CTENIOBATHYNELLINI Serban and Coineu, 1973

Camacho, A. I., Brancelj, A., Dorda, B. A., Casado, A. & Rey, I., 2016, New Parabathynellidae species in Africa: the first bathynellids from Chad and an assay of their phylogenetic position in the order Bathynellacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca) based on 18 S sequences, Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 2691-2726 : 2697

Tribe CTENIOBATHYNELLINI Serban and Coineu

Tribe diagnosis (according to Serban and Coineau 1975a with amendments). Antennule 6-segmented. Antenna with 2- or 3-segmented protopod and 3-segmented endopod (normally) or 2-segmented (reduced). Labrum always with teeth, distal edge simple or clefted, with convex contour. Mandible with 4 or 5 distal teeth on pars incisiva and 3 or 5 claws on pars molaris; proximal tooth of pars incisiva present or reduced. Maxillule with 5 or 6 teeth on distal endite. Maxilla 2- or 3-segmented with 1 or 2 long distal claws. Thoracopod VIII male with exopod on distal face of basipod; outer lobe, never free; more or less reduced endopod; penial region normally with 2 lobes and teeth. Lateral seta on pleotelson present.