Bermudacaris Anker and Iliffe, 2000

Anker, Arthur, Poddoubtchenko, Denis & Marin, Ivan N., 2006, On the presence of the alpheid shrimp genus Bermudacaris Anker and Iliffe, 2000 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in the Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species from Vietnam, Journal of Natural History 40 (27 - 28), pp. 1675-1686 : 1684

Key to the three described species of Bermudacaris Anker and Iliffe, 2000

1. Eyestalks with almost depigmented cornea. All pereiopods slender. Third pereiopod with ischium bearing ventral spine. Third maxilliped with lateral plate bearing short posterior process. Second maxilliped with rudimentary podobranch [anchialine caves, Bermuda].... Bermudacaris harti Anker and Iliffe, 2000

– Eyestalks with pigmented cornea. All pereiopods stout. Third pereiopod with ischium unarmed. Third maxilliped with lateral plate bearing elongate posterior process. Second maxilliped with well-developed podobranch....... 2

2. Eyestalks not juxtaposed. Stylocerite not reaching distal margin of first segment of antennular peduncle [subtidal, NW Australia]................... Bermudacaris australiensis Anker and Komai, 2004

– Eyestalks juxtaposed. Stylocerite exceeding distal margin of first segment of antennular peduncle [intertidal, Vietnam].... Bermudacaris britayevi n. sp.