Pisidae, Dana, 1851

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 220

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255284

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C5657B52-FF47-B3C8-44D1-FF51CD9A0962

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scientific name

Pisidae
status

 

Key to species of family Pisidae

1. Body, pereopods flattened, legs with small lateral spines. Spine present on orbital margin between supraocular eave and postocular cup............................................................................ Herbstia parvifrons

– Body, pereopods not flattened, legs with or without spines. No spine on orbital margin between supraocular eave and postocular cup.............................................................................................. 2

2. Rostrum bifid for not more than half its length. Pereopods 2–5 with broad, flat segments................... Pelia tumida View in CoL

– Rostrum bifid for more than half its length. Pereopods 2–5 with rounded segments................................. 3

3. Rostrum with slender horns. Continental shelf and slope......................................... Chorilia longipes View in CoL

– Rostrum with broad horns. Intertidal to continental shelf....................................................... 4

4. Rostrum flat, horizontal; horns shaped like feathers of arrow...................................... Scyra acutifrons View in CoL

– Rostrum deflexed; horns not shaped like feathers of arrow..................................................... 5

5. Carapace with many small spines; 2 spines on hepatic region. Front strongly deflexed. Adult male, female with few setae and without camouflaging material.......................................................... Loxorhynchusgrandis

– Carapace with large tubercles or raised areas; one spine on hepatic region. Front less strongly deflexed. Adult male, female setose, adult male usually with camouflaging material on rostrum only, female covered by material.... Loxorhynchus crispatus View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Pisidae

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