Elaphoidella Chappuis 1929
Creators: name: Watiroyram, Santi
name: Sanoamuang, La-Orsri
name: Brancelj, Anton
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Harpacticoida
Canthocamptidae
Elaphoidella

description: Key to species of Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 from SEA based on males
Note: males of E. affinis, E. bidens, E. cornuta, E. elegans, E. jaesornensis, E. longipedis, E. namnoaensis, E. superpedalis?, E. trisaetosa are so far unknown)
1 P5 Exp with less than 4 setae............................................................................2
- P5 Exp with 4 setae................................................................................... 11
2 P5 Exp with 2 setae....................................................................................3
- P5 Exp with 3 setae....................................................................................4
3 P4 Endp-2 with 2 elements..................................................................... E. javaensis
- P4 Endp-2 with 3 elements.................................................................... E. margaritae
4 P1 Endp 2-segmented..................................................................................5
- P1 Endp 3-segmented..................................................................................6
5 P4 Endp absent........................................................................... E. thailandensis
- P4 Endp present......................................................................... E. sanoamuangae
6 P2 Endp-1 with inner seta...............................................................................7
- P2 Endp-1 without inner seta............................................................................9
7 P2 Endp-2 with 4 elements.................................................................... E. grandidieri
- P2 Endp-2 with 3 elements..............................................................................8
8 Posterior margin of urosomites weakly serrate.................................................. E. bromeliaecola
- Posterior margin of urosomites strongly serrate................................................... E. thienemanni
9 P4 Endp-2 with 2 elements........................................................................ E. labani
- P4 Endp-2 with 3 elements.............................................................................10
10 P2 Endp-2 with 3 elements..................................................................... E. malayica
- P2 Endp-2 with 4 elements.................................................................... E. vietnamica
11 P4 Exp-3 without transformed spine......................................................................12
- P4 Exp-3 with transformed spine........................................................................15
12 P4 Endp-2 with 2 elements....................................................................... E. similis
- P4 Endp-2 with 3 elements.............................................................................13
13 P2 Endp-2 with 5 elements................................................................ E. ligorae sp. nov.
- P2 Endp-2 with 4 elements.............................................................................14
14 P2 Endp-1 with inner seta...................................................................... E. cuspidata
- P2 Endp-1 without inner seta........................................................... E. paraaffinis sp. nov.
15 P2 Endp-2 with 3 elements.................................................................. E. sewelli s. str.
- P2 Endp-2 with 4 elements.............................................................................16
16 Caudal ramus with dorsal keel................................................................. E. intermedia
- Caudal ramus without dorsal keel................................................................ E. bryophila
description: Published as part of Watiroyram, Santi, Sanoamuang, La-Orsri & Brancelj, Anton, 2017, Two new species of Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from caves in southern Thailand and a key to the species of Southeast Asia, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 4282 (3) on pages 522-523, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/827956