Genus Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830

Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830: 394 .

Hieraconyx Guérin­Méneville, 1836b: 4–5 .

Cheiropristis Natale, 1850: 8.

Type species

Anchylomera blossevillii Milne­Edwards, 1830 . Type material could not be found at the MNHN or ANSP and is considered lost.

Diagnosis

Body length up to 11 mm, but usually 6–8 mm. Head globular. Pereonites 1 & 2 fused. Pereopods 3 & 4 subchelate, with large tooth­like carpal process. Pereopod 5 with very broad articles; carpus with distal margin with short, rounded teeth, forming perfect folding hand with propodus. Pereopod 6 prehensile, with dilated carpus. Pereopod 7 reduced to basis and at least two additional articles, sometimes complete. Gills with folds. Monotypic.