Pseudocheles Chace & Brown, 1978

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

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.