Genus Hexaplax

Doflein, 1904

Eyes large, hammer-shaped, cornea much broader than stalk. Third maxilliped with broad ischium and merus, mesial margin of ischium concave proximally, convex distally, carpus, propodus and dactylus slender, dactylus longer than propodus; exopod with flagellum. Ambulatory legs slender, elongate, merus of third pair 1.5 times as long as carapace. Apices of male pleopods concealed under abdomen, pleopods straight or faintly sinuous, tapering to slender apex, directed anteriorly, with few minute subdistal spinules. Male abdomen with six visible segments, third to fifth fused, but distinct, terminal segment triangular, rounded distally. (Türkay 1995)

Type species: Hexaplax megalops Doflein, 1904, by monotypy.
Gender feminine.

Species treated:
Hexaplax megalops Doflein, 1904

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