Procampylaspis Bonnier,1896:541.— Hale,1945: 214.— Băcescu, 1992: 251.— Stoddart and Lowry, 2003: 373–418.
Type species. Procampylaspis echinata Bonnier, 1896.
Remarks. The genus is well-defined by the rake-like dactylus of maxilliped 2 and by a long ischium on pereopod 1. One species is known from Australia but three new species are described in this study.
Key to species of Procampylaspis from Australian waters
1. Carapace without dorsal tubercles P. australiensis sp. nov.
— Carapace with dorsal tubercles 2
2. Carapace with 1 dorsal tubercle P. sordida Hale, 1945
— Carapace with dorsal tubercles in 2 parallel rows (5 in female, 4 in male) P. spinifera sp. nov.