Zittel, 1885
First four pereiopods without true chelae. First pereiopods very strong, spiny and subchelate, the second somewhat similar, but smaller and with fewer spines. Rostrum well developed, reaching to the base of the cornea. Eyes distinct, movable, cornea with pigment, inserted on a median elevation of the cephalon, which reaches to about middle of rostrum, with which it is partly fused. Epistome large, 1.5 times as long as wide and about 1/3 of carapace length, its posterior margin about level with cervical groove of carapace. Telson posteriorly broadly rounded. Endo- and exopod of the uropods firm throughout; exopod with a diaeresis.
The only recent genus is the following: Neoglyphea Forest and De Saint Laurent, 1975.