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Key to the British Species of Leuconidae<br />

1- Efferent orifice anterior or anterodorsal 2<br />

Efferent orifice distinctly dorsal, pseudodorsal lobes directed dorsally<br />

3<br />

2- Antenna 1 accessory flagellum extending at least to midlength of main flagellum first<br />

article; frontal lobe with lateral group of spines; pseudorostral lobe with group of spines<br />

Leucon (Crymoleucon) noerrevangi<br />

Antenna 1 accessory flagellum clearly less than half the length of main flagellum first article;<br />

frontal lobe with one spine at most; pseudorostral lobe without group of spines<br />

3- Antenna 1 geniculate between articles 1 and 2. Uropod endopod shorter than exopod<br />

Eudorellopsis deformis<br />

Antenna 1 geniculate between articles 2 and 3. Uropod endopod longer than exopod<br />

4<br />

4- Tooth below sinus at front of carapace small, not projecting beyond upper teeth (applies<br />

best to ♀♀)<br />

Eudorella truncatula<br />

♀<br />

From Watling and Gerken (1999)<br />

Tooth below sinus large, projecting beyond the upper teeth (applies best to ♀♀)<br />

Eudorella emarginaia<br />

♀<br />

♂<br />

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