Processidae ...

• Main Authors: Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira, Bezerra, Luis Ernesto Arruda
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Processidae; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6188155; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6188155

Key for the identification of Processidae from Brazilian waters (modified from Manning & Chace 1971 and Noël 1986): 1. P1 both chelate and lacking exopods; P2 symmetrical...................................... Ambidexter symmetricus 1’. Only one (usually the right) of P1 chelate, the other P1 ending in a simple dactylus................................. 2 2. P1 with exopods......................................................................... Nikoides schmitti 2’. P1 without exopods.................................................................................... 3 3. Pleura of fifth abdominal segment with posterolateral tooth...................................... Processa fimbriata 3’. Pleura of fifth abdominal segment rounded or angled posterolaterally, lacking distinct posterolateral tooth............... 4 4. Antennal spine absent.................................................................................. 5 4’. Antennal spine ... : Published as part of Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira & Bezerra, Luis Ernesto Arruda, 2011, Nikoides schmitti Manning & Chace, 1971 (Caridea: Processidae) in the South Atlantic Ocean, with an updated list and key for processid shrimps of Brazil, pp. 34-42 in Zootaxa 2864 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277417 ...