Abstract
Carapace subquadrate to subcircular, dorsal surface of carapace flat, markedly uneven, with high elevations and tubercles, anterolateral margins with teeth. Front with two to four lobes. Orbits deep, broad, supraorbital and infraorbital margins usually with lobes or denticles, eyestalks relatively long, usually with tubercles. Antennules folded transversely. Antennae with basal segment rectangular or variously expanded, flagellum long. Third maxillipeds small, not fully covering buccal cavern. Chelipeds small to moderate in size, equal or unequal. Walking legs slender, last one markedly reduced, but similar to other ones. Abdomen of males and females with seven free-moving somites. G1 nearly robust, twisted; G2 shorter than G1. Genital opening of males coxal. Genital opening of females sternal.
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Naderloo, R. (2017). Family Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 (Stilt Crabs). In: Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_29
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