Key to the species of Kudinopasternakia

1 Cheliped carpus with dorsodistal spiniform process ................................................. K. dispar (Lang, 1968)

- Cheliped carpus without dorsodistal spiniform process .............................................................................. 2

2 Antennule outer flagellum eight-articulate, pleonite epimera pointed ..................... K. larisae (Guţu, 1989)

- Antennule outer flagellum four- or five-articulate, pleonite epimera rounded............................................ 3

3 Propodus of pereopod 1 with two ventral spiniform setae ...................... K. bispinosa Guţu & Heard, 2002

- Propodus of pereopod 1 with more than two ventral spiniform setae ........................................................ 4

4 Rostrum triangular .................................................................................... K. siegi (Viskup & Heard, 1989)

- Rostrum onion shaped ............................................................................................. K. balanorostrata n. sp.