Holthuis, 1960
First abdominal somite with a distinct transverse groove dorsally. Carapace rather highly vaulted, with a small, shallow cervical incision, which may be lacking altogether; postorbital spine present. Mandible with three-segmented palp. Exopods of all maxillipeds with a multiarticulate flagellum. Abdominal somites with a distinct sculpturation on either side of the median line.
Type Species: by original designation: Scyllarus guineensis Spengler, 1799.
All three species of this genus are treated here. There is no great interest for any of them, as far as fishery is concerned.