Enoplometopus A. Milne Edwards 1862
Creators: name: Poupin, Joseph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Enoplometopidae
Enoplometopus

description: KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ENOPLOMETOPUS A. MILNE EDWARDS, 1862   
1. Upper and lower faces of chela with tubercles (sometimes indistinct in juveniles). Pleura of abdominal somites II-V, each rounded or bluntly pointed. Telson with only one lateral spine.............................................................................................. 2  
— Upper and lower faces of chela smooth. Pleura of abdominal somites II-V, each with sharp, posteriorly curved median tooth. Telson with two lateral spines.................. 7  
2. Dactyl of cheliped with spines over full length of outer margin.............................. 3  
— Dactyl of cheliped with only two or three spines on distal part of outer margin (sometimes with a few proximal spines).................................................................. 4  
 3. Carapace with two intermediate spines and three lateral spines; postcervical spine absent...................................................................................... Enoplometopus pictus   
 — Carapace with one intermediate spine and two lateral spines; postcervical spine present...................................................................................... Enoplometopus crosnieri   
4. Carapace with an indistinct postcervical spine........................................................ 5  
— Carapace with a marked postcervical spine............................................................ 6  
 5. Lateral face of carapace with vertical streaks (lateral margin of rostrum with three spines).................................................................................... Enoplometopus daumi   
 — Lateral face of carapace without vertical streaks (lateral margin of rostrum with two spines)...................................................................................... Enoplometopus chacei   
 6. Carapace armed with five median spines.......................... Enoplometopus occidentalis   
 — Carapace armed with four median spines.............................. Enoplometopus debelius   
7. Carapace with two postcervical spines; dactyl of chela without spines on outer margin; margins of abdominal pleura II-V smooth in adults........................................ 8  
 — Carapace with one postcervical spine; dactyl of chela with spines along entire outer margin or restricted to distal portion of outer margin; margins of abdominal pleura II-V finely denticulated in adults.......................................... Enoplometopus callistus   
8. Chela five to six times longer than wide................................................................ 9  
 — Chela three times longer than wide.................................... Enoplometopus antillensis   
 9. Posterior margin of sixth abdominal tergite without spines; carapace with spots.................................................................................................. Enoplometopus gracilipes   
— Posterior margin of sixth abdominal tergite with two short spines; lateral face of carapace with large white circle or with network of streaks........................................ 10  
 10.Spines of abdominal pleura long, those of pleura IV-V reaching to posterior margins of pleura; lateral face of carapace with a large white ring; palm of chela without bands.................................................................................. Enoplometopus holthuisi   
 — Spines of abdominal pleura short, those of pleura IV-V not reaching to posterior margins of pleura; lateral face of carapace with a network of streaks; palm of chela with bands...................................................................... Enoplometopus voigtmanni
description: Published as part of Poupin, Joseph, 2003, Reef lobsters Enoplometopus A. Milne Edwards, 1862 from French Polynesia, with a brief revision of the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Enoplometopidae), pp. 643-664 in Zoosystema 25 (4) on pages 660-661, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4525031