A new species of Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) from the South China Sea
Author
Jiang, Qiwu
Author
Li, Xinzheng
text
Zootaxa
2014
3784
5
575
584
journal article
46080
10.11646/zootaxa.3784.5.6
4a033da0-7123-4348-8bdc-05a3d6471884
1175-5326
227372
965915E1-8AFC-42B0-8057-1A54D0348D47
Key to the Indo-West Pacific species of
Microprosthema
1 Carapace densely covered with numerous spines; scaphocerite narrow, oblong..................................... 2
- Carapace covered with few or no spines; scaphocerite semicircular.............................................. 4
2 First to sixth abdominal somites with rows of blunt spines......................................
M. scabricaudatum
- First to sixth abdominal somites without spines or only with rows of spines on sixth somite.......................... 3
3 Third, fourth, and fifth abdominal somites with median longitudinal carinae...............................
M. validum
- Third, fourth, and fifth abdominal somites without median longitudinal carinae..........................
M. plumicorne
4 Carapace without spines; fourth pereiopod without epipod............................................
M. lubricum
- Carapace with a few small and large spines; fourth pereiopod with epipod......................................... 5
5 Sixth abdominal somite with short transverse row of spines.............................................
M. fujitai
- Sixth abdominal somite without short transverse row of spines................................................. 6
6 Six or more teeth on scaphocerite; supraocular eaves concave...........................................
M. takedai
- Five teeth on scaphocerite; supraocular eaves convex......................................
M. personatum
sp. nov.