Published November 8, 2012 | Version v1
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Pseudocheles Chace & Brown 1978

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Key to the species of Pseudocheles Chace & Brown, 1978

1a. Antennal tooth very strong, fifth pleuron with posterior margin unarmed [Indo-West Pacific: Australia, 1–15 m].................................................................................... P. enigma Chace & Brown, 1978

1b. Antennal tooth absent or minute; fifth pleuron with posterior margin armed with acute, ventroposteriorly directed tooth.... 2

2a. Carpus of third, fourth and fifth pereiopod without stout spiniform setae on ventrolateral surface [Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, ~ 10 m].................................................................. P. neutra De Grave & Moosa, 2004

2b. Carpus of third, fourth and fifth pereiopod each with stout spiniform seta on ventrolateral surface...................... 3

3a. Coxa of third and fourth pereiopod each with long, spine-like projection on mesial surface; basis of third pereiopod with smaller, spine-like projection on mesial surface; rostrum with 6–8 dorsal teeth, including one posterior to post-orbital margin [North-West Atlantic: Florida, Belize, 6–28 m............................................. P. chacei Kensley, 1983

3b. Coxa of third and fourth pereiopod without spine-like projections on mesial surface; basis of third pereiopod without spine-like projection on mesial surface; rostrum with 5 dorsal teeth, all anterior to post-orbital margin [South-West Atlantic: Brazil, 68–71 m]........................................................................... P. falsapinca sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Anker, Arthur, 2012, The shrimp family Pseudochelidae De Grave & Moosa, 2004 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) in Brazil, with the description of a new species, pp. 79-87 in Zootaxa 3544 on page 85

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Bresiliidae
Genus
Pseudocheles
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chace & Brown
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudocheles Chace, 1978 sec. Anker, 2012

References

  • Chace, F. A. Jr. & Brown, D. E. (1978) A new polychelate shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and its bearing on the family Bresiliidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91, 756 - 766.
  • De Grave, S. & Moosa, M. K. (2004) A new species of the enigmatic shrimp genus Pseudocheles (Decapoda: Bresiliidae) from Sulawesi (Indonesia), with the designation of a new family Pseudochelidae. Crustacean Research, 33, 1 - 9.
  • Kensley, B. (1983) New records of bresiliid shrimp from Australia, South Africa, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico (Decapod: Natantia: Caridea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 394, 1 - 31.