Samouelle, 1819
Hairy crabs. Carapace hexagonal, transversely ovate to transversely rectangular. Dorsal surface more or less convex, smooth to granulated or spinose. Antero-lateral margins with several spines or teeth. Frontal margin entire to bilobed and quadrilobate. Crests of endostome defining efferent canals incomplete. Thoracic sternum narrow or not very widened. All male abdominal segments distinct, movable. G1 generally slender, usually curved and S-shaped, with its distal part simple. G2 very short, sigmoid. (Guinot 1998)
Genera treated:
genus Actumnus Dana, 1851
genus Benthopanope Davie, 1989
genus Calmania Laurie, 1906
genus Glabropilumnus Balss, 1932
genus Gorgonariana Galil & Takeda, 1988
genus Lentilumnus Galil & Takeda, 1988
genus Lophopilumnus Miers, 1886
genus Nanopilumnus Takeda, 1974
genus Neoactumnus Sakai, 1965
genus Parapilumnus Kossmann, 1877
genus Pilumnopeus A. Milne Edwards, 1863
genus Pilumnus Leach, 1815
genus Viaderiana Ward, 1942