Familia Cymonomidae

Bouvier, 1897

Carapace subquadrate, longer than wide; orbits absent. Third maxillipeds elongate, completely covering buccal cavity; exopod of third maxilliped with flagellum. Pereiopods without movable articulation between basis and ischium; first two pairs long and thin, subequal; fourth and fifth pereiopods reduced and positioned dorsally. Female with sternal grooves. First abdominal segments visible dorsally; uropods absent. Genital openings coxal, female on third pereiopods, male on fifth pereiopods. (Davie 2002)

Genus treated:
genus Cymonomus A. Milne Edwards, 1880

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