Australatya, Chace, 1983, Chace, 1983

Lorang, Camille, Marquet, Gérard & Mazancourt, Valentin de, 2021, First Occurrence of the Genus Australatya (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) in Melanesia and Polynesia with Description of a New Species, Pacific Science 74 (3), pp. 297-308 : 306

Identification Key

1.1 Short P3 propodus 3.3–4.4 times as long as wide, ........................................................... .......................................... A. keithi sp. nov. ( Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Futuna)

1.2 Long P3 propodus 5.0–6.9 times as long as wide ............................................................. ...................................................................... 2

2.1 Short P1 carpus and P2 carpus 0.9–1.0 ( Han and Klotz 2015) ..................................... ...................................................... A. obscura ( Taiwan, Ryukyu, Philippines)

2.2 Long P1 carpus and P2 carpus 1.0–1.8 and 1.0–1.7 ( Smith and Williams 1982) ............... ........................................................................3

3.1 Rostrum length/carapace length 0.32– 0.45 ( Smith and Williams 1982).............................. ....................................................... A. striolata ( Australia: New South Wales, South Queensland)

3.2 Rostrum length/carapace length 0.21– 0.31 ( Choy et al. 2019)........................... A. hamkei ( Australia: North Queensland)