Goneplax, LEACH, 1814

Castro, Peter, 2007, A reappraisal of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and revision of the subfamily Goneplacinae, with the description of 10 new genera and 18 new species, Zoosystema 29 (4), pp. 609-774 : 687

KEY TO SPECIES OF GONEPLAX LEACH, 1814

1. Outer orbital and anterolateral teeth close to each other (see Rathbun 1918: pl. 4, figs 2, 4; Guinot 1969b: fig. 68) ..................................................................... Goneplax sigsbei

— Outer orbital and anterolateral teeth separate enough from each other so that there is a well defined space between the outer orbital and anterolateral teeth ........................... 2

2. Rounded anterolateral borders, conspicuous tubercles on subhepatic region (see Fig. 27B ). Short orbits, eye peduncles (0.4 front width) (see Fig. 27B ) ............. Goneplax barnardi

— Straight or nearly straight anterolateral borders, subhepatic region not armed with tubercles. Long eye peduncles (almost as long, as long as, or longer than front width) ............... 3

3. Eye peduncles long, as long as or slightly longer than front width (see Fig. 27A ; Guinot & Castro 2007: fig. 4B) .................................................................... Goneplax rhomboides

— Eye peduncles shorter, approximately 0.8 of carapace length (see Guinot 1989: fig. 45, as [ Carcinoplax ] barnardi ; Guinot & Castro 2007: fig. 4A) .................. Goneplax clevai

Figures

FIG. 27. — A, Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus,1758), ♂, cl 21.6 mm, cw 34.7 mm, Shoalstone Point, Brixham, Devon,UK, D. George et al. coll., 18 m (BMNH 1981.539); B, Goneplax barnardi (Capart, 1951) n. comb., ♂, cl 14.1 mm, cw 25.1 mm, off northern coast of Angola, Campagne ZAIANGO-BIOL 2, stn CP 09, 360-367 m (MNHN-B 27933).