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.