Miers, 1878
Carapace subquadrate in shape, transversely octogonal in outline, narrowing anteriorly. Dorsal surface with regions ill-defined and thickly covered with pits and tubercles. Antero-lateral margins long, not cristate or expanded. Front narrow, produced anteriorly. Orbits small. Antennules small. Antennae at inner angle of orbit. Buccal cavity narrowed anteriorly. Efferent branchial orifices contiguous. Merus of third maxillipeds shorter than ischium, its anterior border pointed; exopodite broad and arcuate. Chelipeds symmetrical; palm stout; fixed finger wide. Ambulatory legs compressed, dorsally toothed or with large, irregular tubercles. Female abdomen never discoid. G1 stout. G2 long. (Guinot 1998)
Type species: Actaeomorpha erosa Miers, 1878.
Species treated:
Actaeomorpha erosa Miers, 1878