Dulichiella
Creators: name: Alves, Jessika
name: Johnsson, Rodrigo
name: Senna, André R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Melitidae
Dulichiella

description: Key to species (males) of Dulichiella of the world (modified from Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007)
1. Gnathopod 2 propodus distolateral crown with 2 spines...................................................... 2
- Gnathopod 2 propodus distolateral crown with more than 2 spines............................................... 3
2. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 with 4 robust setae along posterior margin. Pereopods 3–7 dactylar ungues with 1 accessory spine. Epimeron 3 with smooth posterior margin................................................ Dulichiella cotesi
- Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 with 3 robust setae along posterior margin. Pereopods 3–7 dactylar ungues with 2 accessory spines. Epimeron 3 with minutely serrate posterior margin...................................... Dulichiella tomioka
3. Gnathopod 2 propodus with 3 spines...................................................................... 4
- Gnathopod 2 propodus with 4 spines......................................................................9
4. Epimeron 3 posterior margin serrate distally................................................................. 5
- Epimeron 3 posterior margin smooth......................................................................6
5. Gnathopod 1 coxa anteroventral margin produced, anterior margin concave........................ Dulichiella anisochir
- Gnathopod 1 coxa anteroventral margin not produced, anterior margin straight or slightly convex......... Dulichiella tulear
6. Gnathopod 2 propodus distolateral crown with acute spines.................................... Dulichiella terminos
- Gnathopod 2 propodus distolateral crown with rounded spines................................................. 7
7. Pereopods 3–7 dactylar ungues with 1 accessory spine on anterior margin......................................... 8
- Pereopods 3–7 dactylar ungues with 2 accessory spines on anterior margin.......................... Dulichiella oahu
8. Pleonites 1–2 each with 7 dorsal spines. Pereopods 6–7 merus to propodus with bunches of long slender setae................................................................................................ Dulichiella australis
- Pleonites 1–2 each with 9 dorsal spines. Pereopods 6–7 merus to propodus without bunches of long slender setae.............................................................................................. Dulichiella spinosa
9. Pleonites 1–3 with sparse dorsal setae.................................................................... 10
- Pleonites 1–3 with dense dorsal setae....................................................... Dulichiella guinea
10. Pereopods 3–7 dactylar ungues with 2 accessory spines on anterior margin........................................ 11
- Pereopods 3–7 dactylar ungues with 1 accessory spines on anterior margin....................................... 16
11. Pereopods 6–7 basis, merus to propodus with bunches of long slender setae...................................... 12
- Pereopods 6–7 without bunches of long slender setae on basis and merus........................................ 13
12. Male gnathopod 1 coxa with anterior margin concave..................................... Dulichiella appendiculata
- Male gnathopod 1 coxa with anterior margin straight....................................... Dulichiella pattaniensis
13. Acessory flagellum 5-articulate..................................................... Dulichiella ankeri sp. nov.
- Accessory flagellum with 4-articulate.....................................................................14
14. Urosomite 3 with 4 dorsal spines.......................................................... Dulichiella celestun
- Urosomite 3 with 2 dorsal spines........................................................................ 15
15. Fourth spine of gnathopod 2 propodus distolateral crown well developed.......................... Dulichiella takedai
- Fourth spine of gnathopod 2 propodus distolateral crown not well developed..................... Dulichiella cuvettensis
16. Head with apically truncated lateral cephalic lobe........................................................... 17
- Head with apically rounded lateral cephalic lobe.............................................. Dulichiella lecroyae
17. Pereopod 6 basis posterior margin straight (straight in female).................................... Dulichiella fresnelii
- Pereopod 6 basis posterior margin concave (strongly subsigmoid in female)........................ Dulichiella pacifica
description: Published as part of Alves, Jessika, Johnsson, Rodrigo & Senna, André R., 2014, A new species of the genus Dulichiella Stout, 1912 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Pecém Harbor, Ceará state, Brazil, pp. 289-300 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 299, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/231579