Laomenes Clark

BRUCE, A. J., 2007, A revision of the generic status of Periclimenes jackhintoni Bruce, 2006, with a new key to the genus Laomenes Clark (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), Zootaxa 1432 (1), pp. 67-68 : 67

Key to the species of Laomenes Clark (after Okuno & Fujita, 2007)

1. Rostrum unarmed dorsally................................................................................................ L. nudirostris ( Bruce, 1968)

– Rostrum dorsally dentate .............................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Rostrum very slender, ventrally curved, sickle shaped, with 2 small distodorsal teeth.... L. jackhintoni ( Bruce, 2006)

– Rostrum normal, not slender, sickle shaped.................................................................................................................. 3

3. Rostral ventral margin unarmed; hepatic spine exceeding anterior margin of carapace .......................................................................................................................................................................... L. ceratophthalmus (Borradaile, 1915)

– Rostral ventral margin armed with 1 tooth; hepatic spine posterior to anterior margin of carapace ............................ 4

4. Chelae of second pereiopods long and slender; propodi of ambulatory pereiopods with numerous setae.......................................................................................................................................................... L. amboinensis (De Man, 1888)

– Chelae of second pereiopods short and stout; propodi of ambulatory pereiopods with a few setae ventrodistally .............................................................................................................................................. L. cornutus (Borradaile, 1915)