Eulimnadia Packard

Babu, K Subhash & Nandan, Bijoy, 2010, Two new clam shrimp species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Kerala, India, Zootaxa 2713, pp. 55-64 : 62

Key to Indian species of Eulimnadia Packard

1 Carapace oval or elliptical ............................................................................................................................................ 2

- Carapace gibbose .............................................................................................................................. E. gibba Sars 1900

2 Carapace with 5–6 growth lines in mature specimens.................................................................................................. 3

- Carapace with 3 growth lines in mature specimens............................................................... E. margaretae Bond 1934

3 Thoracopods 18–22 pairs..............................................................................................................................................4

- Thoracopods 16–17 pairs .............................................................. E. gunturensis Radakrishna and Durga Prasad 1976

4 Second antenna with 10–14 antennomeres................................................................................................................... 5

- Second antenna with 7–8 antennomeres......................................................................................... E. similis Sars 1900

5 Telsonic filaments inserted between 2–5 telsonic spines.............................................................................................. 6

- Telsonic filaments inserted between 6th and 7th spines. .............................................. E. michaeli Nayar and Nair 1968

6 Dorsal margin of the telson armed with unequal spines............................................................................................... 7

- Dorsal margin of the telson armed with equal spines ............................................................. E. compressa Baird 1859

7 Distal end of the first endite of all thoracopods armed with two denticles ......................................... E. azisi sp. nov.

- Distal end of the first endite of all thoracopods fringed with fine setae ........................................ E. ovata Nayar 1965