Panathura

Poore, Gary C. B., Lew, Helen M. & Ton, 2002, Expanathuridae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Australian region, Zootaxa 82, pp. 1-60 : 39

Key to species of Panathura

1. Blind, second article of antenna 2 anteriorly produced ........................ P. baudini n. sp.

­ With pigmented eyes, second article of antenna 2 not anteriorly produced ................. 2

2. Telson with narrow stem and proximally almost as wide as distally ...... P. hicksi n. sp.

­ Telson widening evenly to maximum width half to two­thirds along ......................... 3

3. Telson widest at midpoint and tapering to subacute apex ................... P. hamelini n. sp.

­ Telson widest two­thirds along, posteriorly rounded ................................................... 4

4. Head wider than long (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) ...................... P. molyneuxi n. sp.

­ Head as wide as long ( South Africa) ............................. P. serricauda ( Barnard, 1920)