Remiarctus, Holthuis, 2002

Holthuis, Lipke B., 2002, The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae), Zoosystema 24 (3), pp. 499-683 : 551

Genus Remiarctus n. gen.

TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES. — Scyllarus bertholdii Paulson, 1875 by present designation.

ETYMOLOGY. — From remus (Latin = oar) and Arctus De Haan, 1849 , a junior synonym of Scyllarus Fabricius, 1775 ; in reference to the oar-like widened propodus of P.2 and P.3.

DIAGNOSIS. — Midline of carapace with rostral, gastric and cardiac teeth; pregastric tooth absent. Abdomen without sharp median carinae, with distinct arborescent markings and a median lobulated figure. Fourth antennal segment with a single oblique dorsal carina. Anterior margin of thoracic sternum truncated, and thickened, minutely incised in the middle, the incision ending posteriorly in a groove. Second and third leg with the propodus widened and flattened, wider than its merus or than the propodus of the fourth leg.