Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915

Periclimenaeus — Borradaile, 1915; Holthuis, 1951:76; Chace, 1972:26; Williams, 1984:81; Ramos-Porto & Coelho, 1990:105; Chace & Bruce, 1993:91; Fransen, 2006:726; Cardoso & Young, 2007:295.

Diagnosis. Rostrum compressed, dorsal and ventral margins with teeth, ventral margin may be unarmed. Carapace with antennal spine, supraorbital spine present or absent. Mandible without palp. Maxillipeds with exopod. Third to fifth pereopods with simples or bifid dactyli. Telson with 2 pairs of dorsal spines and 3 pairs of spines on posterior margin.