Pontopolycope Chavtur, 1981

Tanaka, Hayato, Kondo, Yusuke & Ohtsuka, Susumu, 2020, Pontopolycope orientalis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Polycopidae), the First Report of a Living Species of the Genus from the Indo-Pacific Region, Zoological studies 59 (13), pp. 1-12 : 10

Key to living species of Pontopolycope Chavtur, 1981

1 Posterior projections present on carapace surface...................... 2

- Posterior projections absent on carapace surface ....................... 3

2 Reticulations on carapace surface fine; a long seta absent on dorsal side of basis of mandibula .................................................. ......................................... Pontopolycope rostrata ( Müller, 1894)

- Reticulations on carapace surface coarse; a long seta present on dorsal side of basis of mandible .................................................... Pontopolycope storthynx Kornicker, Iliffe and Harrison-Nelson, 2007

3 Carapace surface reticulated.......................................................... .......................... Pontopolycope mylax Kornicker and Iliffe, 1992

- Carapace surface punctuated ...................................................... 4

4 Tip of rostrum of carapace is sharp; the mandibular exopodite possess one pillar-shaped seta and one simple seta; setae on the ventral margin of male copulatory organ is fine............................ ........................................... Pontopolycope dentata ( Brady, 1868)

- Tip of rostrum of carapace is obtuse; the mandibular exopodite possess one thin broad setulous seta; setae on the ventral margin of male copulatory organ is stout .................................................. .................................................. Pontopolycope orientalis sp. nov.