On the Family Nannastacidae (Crustacea, Cumacea) from the Australian Museum Collection
Author
Petrescu, Iorgu
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2018
2018-03-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1645
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10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1645
2201-4349
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Key to species of
Scherocumella
from Australian waters
1 Carapace, pereon and pleon with dorsal tubercles .................................................................... 2
—— Carapace, pereon and pleon without dorsal tubercles ............................................................... 4
2 First 4 pleonites with tubercles .................................................................................................. 3
—— First 2 pleonites with dorsal tubercles ........................................................
S. vieta
(
Hale, 1945
)
3 Pleonites 3–6 with dorsal carina ..............................................................
S. weinbergae
sp. nov.
—— Pleonites 3–6 without dorsal carina ........................................................
S. clavata
(
Hale, 1945
)
4 Peduncle of uropod longer than pleonite 6 ................................................................................ 5
—— Peduncle of uropod shorter than pleonite 6 ............................................................................... 7
5 Peduncle of uropod more than twice as long as pleonite 6 ................
S. nasuta
(
Zimmer, 1914
)
—— Peduncle of uropod less than twice as long as pleonite 6 ......................................................... 6
6 Peduncle of uropod 1.3 pleonite 6 length ...............................................
S. sheardi
(
Hale, 1945
)
—— Peduncle of uropod 1.12 pleonite 6 length .................................................
S. wittmanni
sp. nov.
7 Carapace, length/height: 1.5 .................................................................
S. nichollsi
(
Hale, 1949
)
—— Carapace, length/height: 2 ...........................................................................
S. lima
(
Hale, 1936
)