Lithoglyptinae Aurivillius 1892
Creators: name: Kolbasov, Gregory A.
name: Newman, William A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Pygophora
Lithoglyptidae

description: Key to the genera and species of Lithoglyptinae  (four pairs of terminal cirri plus caudal appendages).  
1 Caudal appendages each of two segments plus a pedestal............................................ 2  
 ­ Caudal appendages each of two segments but without a pedestal..... 6 (Armatoglyptes)   
 2 Opercular bars without well­developed posterior projections, operculum with short posterior lobes or rudiments thereof.......................................................3 (Lithoglyptes)   
 ­ Opercular bars with hooked posterior projections, operculum with long, articulated posterior setose lobes (auricles) .................................................. Auritoglyptes bicornis   
 3 Opercular bars armed with bifid teeth ............................................................. L. ivanovi   
­ Opercular bars lacking bifid teeth, with simple teeth and/or small denticles............... 4  
4 Posterior lobes of operculum well developed............................................................... 5  
 ­ Posterior lobes of operculum rudimentary ...................................................... L. indicus   
 5 Proximal end of mantle attenuated, extending to point of initial attachment................. .................................................................................................................. L. tectoscrobis   
 ­ Proximal end of mantle not extending to initial point of attachment ............... L. viatrix   
 6 Opercular bars asymmetrical, one with a medial projection ................ A. scamborachis   
­ Opercular bars symmetrical.......................................................................................... 7  
7 Orificial knob with conspicuous teeth........................................................................... 8  
­ Orificial knob without teeth, or absent.......................................................................... 9  
 8 Posterior projections of opercular bars straight, without long recurved hooks or spines ............................................................................................................................. A. mitis   
 ­ Posterior projections recurved or straight, but when straight with long anterior, recurved spines .................................................................................................. A. habei   
9 Posterior projections of opercular bars decurved in adults........................................ 10  
­ Posterior projections of opercular bars recurved anteriorly or straight in adults....... 11  
 10 Posterior projections equal to or greater than the length of opercular bars.................... ................................................................................................................. A. balanodytes   
 ­ Posterior projections less than the length of opercular bars ......................... A. cornutus   
 11 Opercular bars with upturned anterior ends .............................. A. wilsoni (Koror form)   
­ Opercular bars without upturned anterior ends.......................................................... 12  
 12 Opercular bars each with a small elevation at 1/3 of length from anterior end............. ........................................................................................................................ A. thomasi   
­ Opercular bars straight, without such an elevation..................................................... 13  
13 Posterior projections of opercular bars straight, without curved spines near tip....... 14  
 ­ Posterior projections of opercular bars decurved, usually with 1–2 curved spines near tip (often broken off in adults) ........................................................................... A. stirni   
 14 Posterior projections of opercular bars with several longitudinal rows of curved teeth. .................................................................................................................. A. echinoideus   
 ­ Posterior projections of opercular bars without longitudinal rows of curved teeth....... ......................................................................................................................... A. egorovi
description: Published as part of Kolbasov, Gregory A. & Newman, William A., 2005, Revision of the Lithoglyptidae sensu Tomlinson, 1969 and Lithoglyptes Aurivillius, 1892 (Cirripedia, Acrothoracica,), including a new species from Bermuda, pp. 35-64 in Zootaxa 1013 (1) on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1013.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5049212