Pseudocoutierea Holthuis, 1951

Olthof, Gabriël, Becking, Leontine E. & Fransen, Charles H. J. M., 2018, On a collection of deep-water shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Dutch Caribbean, with the description of a new species of Pseudocoutierea, Zootaxa 4415 (3), pp. 533-548 : 538

Genus Pseudocoutierea Holthuis, 1951

Type species: Pseudocoutierea elegans Holthuis, 1951 .

Definition (emended from d’Udekem d’Acoz 2000). Carapace depressed or subcylindrical. Rostrum unarmed dorsally and ventrally, proximal part extended laterally to form supra-orbital eaves with or without anterolateral teeth. Carapace with or without post-hepatic tooth laterally and with or without epigastric tooth dorsally. Antennal tooth present with small acuminate lobe below it, giving the spine a bifid appearance in lateral view. Orbit very large, pterygostomial sinus well developed or very shallow. Longitudinal carina which runs near the lower margin of the carapace, starting close to the pterygostomial sinus to nearly the posterior margin of the carapace. Pleuron of third pleonal segment with or without posterior tooth, fourth and fifth pleura with posterior acute teeth. Sixth pleonal segment with posterolateral tooth that is either triangular or elongated. Telson lanceolate with two pairs of teeth on lateral margin. Tip of telson with 3 pairs of mobile spines, medial pair plumose, intermediate pair longest and outer pair smallest. Eyestalks robust, cornea about as broad as unpigmented part of eyestalk. Stylocerite short. Rami of upper antennular flagellum fused for about 3 joints. Scaphocerite well developed, ventrolateral tooth on basicerite.

Second pereiopods unequal, one being longer and broader, carpus short. Third to fifth pereiopod robust, with distal swelling on flexor border of merus, with or without ventro-distal spines on propodus.

Exopod of uropod with well-developed distolateral tooth, with or without mobile spine between tooth and blade.