Family Melphidippidae Stebbing, 1899

Emended diagnosis (emended characters in bold)

Cephalic lateral lobe slightly globular to subacute; maxilla 2 with thin inner and outer plates; anterior coxae short, being possible to present acute projections; basis of pereopods 5–7 not expanded posteroventrally; urosomites with ornamentations; outer ramus of uropod 2 not longer than the inner; peduncle of uropod 3 elongate. Modified from Barnard & Barnard (1983).

Type genus. Melphidippa Boeck, 1871

Composition. Melphidippa Boeck, 1871; Melphidippella Sars, 1894; Melphisana Barnard, 1962; Melphisubchela Andres, 1981; and Stebbingiella gen. nov.