Family PLANOPILUMNIDAE Serène, 1984

Rathbunaria orientalis [A.J. Francis]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Planopilumninae 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(key), 17(key)].

  Type genus:

   Planopilumnus Balss, 1933.
• Platycheloniini Števčić, 2005.
• Haemocinidae Števčić, 2011.

Introduction

For discussion of family status, see Ng et al. (2008)

Diagnosis

Carapace subhexagonal; dorsal surface flattened, not convex, regions moderately well defined by broad ridges and grooves; frontal margin bilobate; anterolateral margins armed with broad, triangular, blunt to pointed teeth, second and third being largest and most prominent. Chelipeds large, similar; fingertips typically crossing; fixed finger typically bent downwards. Ambulatory legs moderately flattened. Male abdomen with seven free segments. Male first gonopod with spatulate tip; second gonopod straight, about half length of first gonopod.

General References

Ng, P.K.L, Guinot, D. & Davie, P.J.F. 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1-286 [Date published 31 January 2008]

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