A new species of Palaemonella Dana, 1852, (Crustacea: Decapoda; Pontoniinae) from the Red Sea Author Bruce, A. J. text Zootaxa 2008 2008-08-06 1844 1 63 68 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1844.1.6 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1844.1.6 1175­5334 5133008 Key to taxa of the P. dolichodactylus species complex ( Li & Bruce, 2006: 663 ) 1. Hepatic spine branchiostegal.......................................................................................................................2 - Hepatic spine not branchiostegal.................................................................................................................4 2. With postorbital carina, with first rostral tooth postorbital, epigastric spine at 0.29–0.31 of CL...............3 - Without postorbital carina, without postorbital rostral tooth, epigastric spine at 0.25 of CL ....................... ...................................................................................................................................... P. meteorae sp. nov. 3. Antennal spine large, hepatic spine small .......................................................... P. komaii Li & Bruce, 2006 - Antennal and hepatic spines both small ............................ Palaemonella sp. , Li, Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2008 4. Ambulatory propods sub-segmented, with ventral spinules ........................ P. dolichodactylus Bruce, 1991 - Ambulatory propods not sub-segmented, without ventral spinules.............................................................5 5. Second pereiopod chelae with fingers shorter than palm, ambulatory propod 2.4 times longer than dactyl ...................................................................................................................... Palaemonella sp. Bruce, 2003 - Second pereiopod chelae with fingers longer than palm, ambulatory propod 5.0 times longer than dactyl. ................................................................................................................................. P. hachijo Okuno, 1999