Apankura is roughly long, and has large
mandibles, a trait previously unknown from euthycarcinoids. The
antennae are uniramous like other euthycarcinoids, with a possible buccal complex present behind the mandibles. No post-mandibular oral appendages are present. The pre-abdomen is composed of five
tergites, with 11 uniramous limb pairs, with the tergites showing "segment decoupling" where there are more limbs than tergites. The pre-abdomen also has 11
sternites, each roughly 3 times wider than long. The pre-abdominal limbs match other euthycarcinoids, although they taper distally and lack setae. The
apodemes are preserved as several dark rods. The post-abdomen is incomplete but composed of at least six segments, all lacking limbs, with the gut preserved as a dark line in the centre. A circular structure on the second post-abdominal segment is of unclear function, although it may be a
gonopore.
Apankura is unique among euthycarcinoids due to the reduced anterior pre-abdominal limbs, a longer post-abdomen and relatively few limb podomeres. == Etymology ==