A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
Author
Bruce, A. J.
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157391
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Key to the species of
Kemponia
gen. nov.
1. Merus of second pereiopod with distoventral tooth ...................................................... 2
Merus of second pereiopod unarmed .......................................................................... 15
2. Supraorbital spines present............................................................................................ 3
Supraorbital spines absent........................................................................................... 11
3. Distal tooth of scaphocerite distinctly exceeding lamella ............................................. 4
Distal tooth of scaphocerite not, or scarcely, exceeding lamella; R. 1+68/13..............
...........................................................................................................
K. demani
(Kemp)
4. Rostrum shallow, ambulatory pereiopods long and slender, fifth exceeding scaphocerite ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Rostrum moderately deep, ambulatory pereiopods relatively stout, fifth not exceeding scaphocerite.................................................................................................................8
5. Carpus of second pereiopod with conspicuous tooth on inner side .............................. 6
Carpus of second pereiopod without conspicuous tooth on inner margin .................... 7
6. Carpus of male second pereiopod subequal to or shorter than merus, carpus with dis tomedial tooth; R. 1+68/24................................................
K. andamanensis
(Kemp)
Carpus of male second pereiopod conspicuously longer than merus, carpus without distomedial tooth; R. 1+56/2 ........................................
K. suvadivensis
(Borradaile)
7. Carpus of first pereiopod at least 1.75 times chela length; male second pereiopod with chela not more than 1.25 of carpal length; in females subequal to chela or slightly shorter; R.1+68/23............................................................................
K. agag
(Kemp)
First pereiopod carpus less than 1.5 of chela length; chela of second pereiopod more than 1.3 times carpus length in both sexes; R. 1+56/23.
K. longirostris
(Borradaile)
8. Distal margin of second pereiopod carpus with 1–2 acute teeth ................................... 9
Distal margin of second pereiopod carpus without acute teeth; R. 78/3........................ ......................................................................................................
K. ensifrons
(Dana)
9. Carpus of second pereiopod with two acute distal teeth ............................................. 10
Carpus of second pereiopod with single distomedial tooth only; R. 1+59/25.............. ....................................................................................................
K. grandis
(Stimpson)
10. Ambulatory pereiopods with propods strongly spinulate; chela of second pereiopod (male only?) finely tuberculate; R. 1+57/23..............................
K. elegans
(Paulson)
Ambulatory pereiopods with propods with small distoventral spine only; chelae of second pereiopods not tuberculate; R. 1+ 67/3......................
K. amymone
(
De
Man
)
11. Rostrum greatly exceeding scaphocerite..................................................................... 12
Rostrum subequal to scaphocerite............................................................................... 13
12. Second pereiopods with ischium distoventrally unarmed, rostrum sinuous, upcurved, ambulator
y
propods segmented, nonspinulate; R.
1811
/69 ........................................ ...............................................................................................
K. tenuipes
(Borradaile)
Second pereiopods with strong distoventral ischial tooth, rostrum straight, horizontal, ambulatory propods not segmented, spinulate; R.1+10/6 ..............
K. lacertae
(Bruce)
13. Second to fourth dorsal rostral teeth enlarged and grouped over orbital region; ambula tory propods with distoventral spines only; R. 1+67/34.........
K. kororensis
(Bruce)
Dorsal rostral teeth evenly distributed, similar ........................................................... 14
14. Inferior orbital angle rounded; second pereiopod carpus with two strong distal teeth, dactylus with proximal lateral flange; R. 1+6/56 ................
K. platycheles
(Holthuis)
Inferior orbital angle acute; second pereiopod carpus without strong teeth; dactylus without lateral flange; R. 1+67/2 ..........................................
K. darwiniensis
(Bruce)
15. Supraorbital spines present.......................................................................................... 16
Supraorbital spines lacking ......................................................................................... 19
16. Second pereiopod carpus much longer than palm; R. 1+69/23.................................... ................................................................................................
K. anacanthus
(Bruce)
Second pereiopod carpus not longer than palm .......................................................... 17
17. Inferior orbital angle obsolete; R. 1+5/3 ......................................
K. paulsoni
(Bruce)
Inferior orbital angle distinct....................................................................................... 18
18. Rostral lamina slender; second pereiopod carpus distinctly shorter than merus; R. 1+7 8/34 ................................................................................
K. nilandensis
(Borradaile)
Rostral lamina deep; second pereiopod carpus subequal to merus; R. 1+7/3 ................ ................................................................................................
K. edwardsii
(Paulson)
19. Robustly built species, with two teeth situated on carapace posterior orbital margin 20
Slenderly built species, with one tooth situated on carapace posterior to orbital margin ..................................................................................................................................... 21
20. Eyestalk with conspicuous dorsal tubercle; carpus of second pereiopod distinctly shorter than chela; R. 2+68/25....................................
K. seychellensis
(Borradaile)
Eyestalks without dorsal tubercles, carpus of second pereiopod about 0.8 of chela length; ambulatory dactyl about 0.25 of propod length; R. 2+5/3 .................................. ..................................................................................................
K. ungujaensis
(Bruce)
21. Two postorbital teeth present, first tooth epigastric; carpus and fingers of second pereiopod subequal to palm; ambulatory dactyl about 0.35 of propod length; R. 2+67/ 3–4 ................................................................................................
K. akiensis
(
Kubo
)
One postorbital tooth only........................................................................................... 23
22. Postorbital tooth epigastric; distolateral angle of basal antennular segment multidentate; second pereiopods weakly developed, chelae about 0.6 of carapace length, fingers without diastemal notches; R. 1+ 98/45.............................
K. johnsoni
(Bruce)
Postorbital tooth not epigastric; distolateral angle of basal antennular segment with distolateral tooth only; second pereiopods well developed, chelae about 0.9–1.1 of carapace length, fingers with distinct diastemal notches ................................................. 22
23. Second pereiopod carpus about 0.5 of palm length; ambulatory dactyl about 0.5 of propod length; R. 1+69/23 ..............................................
K. americanus
(Kingsley)
Second pereiopod carpus subequal or longer than palm length; ambulatory dactyl about 0.35 of propod length; R. 1+78/45 ............................
K. calmani
(Tattersall)