DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15154261
title: TABLE 2. Morphological differences between Kalliapseudes species compared with K in Description of a new species of an apseudomorph tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea: Kalliapseudidae) from India

description: TABLE 2. Morphological differences between Kalliapseudes species compared with K. kanyakumari sp. nov.
CharacterK. kanyakumariK. dongaraeK. primitivusK. bamberiPleotelson posterior margin and apexrow of simple setae; without terminal plumose setaerow of simple setae; without terminal plumose setaerow of simple setae; without terminal plumose setaerow of plumose setae; with 2 long terminal plumose setaeAntennule peduncle article 1 outer marginsimple setaesimple and broom setaesimple and broom setaesimple and broom setaeAntennule inner flagellum6 articles3 articles6 articles3 articlesAntennule outer flagellum9 articles, 5 aesthetascs on articles 1–4, 2 on 5–710 articles (male), 3 aesthetascs on article 1, 1 each on articles 6 and 89 articles, 6 aesthetascs on article 1, 8 on article 2 and 2 on 68 articles, 1 aesthetasc on articles 2–5 and 7Antennule outer flagellum articles 3 & 45 aesthetascs0, 1 aesthetascs0 aesthetascs1 aesthetascAntennule outer peduncle article 4with simple setaewith broom setaewith simple setaewith simple setaeAntenna peduncle article 31 plumose seta1 plumose setaindeterminate3 plumose setaeAntenna peduncle article 4without proximal broom setaewith proximal and distal broom setaeindeterminatewith proximal broom setaeAntenna squama7 simple setae7 simple setaeindeterminate6 simple setaeAntenna flagellum articles 2 & 3simple setaeseveral pectinate, 1 or 2 plumose setaeindeterminate1 or 2 plumose setaeMandibular palp terminal seta L/W5.53.5indeterminate4.8Male cheliped fixed finger cutting edgeelongate blunt tooth and low tubercles proximal to unguisshort triangular tooth and spinulesindeterminatelarge tooth, and spinules interspersed with round tubercles near unguisCheliped near dactylus insertionshort blunt toothlow triangular toothindeterminatelarge bifid toothCheliped dactylus dorsal marginwith simple setaewith simple setaeindeterminatesetae absentCheliped dactylus cutting edgelow proximal toothacute toothindeterminatelow proximal toothCheliped exopoditewith 3 plumose setaewith 3 plumose setaewith 3 plumose setae2 plumose setaePereopod 1 exopoditewith 3 plumose setaewith 3 plumose setaewith 3 plumose setae2 plumose setaePereopods 2 & 3 basis and propoduswithout broom setae2 broom setae on basis, 1 on propodus3 broom setae on basis, absent on propodus2 broom setae on basis, 1 on propodusPereopod 5 propoduswithout terminal bipinnate setaewithout terminal bipinnate setaewith short terminal bipinnate setaewith short terminal bipinnate setaPereopod 6 dactylusshorter than carpus & propodus combinedlonger than carpus & propodus combinedlonger than ischium, merus, carpus and propodus combinedas long as carpus and propodus (paratype male)Uropod basal articlewith 3 lateral setaewith 3 lateral setaewithout lateral setaewithout lateral setae
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description: Published as part of Padate, Vinay P. & Cubelio, Sherine Sonia, 2024, Description of a new species of an apseudomorph tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea: Kalliapseudidae) from India, pp. 76-77 in Zootaxa 5443 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10996871