Laureola Barnard 1960

GenusLaureolaBarnard, 1960 Laureola Barnard, 1960 a: 53. Paralaureola Vandel, 1973 a: 142 (nomen nudum). Praelaureola Vandel, 1973 b: 150. Type species. Akermania paucispinosa Barnard, 1949, by original designation. Diagnosis. Cephalon with a well-developed frontal shield. Body elliptic, bearing long spines or spiniform tubercles on dorsum. Pereonite 1 with bluntly round epimera, while pereonites 2-7 possess pointed epimera; ventral lobes present on pereonites 1, 2, and often 3. Pereopods elongated and fragile. Telson triangular except L. canberrensis (Vandel, 1973) and L. dubia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983, which display rectangular distal portions. Uropod protopod typically triangular; exopod well-developed. Epimera of pleonites 3–5 with acutely pointed apical tips. All pleopodal exopods equipped with pleopodal lungs (see also Schmalfuss and Ferrara 1983). Distribution. Afrotropical, Australian, and Oriental regions.