| Main Ref. | Child, C.A., 1998 |
| Appearance refers to |
| specialized organs | |
| different appearance | |
| different colors | |
| remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Diagnosis | Trunk: compact, Aschorhynchus- like, segments posteriors each with two long middorsal spines, lateral process separated by narrow intervals, ocular tubercle tall, distally bulbous, placed at anterior of first trunk segment, eyes prominent. Proboscis: short, egg-shaped. Abdomen: long, carried horizontally, extending to tip of third coxae of fourth leg pair. Chelifores: short, globular in shape with distal spines, chelae vestigial, sunken within distal cups. Palp: 9 segmented, oviger 10 segmented, both Achelia-like, oviger strigilis with one or two denticulate spines per segment. Femur: short, with long setae and enormous dorsodistal cement gland tube on a tall tubercle. Propodus: short, slender, without larger heel spines, no auxiliary claws (Ref. 9). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| spines | |
| soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| spines | |
| soft-rays |