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Carapace circular, pyriform, thin, markedly flat, poorly calcified, without hooked setae, regions weakly or well defined, anterolateral margins entire, without any spine or tooth, junction between anterolateral and posterolateral margins not distinct. Front distinct, produced. Orbits not distinct or incomplete, eyes exposed. Antenullar sockets shallow, weakly distinct, antennules folded longitudinally. Antennae short, first antennal segment short, fused with epistome, second segment slender. Third maxillipeds with well-developed ischium, palp attached to anterolateral angle of merus. Chelipeds sexually dimorphic, those of males large, robust. Walking legs narrow, long. G1 in various sizes; G2 shorter than G1. Genital opening of males coxal. Genital opening of females sternal.
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Naderloo, R. (2017). Family Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 (Spider Crabs). In: Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_15
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