Alcock, 1896
Carapace not very broad and without lateral expansions. Antero-lateral margins crested and thin, upturned. Orbits and antennulary fossae shut off by infraorbital lobe which touches immediately the frontal edge. Basal antennal article immovably fused with suborbital lobe; flagellum usually very minute or obsolete. Chelipeds: fingers movable in slant plane. (Guinot 1998)
Species treated:
Heteronucia globata Sakai, 1963
Heteronucia laminata (Doflein, 1904)
Heteronucia perlata Sakai, 1963
Heteronucia venusta Nobili, 1906