Gistel, 1848
Side walls of carapace and pterygostomial region finely reticulated with intercrossing hairy lines. Antero-lateral margins toothed behind the exorbital angle, the tooth being sharp or blunt. Basal antennal article included in the orbit. Chelipeds: outer surface of palm with 2-3 transverse pectinated crests; dactylus with a longitudinal row of transverse tubercles on dorsal surface. (Guinot 1998)
Species treated:
Chiromantes dehaani (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
Chiromantes haematocheir (de Haan, 1833)
Chiromantes obtusifrons (Dana, 1851)
Chiromantes villosum (A. Milne Edwards, 1869)