New record of Urocaridella antonbruunii (Bruce, 1967) from Southern India with taxonomic Keys of Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda; Palaemonidae)
Author
Paramasivam, Purushothaman
0000-0001-6318-8598
ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, P. O. Dilkusha, Lucknow - 226 002, UP, India. PURUSHOTHAMAN PARAMASIVAM https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6318 - 8598
Author
Madhavan, Manu
0000-0001-6318-8598
ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, P. O. Dilkusha, Lucknow - 226 002, UP, India. PURUSHOTHAMAN PARAMASIVAM https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6318 - 8598 & Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682506, Kerala, India.
Author
Ajith Kumar, T. T.
0000-0001-6318-8598
ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, P. O. Dilkusha, Lucknow - 226 002, UP, India. PURUSHOTHAMAN PARAMASIVAM https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6318 - 8598
Author
Lal, Kuldeep Ku- Mar
0000-0001-6318-8598
ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, P. O. Dilkusha, Lucknow - 226 002, UP, India. PURUSHOTHAMAN PARAMASIVAM https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6318 - 8598
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-20
5138
5
563
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journal article
55452
10.11646/zootaxa.5138.5.4
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1175-5326
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Updated Keys to the members of
Urocaridella
Borradaile, 1915
1 Rostrum with more than 6 teeth dorsally; telson ending narrow triangular structure in posteriorly; mandible with well-developed two-segmented palp; first pereiopod with chela>2.0 times as long as carpus, fingers longer than the palm length; second pereiopod with the length of palm longer than carpus, fingers markedly longer than palm; propodus of third to fifth pereiopods less than four times as long as dactylus.........................................................
U. urocaridella
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Rostrum with less than or 6 teeth dorsally; telson ending simple triangular form without narrow structure in posteriorly; mandible without palp or a vestige of pale; first pereiopod with chela shorter than carpus, the length of fingers subequal or equal to palm length; second pereiopod with palm length not longer than carpus, the length of fingers less than or sub-equal to palm; propodus of third to fifth pereiopods more than four times of dactylus............................................ 2
2.
Third abdominal somite produced posteriorly with a big triangular cap structure overhanging on 4
th
abdominal somite; distal end of telson with two pairs of spines.................................................................
U. liui
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Third abdominal somite produced posteriorly with expanded or sub-rectangular dorsal margin, not overhanging posterior part of the somite; distal end of telson with three pairs of spines.................................................... 3
3.
Branchiostegal spine removed from the margin by not more than the length of spine; fifth abdominal somite strongly acute posteroventrally; mandible with a vestige of pale; third to fifth pereiopods with propodus less than 3 ventral spines and one pair of distal spines..............................................................................
U. vestigialis
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Branchiostegal spine removed from the margin by more than the length of spine; fifth abdominal somite rounded posterventrally; mandible without palp; third to fifth pereiopods with propodus greater than 3 ventral spines and one pair of distal spines.............................................................................................. 4
4.
Third abdominal somite with hump posterior to mid-length and making pleon gibbous......................
U. degravei
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Third abdominal somite with rounded ridge medially or with nearly expanded or sub-rectangular posterodorsally......... 5
5.
Third abdominal somite nearly subrectangular dorsal profile in posteriorly and compressed laterally; dactylus of third to fifth pereiopods are biunguiculate................................................................
U. antonbruunii
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Third abdominal somite with rounded ridge medially or with nearly expanded, not compressed laterally; dactylus of third to fifth pereiopods are not biunguiculate..................................................................... 6
6.
Sixth abdominal somite greater than 2.0 times as long as the fifth somite; third to fifth pereiopods with propodus more than 7 ventral spines and propodus greater than 7 times as long as dactylus.................................
U. arabianensis
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Sixth abdominal somite less than 2.0 times as long as the fifth somite; third to fifth pereiopods with propodus lesser than 7 ventral spines and propodus lesser than 7 times as long as dactylus.............................................. 7
7.
Third abdominal somite with prominent, rounded ridge medially, subrectangular in profile; carpus second pereiopod 1.5 times as long as palm..............................................................................
U. pulchella
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Third abdominal somite more or less expanded and rounded posterodorsally; carpus of second pereiopod equal to palm length.......................................................................................
U. cyrtorhyncha