Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Carapace subpyriform, with spines or lamellate lobes or both. Rostrum of two spines distinct from base. Orbit above comprising eave, intercalated spine and postorbital lobe; eave generally with two spines or lobes; postorbital lobe lamellate, excavate anteriorly. Eyestalk retractile to postorbital lobe. Basal antennal article not especially broad, distant from postorbital lobe, orbit open below. Third maxillipeds with merus as broad as ischium. Chelipeds of male generally distinctly ridged. Meri of ambulatory legs usually spined. Abdomen of seven segments in both sexes. First pleopod of male with a flap protecting subapical aperture. (Griffin & Tranter, 1986)
Type species: Chorinus aculeata H. Milne Edwards, 1834, by original designation.
Species treated:
Thacanophrys aculeatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Thacanophrys brevispinosus (Yokoya, 1933)
Thacanophrys harmandi (Bouvier, 1906)
Thacanophrys longispinus (de Haan, 1839)
Thacanophrys tosaensis (Sakai, 1969)