A new and endangered species of Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Ceará, northeastern Brazil
Author
Pinheiro, Allysson P.
Author
Santana, William
text
Zootaxa
2016
4171
2
365
372
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.9
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1175-5326
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Key to the species of
Kingsleya
Ortmann, 1897
(modified from
Magalhães, 2005
)
1. Anterolateral border of the carapace with about 5 to 8 large, acute teeth.......................................... 2
- Anterolateral border of the carapace fringed by set of very faint tubercles or very low, small, rounded teeth.............. 3
2. Gonopod I with apical plate with narrow apex.......................................................
K. latifrons
- Gonopod I with apical plate with enlarged apex......................................................
K. ytupora
3. Gonopod I with a large apical plate, distal lobe of the apical plate widened above the field of apical spines in lateral view. 4
- Gonopod I with a narrow, subtriangular apical plate, distal lobe of the apical plate uniform along its entire length........ 6
4. Apical plate of the gonopod I with a dentate or a proximal minute spine-like outgrowth in the midlength of the mesial margin................................................................................................... 5
- Apical plate of the gonopod I with a single large spine-like outgrowth in the midlength of the mesial margin.......
K. celioi
5. Apical plate of the gonopod I distinctly enlarged, mesial margin of the distal lobe smooth with a proximal minute spine-like outgrowth.....................................................................................
K. junki
- Apical plate of the gonopod I distinctly enlarged, mesial margin of the distal lobe clearly indented............
K. castrensis
6. Apical plate of the gonopod I with proximal lobe usually oblique and distinctly shorter in relation to the distal lobe....... 7
- Apical plate of the gonopod I with both, proximal and distal lobes, juxtaposed in a nearly vertical position along almost all its length.....................................................................................
K. hewashimi
7. Gonopod I with field of apical spines well developed, proximal lobe of the apical plate oblique to the distal lobe......... 8
- Gonopod I with field of apical spines reduced, proximal lobe of the apical plate partially involving the lower part of the distal lobe..........................................................................................
K. besti
8. Proximal lobe of the apical plate partially folded over the mesial crest of the field of apical spines.................... 9
- Proximal lobe of the apical plate with conspicuous semicircular protuberance in mesial and sternal views..................................................................................................
K. attenboroughi
n. sp.
9. Gonopod I with apical plate not enlarged, angulated on the proximal end of the sternal border..................
K. siolii
- Gonopod I with apical plate enlarged on the proximal end of the sternal border, forming a distinct rounded prominence................................................................................................
K. gustavoi