Palaemonetes Heller, 1869

Palaemonetes Heller, 1869: 157; Holthuis, 1952: 199; Chace, 1972: 12; Williams, 1984: 71.

Diagnosis. Rostrum with teeth on dorsal and ventral margins. Carapace with antennal and branchiostegal spines. Mandible without palp. Maxillipeds with exopods. Dactyli of pereopods 3 to 5 simple. Telson with two pairs of dorsal spines and two pairs of spines on the posterior margin.