Key to genera in Podoceridae

1 Urosome with 2 segments.................................................................. Laetmatophilus

- Urosome with 3 segments.............................................................................. 2

2 Uropods 2 pairs...................................................................................... 3

- Uropods 3 pairs...................................................................................... 4

3 Pereonites 1–3 cylindrical, longer than (pereonites 1 and 3) or as long as (pereonite 2) wide..... Capropodocerus gen. nov.

- Pereonites 1–3 depressed, each wider than long.................................................... Leipsuropus

4 Antenna 1 accessory flagellum with three or more articles.................................................... 5

- Antenna 1 accessory flagellum with one article............................................................. 6

5 Uropod 3 uniarticulate.......................................................................... Xenodice

- Uropod 3 biarticulate.......................................................................... Parunciola

6 Pereopods 3 and 4 reduced, much smaller than pereopods 5–7....................................... Neoxenodice

- Pereopods 3 and 4 not reduced, similar to pereopods 5–7..................................................... 7

7 Relative length of antenna-1 peduncular articles 2/1 more than 3..................................... Podobothrus

- Relative length of antenna-1 peduncular articles 2/1 less than 2.5........................... Podocerus + Cyrtophium