Spongicola, DE HAAN, 1844

Saito, Tomomi & Komai, Tomoyuki, 2008, A review of species of the genera Spongicola de Haan, 1844 and Paraspongicola de Saint Laurent & Cleva, 1981 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Stenopodidea, Spongicolidae), Zoosystema 30 (1), pp. 87-147 : 94-95

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF SPONGICOLA DE HAAN, 1844

1. Lateral margin of uropodal endopod unarmed ........................................ S. parvispinus

— Lateral margin of uropodal endopod serrated ............................................................. 2

2. Carapace without postrostral submedian and anterolateral spines ............................... 3

— Carapace with postrostral submedian and anterolateral spines .................................... 4

3. Carapace with small tubercle on hepatic region; dorsal margin of palm of third pereopod sharply carinate, with row of setae ...................................................... S. depressus n. sp.

— Carapace unarmed on hepatic region; dorsal margin of palm of third pereopod not carinate, but serrate ................................................................................................... S. levigatus

4. Carapace with scattered spinules on branchial region; merus of third pereopod unarmed or armed with row of small teeth or denticles on lateral margin ................. S. goyi n. sp.

— Carapace unarmed on branchial region; merus of third pereopod armed with 1 large tooth on lateral margin ........................................................................................................ 5

5. First pereopod with well developed grooming apparatus; second pereopod naked, with carpus being subequal in length to merus ............................................. S. andamanicus

— First pereopod with rudimentary grooming apparatus; second pereopod with numerous setae, with carpus being longer than merus ................................................................. 6

6. Cornea of eye darkly pigmented; second pereopod 1.2-2.1 times longer than carapace in females, 1.5-2.2 times in males .................................................................... S. venustus

— Cornea of eye opaque; second pereopod 2.1-2.2 times longer than carapace in females, 2.4-2.6 times in males ........................................................................ S. robustus n. sp.