| Main Ref. | Tavares, M., 2003 |
| Utseende refererar till |
| specialiserade organ | |
| annat utseende | |
| andra färger | |
| Anmärkningar |
| Särskilt slående egenskaper | |
| Lateral kroppsform | |
| Tvärsnitt | |
| Dorsal profil av huvudet | |
| Ögontyp | |
| Typ av mun/snyte | |
| Munnens placering | |
| Diagnos | Carapace less than twice as broad as long; 9 stout teeth on strongly arched anterolateral margin, all except outer orbital tooth and short lateral spine usually swept forward; front bearing 4 well-developed teeth (excluding inner orbital angles). Coarse scattered and transverse lines of granules on convex dorsal surface. Pincers robust, ridges and crests coarsely granulate; fifth legs flattened form of paddles. Male with T-shaped abdomen reaching posterior quarter of thoracic sternite 4; first pleopods reaching slightly beyond suture between thoracic sternites 6 and 7, sinuously curved, overlapping proximally, diverging distally to tips curved abruptly inward, armed distally with scattered minute spinules. Color: adult male dorsally purplish red, more accented on proto-, meso-, and metagastric areas and at base of lateral spines and anterolateral teeth; branchial region and anterolateral teeth obscure maroon; dorsal surface of all legs purplish red with intense orange red on articulations; inferior portions of merus, carpus, and fingers of chelipeds intense violet; internal and external portion of chelae as well as remaining ventral aspect of animal white with tints of soft purple. |
| Ease of Identification |
| Sidolinjer | avbruten: No |
| Fjäll längs sidolinje | |
| Porbärande fjäll längs sidolinje | |
| Fjäll i lateralserie | |
| Antal rader fjäll ovan sidolinje | |
| Antal rader fjäll under sidolinje | |
| Fjäll runt stjärtfensspole | |
| Skäggtömmar | |
| Gälspringor (endast hos hajar/rockor) | |
| Gälräfständer | |
| på undre del av gälbåge | |
| på övre del av gälbåge | |
| totalt | |
| Ryggkotor | |
| preanal | |
| totalt |
| Egenskaper | |
| Antal fenor | |
| Antal småfenor | ryggfena |
| Ventral | |
| Totalt antal hårda fenstrålar | |
| Totalt antal mjuka fenstrålar | |
| Fettfena |
| Egenskaper |
| Antal fenor | |
| Totalt antal hårda fenstrålar | |
| Totalt antal mjuka fenstrålar |
| Bröstfena | Egenskaper |
| Fenstrålar hårda | |
| Fenstrålar mjuka | |
| Bukfenor | Egenskaper |
| Position | |
| Fenstrålar hårda | |
| Fenstrålar mjuka |