Balss, 1921
Carapace wider than long, subpentagonal in outline, surface convex, granulate, regions well defined. Frontal and branchial grooves especially prominent. Rostrum prominent, tridentate, teeth bluntly rounded. Antero-lateral teeth short, broad, and blunt. Female sternal grooves end apart on low tubercles between or behind bases of first legs. Cheliped with an epipod, but no podobranch. First two pairs of legs lobed, inner margins of dactyli armed with up to six small spines; without podobranchs. Last two pairs of legs reduced, the third pair shortest. Abdomen of six free segments. Uropod plates well developed, visible externally. (Türkay 1995; Davie 1996)
Type species: Cryptodromia japonica Henderson, 1888, by McLay's designation in 1993.
Species treated:
Paradromia japonica (Henderson, 1888)
Paradromia sheni (Dai, Yang, Song & Chen, 1981)