Rathbun, 1904
Carapace very rough but little pitted. Rostrum very short and bent vertically. Basal antennal article long and strongly developed, almost completely separating the basal article of the antennule from the orbital hiatus, nearly but not completely reaching the inner canthus of orbital hiatus. Afferent branchial channels normal. Chelipeds: merus trigonus, not tapering distally. Ambulatory legs spiny. (Guinot 1998)
Type species: Cancer horridus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Gender feminine.
Species treated:
Daldorfia horrida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Daldorfia investigatoris (Alcock, 1895)
Daldorfia rathbuni (de Man, 1902)
Daldorfia semicircularis (Flipse, 1930)
Daldorfia spinosissima (A. Milne Edwards, 1862)
Daldorfia triangularis Sakai, 1974