Abstract
Carapace distinctly broader than long, anterolateral margins with three broad lobes and tubercles. Front with four lobes, medians larger, frontal margin shorter than posterior margin of carapace. Orbits half as broad as front, eyestalks short. Third maxillipeds without gap between, completely covering buccal cavern, merus subquadrate. Sutures between abdominal sternums 4–5 and 7–8 entire. Chelipeds unequal, larger cheliped usually with proximal large blunt tooth. Walking legs medium-sized, with scarce setae on distal appendages. Abdomen of males and females with free-moving somites. G1 stout; G2 narrow, longer than G1. Genital opening of males coxal, genital opening of females sternal.
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Naderloo, R. (2017). Family Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 (Stone Crabs). In: Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_9
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