MacLeay, 1838
Antennules folded obliquely. Antennules and antennae large. External maxillipeds leaving all the anterior part of the buccal cavern uncovered. Two first abdominal segments not folded against the ventral face and visible in a dorsal view of the body. P4 and P5 differing from preceeding legs, reduced in size, dorsal and with a terminal subcheliform apparatus. Carrying behaviour well known. (Guinot 1998)
Subfamilies treated:
subfamily Dorippinae MacLeay, 1838
subfamily Ethusinae Guinot, 1977