Labriphimedia meikae, Coleman & Lörz, 2013

Coleman, Charles Oliver & Lörz, Anne-Nina, 2013, Iphimediidae of New Zealand (Crustacea, Amphipoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 62, pp. 1-18 : 3

Key to New Zealand iphimediid species

1 Coxa 5-7 posteriorly bicuspidate .................................. Labriphimedia pulchridentata Stebbing, 1883

- Coxa 5-7 posteriorly smooth or bearing single spine.........................................................................2

2 Four pairs of spines dorsally...............................................................................................................3

- Three pairs of spines dorsally, pleonite 3 not bearing paired spines......................................................4

3 Coxa 1 ventrally acute; urosomite 2 dorsally smooth ..................... Labriphimedia meikae sp. nov.

- Coxa 1 ventrally rounded; urosomite 2 bearing dorsal carina ............................................................... .................................................................................................. Labriphimedia hinemoa (Hurley, 1954)

4 Pleonites 1-2 mid-dorsally smooth prior to paired spines; coxa 7 rounded............................................5

- Pleonites 1-2 with mid-dorsal pointy protrusion prior to paired teeth; coxa with 7 posteroventral margin pointed .................................................................................. Labriphimedia martinae sp. nov.

5 Coxa 1 anterodistally rounded; coxa 6 posteriorly pointed ...................................................................... .......................................................................................... Anisoiphimedia haurakiensis (Hurley, 1954)

- Coxa 1 anterodistally truncate; coxa 6 posteriorly rounded ......... Iphimedia spinosa (Hurley, 1954)