Genus Heteralepas Pilsbry, 1907

Alepas Darwin, 1852: 156, pl. III, figs 5, 6.

Heteralepas (Heteralepas) Pilsbry, 1907a: 100.

Heteralepas s. str. - Newman, 1960: 109.

Diagnosis.

Filamentary appendage present at base of cirrus I, short; posterior rami of cirri V and VI shorter and more slender than anterior rami.

Type species.

Alepas rex Pilsbry, 1907c: 186, fig. 3, pl. IV fig. 7; type locality: Kauai Island, Hawaiian waters.