On the presence of the alpheid shrimp genus Bermudacaris Anker and Iliffe, 2000 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in the Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species from Vietnam
Author
Anker, Arthur
Author
Poddoubtchenko, Denis
Author
Marin, Ivan N.
text
Journal of Natural History
2006
2006-10-26
40
27 - 28
1675
1686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600937734
journal article
10.1080/00222930600937734
1464-5262
Key to the three described species of
Bermudacaris
Anker and Iliffe, 2000
1. Eyestalks with almost depigmented cornea. All pereiopods slender. Third pereiopod with ischium bearing ventral spine. Third maxilliped with lateral plate bearing short posterior process. Second maxilliped with rudimentary podobranch [anchialine caves,
Bermuda
]....
Bermudacaris harti
Anker and Iliffe, 2000
– Eyestalks with pigmented cornea. All pereiopods stout. Third pereiopod with ischium unarmed. Third maxilliped with lateral plate bearing elongate posterior process. Second maxilliped with well-developed podobranch....... 2
2. Eyestalks not juxtaposed. Stylocerite not reaching distal margin of first segment of antennular peduncle [subtidal, NW
Australia
]...................
Bermudacaris australiensis
Anker and Komai, 2004
– Eyestalks juxtaposed. Stylocerite exceeding distal margin of first segment of antennular peduncle [intertidal,
Vietnam
]....
Bermudacaris britayevi
n. sp.