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Family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (Spider Crabs, Decorator Crabs)

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Carapace subcircular to pyriform, moderately to strongly convexed, usually longer than broad. Front with single or double spines. Orbits incomplete, reduced, never concealing cornea, postorbital spines sometimes present, intercalated spine usually absent, eyestalks usually short, but not always, often immovable or slightly movable. Antennules folded longitudinally. Antennae with basal segment relatively long, fused distally. Third maxillipeds with merus as broad as ischium, slightly shorter than latter. Chelipeds robust, nearly equal, palm more or less swollen. First walking legs longer than others; dactylus of walking legs prehensile or subchelate. Abdomen of males and females with seven free-moving somites. G1 robust, slightly curved; G2 shorter than G1.

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Naderloo, R. (2017). Family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (Spider Crabs, Decorator Crabs). In: Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_16

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