Desmarest, 1823
Carapace transversely oval, with a long spine at the junction of antero-lateral and postero-lateral borders, otherwise only low tubercles, no clypeiform expansions concealing the four pairs of ambulatory legs. Merus of external maxillipeds not elongate or acute, never concealing the flagellum repose. Chelipeds exactly fitting in front of the pterygostomial and buccal regions, dactylus of large cheliped with a long, curved basal tooth fitting into a cup-like depression of the fixed finger. Ambulatory legs gressorial. (Türkay 1995)
Type species: Mursia cristiata H. Milne Edwards, 1837.
Species treated:
Mursia armata de Haan, 1837
Mursia cf aspera Alcock, 1899
Mursia australiensis Campbell, 1971
Mursia cf curtispina Miers, 1886
Mursia danigoi Galil, 1993
Mursia cf hawaiiensis Rathbun, 1894
Mursia microspina Davie & Short, 1989
Mursia trispinosa Parisi, 1914