Camatopsis

Ng, Peter K. L. & Castro, Peter, 2016, Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea), Zootaxa 4209 (1), pp. 1-182 : 32-33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4209.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5617088
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scientific name	Camatopsis
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Key to species of Camatopsis View in CoL

1. Ambulatory legs, notably merus, slender, elongated ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A–F). G1 with distal part directed upwards, tip sharp ( Fig. 67 View FIGURE 67 J, K, 68A–D) [ southern Taiwan to Malaysia, Indonesia; New Caledonia]............................... C. leptomerus View in CoL n. sp.

- Ambulatory legs, including merus, relatively shorter, stouter (e.g., Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ). G1 directed inwards towards thoracic sternum, or otherwise (e.g., Fig. 67 View FIGURE 67 A).............................................................................. 2

2. Ambulatory merus proportionately short, stout ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 C–F). G1 with distal part bent inwards towards sternum at approximately right angles ( Fig. 67 View FIGURE 67 M, N), markedly stout, directed upwards with flared tip ( Fig. 69 View FIGURE 69 C–E), or short, stout ( Fig. 69 View FIGURE 69 H–J)..... 3

- Ambulatory merus proportionately longer (e.g., Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ). G1 not as above (e.g., Fig. 67 View FIGURE 67 A).............................5

3. G1 with distal part bent inwards towards sternum at approximately right angles ( Fig. 67 View FIGURE 67 M, N) [Taiwan; Japan].................................................................................................... C. thula View in CoL n. sp.

- G1 otherwise........................................................................................ 4

4. G1 conspicuously short, stout, with distal half bent, tip sharp ( Fig. 69 View FIGURE 69 H–J) [Fiji]...................... .. C. valida View in CoL n. sp.

- G1 short, stout, distal part directed upwards, tip sharp ( Fig. 69 View FIGURE 69 C-E) [Indonesia; questionably Andaman Sea coast of Thailand]........................................................................................ C. minor View in CoL n. sp.

5. Ambulatory legs relatively long ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ). Male pleonite 6 markedly broad ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 51 A) [ eastern Indian Ocean ; Indonesia; eastern, northern and western Australia]................................................................... C. rubida View in CoL

- Ambulatory legs relatively shorter ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 A, B). Male pleonite 6 quadrate ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 51 B) [western Indian Ocean]................................................................................................... C. africana View in CoL n. sp.