Genus Notopus

de Haan, 1841

Carapace broadened anteriorly, regularly convex from side to side, no median dorsal carina, a transverse ridge of spinules between antero-lateral spines, surface otherwise smooth; fronto-orbital border less than half the greatest width of carapace; five fronto-orbital spines; antero-lateral borders with one spine. Eye peduncle folding obliquely backward and downward. Dorsal border of cheliped palm without spines. Fifth pereiopod, compared to the preceeding ones, slightly reduced in size. (Türkay 1995)

Type species: Notopus dorsipes (Fabricius, 1798), by monotypy.

Species treated:
Notopus dorsipes (Fabricius, 1798)

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