Cyclaspis
Creators: name: Petrescu, Iorgu
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Schizas, Nikolaos V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Bodotriidae
Cyclaspis

description: Key for species of Cyclaspis genus from the Caribbean Sea (females)
1. Carapace with lateral ridges............................................................................. 2
- Carapace without lateral ridges........................................................................... 7
2. Uropod with equal rami................................................................................ 3
- Uropod without equal rami.............................................................................. 5
3. Pereon and pleon with lateral ridges..................................... jamaicensis Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1993
- Pereon and pleon without lateral ridges.................................................................... 4
4. Basis of pereopod 2 with numerous setae......................................... bacescui Omholt & Heard, 1982
- Basis of pereopod 2 glabrous..................................................... iorgui Ortiz & Lalana, 2002
5. Uropodal peduncle 1.4 times rami length................................................. pustulata Zimmer, 1943
- Uropodal peduncle less than 1.4 times rami length.......................................................... 6
6. Uropodal peduncle more than 1.3 times rami length........................... simonae Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1993
- Uropodal peduncle less than 1.2 times rami length......................................... sterreri Petrescu, 2002
7. Carapace with a dorsal horn............................................................................. 8
- Carapace without dorsal horn.......................................................................... 10
8. Uropodal exopod longer than endopod....................................................... goesi (Sars, 1871)
- Uropodal exopod as long as endopod...................................................................... 9
9. Uropodal endopod with four setae on medial margin........................................ unicornis Calman, 1911
- Uropodal endopod with three setae on medial margin.................................. mihaibacescui Petrescu, 2008
10. Uropodal peduncle 1.35 times rami length................................. .. granulata (Radha Devi & Kurian, 1981)
- Uropodal peduncle more than 1.35 times rami length........................................................ 11
11. Uropodal exopod longer than endopod................................................... longipes Calman, 1907
- Uropodal exopod as long as endopod.................................................................... 12
12. Uropodal endopod with four medial setae................................................. varians Calman, 1912
- Uropodal endopod with less than four medial setae.................................. .. reticulata Roccatagliata, 1985
description: Published as part of Petrescu, Iorgu, Chatterjee, Tapas & Schizas, Nikolaos V., 2014, New records of Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from Puerto Rico with descriptions of three new species, pp. 526-540 in Zootaxa 3873 (5) on page 532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/226432