Deckenia, Hilgendorf, 1869

Reed, Sadie K. & Cumberlidge, Neil, 2006, Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae, Platythelphusidae, Deckeniidae (), Zootaxa 1262 (1), pp. 1-139 : 1-139

Key to the species of Deckenia

1 Infraorbital margin lined with long sharp spines; epibranchial tooth sharp spine; ischium of cheliped with sharp spine; inferior margins of merus of cheliped lined with sharp spines; upper margin of merus of cheliped with row of pointed teeth, distal tooth longest; outer margin of carpus of cheliped with two sharp spines (Pl. XV) ................. .................................................................................................................... D. imitatrix

­ Infraorbital margin lined with short, blunt­tipped, flat peg­like teeth; epibranchial tooth low, rounded; ischium of cheliped with low blunt tooth; margin of merus of cheliped with low teeth; outer margin of carpus of cheliped with two low teeth (Pl. XVI) .......................................................................................................................... D. mitis