Pandalidae Haworth 1825

• Main Author: Wicksten, Mary K.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Pandalidae; Bering Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254994; https://zenodo.org/record/5254994

Key to species of family Pandalidae 1. Antennules twice length of carapace. Merus of third maxillipeds, ischium of first pereopods with laminate expansion fringed with long hairs........................................................................................ 2 – Antennules not longer than carapace. Merus of third maxillipeds, ischium of first pereopods without laminate expansion fringed with long hairs................................................................................. 3 2. Rostrum without teeth on distal half of rostrum. Occurs from Washington state south................ Pandalopsis ampla – Rostrum with teeth on distal half of rostrum. Occurs from Bering Sea to Oregon.................... Pandalopsis dispar 3. Third maxilliped with exopod. Known only from south of Point Conception...................................... 4 – Third maxilliped without exopod. North or south of Point Conception........................................... 5 4. Rostrum with only two small basal dorsal spines, second pereopods equal, with 15–18 carpal articles. Pelagic at 500–4000 m............................................................................... Plesionika sanctaecatalinae – Rostrum with 4 dorsal teeth and 5–6 dorsal spines, second pereopods very unequal in length, with about 100 left and 20 right carpal articles. Benthic, 55–258 m........................................................ Plesionika mexicana 5. Dorsal spines reaching behind middle of carapace. Intertidal zone to continental shelf............................... 6 – Dorsal spines not reaching behind middle of carapace. Subtidal areas to continental slopes........................... 7 6. Scaphocerite of moderate width. No patch of pubescence on carapace, rostrum usually with trifid apex...... Pandalusdanae – Scaphocerite narrow. Patch of pubescence on carapace, rostrum usually with bifid apex............... Pandalusstenolepis 7. Abdominal somite 6 about 1.5 times as long as wide. Carapace pubescent. With horizontal white stripes on carapace in life...................................................................................... Pandalus platyceros – Abdominal somite 6 about 3 times as long as wide. Carapace smooth and shining. Without horizontal white stripes on carapace in life............................................................................................... 8 8. Rostrum with spines on distal half of superior margin............................................ Pandalusjordani – Rostrum without spines on distal half of superior margin......................................... Pandalustridens : Published as part of Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 3371 on page 99