Published March 11, 2014 | Version v1
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Odontozona Holthuis 1946

  • 1. Department of Biology, Harding University, 915 E. Market Avenue, Searcy, Arkansas 72149 - 5615, USA. E-mail: jwgoy @ harding. edu Setor de Carcinologia, Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão s / n 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Description

Key to the Atlantic species of Odontozona

1. Posterior half of carapace behind spinous cervical groove smooth............................................... 2

– Posterior half of carapace behind spinous cervical groove with scattered spinules or with post-cervical groove bearing cincture of spines or spinules organized in transverse rows........................................................... 3

2. Cervical groove cincture of spines with fewer than 26 spines. Transverse grooves on first three abdominal somites. Dorsotransverse carina on sixth abdominal somite, posterior pleural teeth...................... O. edwardsii (Bouvier, 1908)

– Cervical groove cincture of spines with more than 26 spines. Abdomen smooth.................... O. lopheliae sp. nov.

3. Posterior half of carapace behind spinous cervical groove with scattered and inconspicuous spines elsewhere not arranged in transverse rows........................................................ O. anaphorae Manning & Chace, 1990

– Posterior half of carapace behind spinous cervical groove with post-cervical groove bearing cincture of spines or spinules organized in transverse rows................................................................................ 4

4. Propodus of third pereiopod with dorsal margin without spines, with 2 rows of long setae on dorsal and ventral margins................................................................................ O. meloi Anker & Tavares, 2013

– Propodus of third pereiopod with no rows of long setae on dorsal and ventral margins.............................. 5

5. Pleuron of abdominal somite 3 with 3 medial teeth........................................... O. striata Goy, 1981

– Pleuron of abdominal somite 3 with 0–2 medial teeth........................................................ 6

6. Pleura of abdominal somites 3 and 4 without medial teeth..................................... O. libertae Gore, 1981

– Pleura of abdominal somites 3 and 4 with 1 or 2 medial teeth................................................... 7

7. Pleura of abdominal somite 3 and 4 with one medial tooth....................... O. minoica Dounas & Kokouras, 1989

– Pleura of abdominal somites 3 and 4 with two medial teeth................................... O. addaia Pretus, 1990

Notes

Published as part of Goy, Joseph W. & Cardoso, Irene A., 2014, Redescription of Odontozona edwardsi (Bouvier, 1908) (Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) and description of a new species of Odontozona commensal on the deep-water coral, Lophelia pertusa (Linneaus, 1758), pp. 552-566 in Zootaxa 3774 (6) on page 565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.4

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Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Stenopodidae
Genus
Odontozona
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Holthuis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Odontozona Holthuis, 1946 sec. Goy & Cardoso, 2014

References

  • Manning, R. B. & Chace, F. A. (1990) Decapod and Stomatopod Crustacea from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology, 503, 1 - 91. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.503
  • Anker, A. & Tavares, M. (2013) Description of a new deep-water stenopodid shrimp of the genus Odontozona Hothuis, 1946 (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Brazil. Marine Biology Research, 9, 421 - 430. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 17451000.2012.745004
  • Goy, J. W. (1981) Studies on West Indian Stenopodidae: 1. Odontozona striata new species from off the western coast of Cuba (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea). Bulletin of Marine Science, 31, 843 - 852.
  • Gore, R. H. (1981) Three new shrimps, and some interesting new records of decapod Crustacea from a deepwater coral reef in the Florida Keys. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94, 135 - 162.
  • Pretus, J. L. (1990) Description of Odontozona addaia spec. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidae) from a marine cave in the Island of Minorca, western Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, 63, 343 - 357.