Kingsleya Ortmann 1897
Creators: name: Pinheiro, Allysson P.
name: Santana, William
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Pseudothelphusidae
Kingsleya

description: Key to the species of Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 (modified from Magalhães, 2005)
1. Anterolateral border of the carapace with about 5 to 8 large, acute teeth.......................................... 2
- Anterolateral border of the carapace fringed by set of very faint tubercles or very low, small, rounded teeth.............. 3
2. Gonopod I with apical plate with narrow apex....................................................... K. latifrons
- Gonopod I with apical plate with enlarged apex...................................................... K. ytupora
3. Gonopod I with a large apical plate, distal lobe of the apical plate widened above the field of apical spines in lateral view. 4
- Gonopod I with a narrow, subtriangular apical plate, distal lobe of the apical plate uniform along its entire length........ 6
4. Apical plate of the gonopod I with a dentate or a proximal minute spine-like outgrowth in the midlength of the mesial margin................................................................................................... 5
- Apical plate of the gonopod I with a single large spine-like outgrowth in the midlength of the mesial margin....... K. celioi
5. Apical plate of the gonopod I distinctly enlarged, mesial margin of the distal lobe smooth with a proximal minute spine-like outgrowth..................................................................................... K. junki
- Apical plate of the gonopod I distinctly enlarged, mesial margin of the distal lobe clearly indented............ K. castrensis
6. Apical plate of the gonopod I with proximal lobe usually oblique and distinctly shorter in relation to the distal lobe....... 7
- Apical plate of the gonopod I with both, proximal and distal lobes, juxtaposed in a nearly vertical position along almost all its length..................................................................................... K. hewashimi
7. Gonopod I with field of apical spines well developed, proximal lobe of the apical plate oblique to the distal lobe......... 8
- Gonopod I with field of apical spines reduced, proximal lobe of the apical plate partially involving the lower part of the distal lobe.......................................................................................... K. besti
8. Proximal lobe of the apical plate partially folded over the mesial crest of the field of apical spines.................... 9
- Proximal lobe of the apical plate with conspicuous semicircular protuberance in mesial and sternal views.................................................................................................. K. attenboroughi n. sp.
9. Gonopod I with apical plate not enlarged, angulated on the proximal end of the sternal border.................. K. siolii
- Gonopod I with apical plate enlarged on the proximal end of the sternal border, forming a distinct rounded prominence................................................................................................ K. gustavoi
description: Published as part of Pinheiro, Allysson P. & Santana, William, 2016, A new and endangered species of Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Ceará, northeastern Brazil, pp. 365-372 in Zootaxa 4171 (2) on pages 371-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/262551