Subfamily Goneplacinae MacLeay, 1838

Ommatocarcinus macgillivrayi [from Yokoya 1933: fig. 65]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838.
• Gonoplacidae MacLeay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr Smith. pp. 53–71 pl. 3 in, Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". London. 75 pp. 4 pls [63] [corrected to Goneplacidae by Stebbing, T.R.R. 1902. South African Crustacea, Part II. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2: 1–92 pls 5–16 (15)].

  Type genus:

   Goneplax Leach, 1814.

  Secondary source:

   Stebbing, T.R.R. 1902. South African Crustacea, Part II. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2: 1-92 pls 5-16.
• Notonycidae Števčić, 2005.
• Psopheticini Števčić, 2005.
• Michaeliinae Števčić, 2011.

Diagnosis

Carapace trapezoidal to subquadrate; broadest across exorbital angles, with front and orbits occupying entire anterior margin; front narrow to moderate in width; orbits in form of long narrow grooves; eyestalks long to very long, sometimes extending well beyond edge of carapace; corneas well developed and pigmented. Male abdomen with base of third segment entirely covering sternum between last pair of legs.

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