Photis guerrai, Tato & Moreira, 2017

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E46A4B57-13DE-43AC-8275-49DC40EEE5D8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6010020
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD0C87D5-FFB6-FFA1-FF07-FF019FADFD81
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Photis guerrai
status	sp. nov.

Photis guerrai sp. nov. is added to the Atlantic species key of the genus Photis elaborated by Myers (2012)

1 Eyes present.........................................................................................2

- Eyes absent........................................................................ Photis guerrai sp. nov.

2 Antenna 1 longer than half body length....................................................................3

- Antenna 1 not exceeding half body length..................................................................4

3 Male gnathopod 2 propodus palm excavate............................ Photis longicaudata Bate and Westwood, 1862

- Male gnathopod 2 propodus palm rounded.......................................... Photis inornatus Myers, 2012

4 Male coxa 1 narrowing distally, coxa 2 clearly shorter than coxa 3.......................... Photis pollex Walker, 1895

- Male coxa 1 not narrowing distally, coxa 2 not clearly shorter than coxa 3........................................ 5

5 Uropod 3 peduncle longer than rami............................................... Photis reinhardi Kroyer, 1842

- Uropod 3 peduncle subequal or shorter than rami..................................... Photis tenuicornis Sars, 1883