No distict median tubercle on ocular peduncle
Upper antennular flagellum subequal to lower one, attached to apex of third antennular segment.
Body thick stony in appearance
Cervical groove very faint or absent
Abdomen with deep grooves and numerous tubercles
Third and fourth pair of pleopods single-branched
Post -orbital spine absent
Carapace with a median dendate crest extending nearly or quite to the posterior margin
Eyestalk with a tubercle on its mesial (inner) border
Telson with a fixed spine on each side of tip
2 well developed arthrobranchs on each side of penultimate thoracic segment
The third pereopods are chelate
The pleurae of the second abdominal segment not overlapping those of first segment
Abdomen generally does not have a sharp bend
Last two pairs of walking legs well developed, gills many
Third pair of legs are normal and gills are dendrobranchiate