Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
Author
Osawa, Masayuki
text
Zootaxa
2007
1548
1
49
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178040
2cbe1502-c057-4a0c-8f15-c1815dcd4d20
1175-5326
178040
Key to species of
Aliaporcellana
1. Rostrum with lateral lobes produced and visible in dorsal view. Dactylus of smaller cheliped with acute, slender teeth on dorsoflexor (posterior) margin .......................................................................................... 2
- Rostrum with lateral lobes produced but usually not visible in dorsal view. Dactylus of smaller cheliped unarmed or crenulated on dorsoflexor margin............................................................................................. 3
2. Lateral lobes of rostrum serrated or tuberculated on anterior margin. Dactyli of ambulatory legs each with small corneous spine on flexor margin
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A. pygmaea
(de
Man
, 1902
)
- Lateral lobes of rostrum each terminating in small spine. Dactyli of ambulatory legs unarmed on flexor margin
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A. kikuchii
Nakasone & Miyake, 1969
3. Dactyli of ambulatory legs each with flexor claw larger than but subequal in length to extensor claw, flexor margin without rounded knob
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A. suluensis
(
Dana, 1852
)
- Dactyli of ambulatory legs each with flexor claw distinctly larger than extensor claw, flexor margin with proximal rounded knob
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A. telestophila
(
Johnson, 1958
)