Pontoniinae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Brazil with taxonomic key
Author
Vieira, Rony R. R.
Author
Ferreira, Rodrigo S.
Author
D’Incao, Fernando
text
Zootaxa
2012
3149
1
38
journal article
45720
10.5281/zenodo.279517
9a013bae-8524-49ab-9627-88269911cc22
1175-5326
279517
Pseudocoutierea
Holthuis, 1851
Pseudocoutierea
—Holthuis, 1851:182;
Chace, 1972
:43
;
De Grave, 2007
:30
.
Diagnosis.
The body is more or less compressed. The distal part of the rostrum is about cylindrical and unarmed. The carapace is smooth, with antennal spines and without postorbital or pterygostomial spines. Mandible without palp. Maxillipeds without exopods. Telson with 2 pairs of dorsal spines and 3 pairs of spines on posterior margin.