White, 1847
Carapace without a scale-like sculpturation. Frontal horns fused to a broad 2- or 4-spined median projection of the anterior margin of the carapace between the eyes. Antennal flagella straight, inflexible. First pair of legs not enlarged, with no trace of a pincer, without coloured crossbands. Abdomen variously coloured, smooth or with at most 2 transverse grooves per somite.
Type Species: by monotypy: Palinurus trigonus Von Siebold, 1824.
Apart from a great number of fossil species, the genus Linuparus has three recent species, all are dealt with here.