Generic Characters of Megokris Pérez Farfante and Kensley, 1997

Abstract

Integument thick, densely pubescent; rostrum short reaching between distal margin of first antennular segment and about end of peduncle; armed with dorsal teeth only; epigastric tooth distinctly separated from first rostral. Carapace with orbital angle sharp or armed with small spine; antennal and hepatic spines present; pterygostomian angle blunt or acute; postocular sulcus shallow or obsolete; gastroorbital carina lacking; cervical sulcus short; branchiocardiac carina usually absent, occasionally clearly distinct; longitudinal suture short, ending well anterior to hepatic spine; transverse suture usually clearly distinct. Abdomen with sixth somite lacking cicatrix; telson with 3 pairs of movable lateral spines.