Systematic revision of the family Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea)
Author
DRUMM, DAVID T.
Author
HEARD, RICHARD W.
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-12-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3142.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3142.1.1
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Key to species of
Mesokalliapseudes
1. Rostrum acute (
Fig. 83A
)..........................................................
M. crassus
(
Menzies, 1953
)
- Rostrum round (
Fig. 83B
)............................................................................... 2
2. Cheliped fixed finger of propodus ½ or more length of dactylus (
Fig. 83C
); antennule inner flagellum with four articles (
Fig. 83E
).....................................................
M. quadriflagellata
Drumm and Morales-Núñes, 2010
- Cheliped fixed finger of propodus ½ or less length of dactylus (
Fig. 83D
); antennule inner flagellum with three articles (
Fig. 83F
)................................................................................................ 3
3. Some pereonites with apophyses (
Fig. 83G
); mandibular palp terminally without single spiniformseta.................. 4
- Pereonites without apophyses (
Fig. 83H
); mandibular palp terminally with single spiniform or simple seta............... 5
4. Pereopod 1 having ventrodistal corner of basis with single long seta (
Fig. 83I
)................
M. viridis
(
Menzies, 1953
)
- Pereopod 1 having ventrodistal corner of basis with a single short and stout spiniform seta (
Fig. 83J
)...............................................................................................
M. soniadawnae
Bamber, 1993
5. Pleotelson broader than long (
Fig. 84A
); mandibular palp terminating in either a long and stout spiniform seta or a long simple seta................................................................................................. 6
- Pleotelson longer than broad (
Fig. 84B
); mandibular palp terminating in a single short spiniform seta (
Fig. 84C
)........................................................................................
M. thalasispeleus
Guţu, 2006
6. Mandibular palp terminating in a single elongate spiniform seta (
Fig. 84D
); chela with three or four setae midway on the dactylu cutting edge and one distal seta near base of unguis (
Fig. 84D
).....................
M. brasiliensis
(
Băcescu, 1986
)
- Mandibular palp terminating in a single, long simple seta (
Fig. 84E
); chela with more than 10 setae on the dactylus cutting