Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010

Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010

Kempella Low & Ahyong, 2010: 68 . [ Type species Squilla mikado Kemp & Chopra, 1921 , by typification of replaced name].

Diagnosis. Dorsal integument pitted, rugose. Eye small, cornea strongly bilobed, width less than 0.30 CL. Carapace with anterolateral spines; with normal complement of carinae; MD carina distinct, uninterrupted at base of anterior bifurcation, branches of anterior bifurcation distinct, opening anterior to dorsal pit; posterolateral margin angular. Raptorial claw dactylus usually with 6 teeth; carpus dorsal carina undivided; merus without outer inferodistal spine. Mandibular palp 3-segmented. MXP1–4 with epipod. PLP1 endopod in adult males with posterior endite; hook process with distal point. TS5 lateral process a single slender spine directed laterally; ventral spine slender, directed ventrolaterally. TS6–7 lateral processes distinctly bilobed. AS 1–6 with normal complement of carinae. AS 1–5 with LT carinae bicarinate. Telson SM teeth with fixed apices; prelateral lobe present; dorsolateral surface without supplementary longitudinal carinae. Uropodal protopod inner margin crenulate.

Composition. Kempella mikado ( Kemp & Chopra, 1921) ; K. stridulans ( Wood-Mason, 1895) .

Remarks. Both species of Kempella occur in the Indo-West Pacific, but only K. mikado is known from South Africa.