Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897

Pinheiro, Allysson P. & Santana, William, 2016, A new and endangered species of Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Ceará, northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4171 (2), pp. 365-372 : 371-372

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0FDD38FF-ED01-4AC1-8581-62D7FAF017FB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6058371

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2A53B-C511-0C14-FF09-1706FA7EFD2F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897
status

 

Key to the species of Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 View in CoL (modified from Magalhães, 2005)

1. Anterolateral border of the carapace with about 5 to 8 large, acute teeth.......................................... 2

- Anterolateral border of the carapace fringed by set of very faint tubercles or very low, small, rounded teeth.............. 3

2. Gonopod I with apical plate with narrow apex....................................................... K. latifrons View in CoL

- Gonopod I with apical plate with enlarged apex...................................................... K. ytupora View in CoL

3. Gonopod I with a large apical plate, distal lobe of the apical plate widened above the field of apical spines in lateral view. 4

- Gonopod I with a narrow, subtriangular apical plate, distal lobe of the apical plate uniform along its entire length........ 6

4. Apical plate of the gonopod I with a dentate or a proximal minute spine-like outgrowth in the midlength of the mesial margin................................................................................................... 5

- Apical plate of the gonopod I with a single large spine-like outgrowth in the midlength of the mesial margin....... K. celioi View in CoL

5. Apical plate of the gonopod I distinctly enlarged, mesial margin of the distal lobe smooth with a proximal minute spine-like outgrowth..................................................................................... K. junki View in CoL

- Apical plate of the gonopod I distinctly enlarged, mesial margin of the distal lobe clearly indented............ K. castrensis View in CoL

6. Apical plate of the gonopod I with proximal lobe usually oblique and distinctly shorter in relation to the distal lobe....... 7

- Apical plate of the gonopod I with both, proximal and distal lobes, juxtaposed in a nearly vertical position along almost all its length..................................................................................... K. hewashimi View in CoL

7. Gonopod I with field of apical spines well developed, proximal lobe of the apical plate oblique to the distal lobe......... 8

- Gonopod I with field of apical spines reduced, proximal lobe of the apical plate partially involving the lower part of the distal lobe.......................................................................................... K. besti View in CoL

8. Proximal lobe of the apical plate partially folded over the mesial crest of the field of apical spines.................... 9

- Proximal lobe of the apical plate with conspicuous semicircular protuberance in mesial and sternal views.................................................................................................. K. attenboroughi View in CoL n. sp.

9. Gonopod I with apical plate not enlarged, angulated on the proximal end of the sternal border.................. K. siolii View in CoL

- Gonopod I with apical plate enlarged on the proximal end of the sternal border, forming a distinct rounded prominence................................................................................................ K. gustavoi View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

InfraOrder

Brachyura

Family

Pseudothelphusidae

Tribe

Kingsleyini

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