Litarcturus Brandt 1990

Abstract

Key to the species of the genus <i>Litarcturus</i> Brandt, 1990 <p> 1. Pleotelson without caudal spines................................................... <i>L. bicornis</i> (Kensley, 1984)</p> <p>- Pleotelson with caudal spines............................................................................ 2</p> <p>2. Head without supraocular spines......................................................................... 3</p> <p>- Head with supraocular spines........................................................................... 6</p> <p> 3. Pereonites 1–7 with submedial spines............................................ <i>L. americanus</i> (Beddard, 1886)</p> <p>- Pereonites 1–7 without submedial spines.................................................................. 4</p> <p> 4. Pleotelson with caudal spines not surpassing apex........................................ <i>L. lillei</i> (Tattersall, 1921)</p> <p>- Pleotelson with caudal spines surpassing apex............................................................... 5</p> <p> 5. Head with supraocular lobe...................................................... <i>L. antarcticus</i> (Bouvier, 1910)</p> <p> - Head without supraocular lobe..................................................... <i>L. coppingeri</i> (Miers, 1881)</p> <p>6. Head with supraocular spines surpassing apex............................................................. 7</p> <p> - Head with supraocular spines not surpassing apex................................. <i>L. granulosus</i> (Nordenstam, 1933)</p> <p> 7. Pleotelson with caudal spines not surpassing apex..................................... <i>L. stebbingi</i> (Beddard, 1886)</p> <p> - Pleotelson with caudal spines surpassing apex............................................... <i>L. kexueiae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b></p>Published as part of <i>Liu, Wenliang & Sha, Zhongli, 2015, Litarcturus kexueiae sp. nov., a new deep-sea isopod from the Okinawa Trough (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera, Antarcturidae), pp. 531-540 in Zootaxa 4013 (4)</i> on page 532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/236981">http://zenodo.org/record/236981</a&gt