Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Carapace broad, suboval in shape, narrowing anteriorly, regularly arcuate laterally. Margins thin, scalloped or lobed. Front narrow, produced anteriorly, bilobed. Orbits small. Antennules small. Antennae at inner angle of orbit. Buccal cavity broad anteriorly. Efferent branchial orifices separated. Merus of third maxillipeds shorter than ischium, with anterior border bilobed. Chelipeds symmetrical, palm stout, fixed finger wide. Ambulatory legs compressed, dorsally toothed or with large, irregular tubercles. (Guinot 1998)
Type species: Sakaila africana Manning & Holthuis, 1981.
Species treated:
Sakaila imperialis (Sakai, 1963)
Sakaila japonica (Sakai, 1963)