nearly straight, feebly bilobed. Antennules fold transversely. Chelipeds subequal or slightly unequal, dissimilar in males; palm elongate; fingers elongate and dentate; fixed finger without a proximal or median tooth differentiated on cutting edge. Walking legs variable in shape from subcylindrical, to moderately compressed, to flattened, sometimes slightly carinate on anterior margins; smooth or granular.

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