Pontocrates Boeck, 1871

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12527050
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scientific name	Pontocrates Boeck
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Key to the Mediterranean species of Pontocrates Boeck View in CoL

1. Pereopods 3–4 carpus short only a little longer than broad..................................................... 2

- Pereopods 3–4 carpus much longer than broad............................ P. altamarinus (Spence Bate & Westwood) View in CoL

2. Gnathopod 1 merus with long distal finger-like extension...................................................... 3

- Gnathopod 1 merus distally blunt or with small short distal spine.............................. P. norwegicus (Boeck)

3. Coxa 2 posterior margin sinuous.................................................... P. arenarius (Spence Bate) View in CoL

- Coxa 2 posterior margin substraight........................................................ P.marmario sp. nov.