Abstract
Carapace longitudinally oval, distinctly longer than broad, strongly convex, regions weakly defined; lateral margins often with teeth or spines along entire length, no distinct junction between anterolateral and posterolaterl margins of carapace. Front distinct, narrow, produced, with two or three teeth or lobes. Orbits incomplete. Socket of antennules broader than long, antennules folded longitudinally. Basal antennal segment broad, flagella of antenna long, intensely setose. Third maxillipeds elongate, reaching to antennules, ischium longer than merus, merus quadrate or subquadrate. Epistome absent. Chelipeds markedly sexually dimorphic. Walking legs medium-sized, last leg not reduced in size, slighly broadened. Abdomen of males with five somites, first somite of male and female abdomen visible from dorsal view, abdomen of females not fully covering gential opening.
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Naderloo, R. (2017). Family Corystidae Samoulle, 1819. In: Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_6
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