SUPER FAMILY : OPLOPHORIDAE


The third pereopod are not chelate

The pleura of the second abdominal segment overlapping those of first and third segments

Abdomen generally has a sharp bend.

The fingers of the chela are spoon-shaped and terminating in conspicuous brushes of long stiff hairs

Family : Atydae


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