Genus Polycheria Haswell, 1879

Type species. Polycheria tenuipes Haswell, 1879, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Pereon broad, pleon compressed, to some extent carinate. Antennae sub-equal; A1 accessory flagellum absent. Mandibles without palp. Maxillipeds with well-developed palp. Gnathopods small, subchelate. Pereopods all prehensile, with narrow bases. Uropods biramous with rami equal in size. Telson cleft. (After Haswell 1879)