Schistobrachia

Dippenaar, Susan M., 2016, Schistobrachia kabata sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) from rajiform hosts off South Africa, Zootaxa 4147 (1), pp. 104-113 : 112

Key to the adult females of Schistobrachia

1. Posterior processes very short............................................................................ 2

- Posterior processes medium to long.......................................................................4

2. Maxillae originate at about same position as maxillipeds...................................................... 3

- Maxillae originate posterior to maxillipeds.......................................................... S. ramosa

3. Holdfast processes not bifurcate................................................................ S. chimaerae

- Holdfast with one bifurcate process............................................................... S. pilgrimi

4. Posterior processes less than half of trunk length............................................... S. kabata sp. nov.

- Posterior processes about half length of trunk............................................................... 5

5. Holdfast processes bifurcating into secondary, tertiary and quaternary branches......................... ... S. jordaanae

- Holdfast with three pairs of tines, dorsal pair short, blunt and conical; distal to this pair both tips constrict abruptly, each expanding into two processes...................................................................... S. tertia