Genus Raninoides

H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Carapace elliptical, much longer than broad, surface granulated in front of the antero-lateral spines; fronto-orbital border more than half the greatest width of carapace; three fronto-orbital spines on each side; antero-lateral borders with one (extraorbital) spine. Eye peduncle one segmented, folding transversely. Dorsal border of cheliped palm with one subdistal spine and a single carina. Posterior margin of propodus of fourth pereiopod without spines. Fifth pereiopod, compared to the preceeding ones, strongly reduced in size. (Türkay 1995)

Type species: Ranina loevis Latreille, 1825, by monotypy.
Gender masculine.

Species treated:
Raninoides personatus Henderson, 1888

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