ALBUNEINAE STIMPSON, 1858

BOYKO, CHRISTOPHER B., 2002, A Worldwide Revision Of The Recent And Fossil Sand Crabs Of The Albuneidae Stimpson And Blepharipodidae, New Family (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Hippoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (272), pp. 1-396 : 180

ALBUNEINAE STIMPSON, 1858 , new status

TYPE GENUS: Albunea Weber, 1795 as the nominotypical genus of the family Albuneidae .

INCLUDED GENERA: Albunea Weber, 1795 ; Zygopa Holthuis, 1961 ; Stemonopa Efford and Haig, 1968 ; Paralbunea Serène, 1977 ; Squillalbunea , n. gen.; Italialbunea , n. gen.

DIAGNOSIS: Carapace outer ocular spines absent. Antennule dorsal flagellum with 17– 145 articles, ventral flagellum with 1–7 articles. Antenna acicle present, long; flagellum with 1–8 articles. Maxilliped II with flagellum. Maxilliped III crista dentata absent or weak; exopod slender or lamellar, without flagellum. Pereopod I dactylus with dorsal margin smooth or crenulate; propodal cutting edge smooth or with blunt teeth. Abdomen with pleura on somites II–IV. Males without pleopods.

REMARKS: As with the members of the Lepidopinae , the genera that comprise the Albuneinae have always been considered to form a natural grouping within the Albuneidae (Efford and Haig, 1968; Efford, 1969), but this group was not formally named until now.