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
Periclimenes
O. G. Costa, 1844
Periclimenes—
O. G. Costa, 1844
:290;
Holthuis, 1951
:23;
Chace, 1972
:29;
Williams, 1984
:83;
Chace & Bruce, 1993
:94;
Bruce, 2007a
:404.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum well developed, laterally compressed, usually with teeth on dorsal and ventral margins. Epigastre and supraorbital spines presents or absents, antennal and hepatic spines presents. Mandible without palp. Maxillipeds with exopods. Third to fifth pereopods with dactyli bifid or simple. Telson with 2 pairs of dorsal spines and 3 pairs of spines on posterior margin.