Key to species of Chelicorophium
1. Antenna 2 peduncular article 4 distal tooth simple ... C. monodon
- Antenna 2 peduncular article 4 distal tooth with an additional simple or bidentate tooth ........................................ 2
2. Antenna 2 peduncular article 4 distal tooth with an additional simple tooth ..................................................... 3
- Antenna 2 peduncular article 4 distal tooth with an additional bidentate tooth ......................................................... 6
3. Pereopods 3–4 meral articles stout, length is less than twice the width ........................................... C. mucronatum
- Pereopods 3–4 meral articles slender, length is twice the width ........................................................................... 4
4. Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 with a proximal and distal tooth ..................................................... C. chelicorne
- Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 with either a proximal or distal tooth .................................................................... 5
5. Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 with a small proximal tooth, distal tooth missing .................................... C. nobile
- Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 with a strong distal tooth, proximal tooth missing ..................... C. spinulosum .
6. Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 with a proximal and distal tooth ........................................................................ 7
- Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 with a proximal tooth only ................................................................................... 8
7. Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 proximal tooth situated in the distal half of the article, inner side of uropod 1 peduncle without spines ............................... C. maeoticum
- Antenna 2 peduncular article 5 proximal tooth situated in the proximal half of the article, inner side of uropod 1 peduncle with spines ....................................... C. robustum
8. Antenna 1 flagellum as long as peduncle .................... ......................................................................... C. sowinskyi
- Antenna 1 flagellum half as long as peduncle .............. .................................................................... C. curvispinum