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Family P<strong>as</strong>iphaeidae<br />

Genus Leptochela Stimpson, 1860<br />

Key to species<br />

I Adapted from Williams, 1984]<br />

Family P<strong>as</strong>iphaeidae 137<br />

1. Sixth abdominal somite bearing movable lappet near anterior end of dorsal surface;<br />

third pereopod with exopod reaching nearly or quite to end of ischium<br />

L. carinata<br />

Sixth abdominal somite lacking dorsal lappet; third pereopod with exopod not<br />

nearly reaching distal end of ischium 2<br />

2. (1) Suborbital angle dentate; orbital margin serrate dorsolaterally L. serratorbita<br />

Suborbital angle rounded, unarmed; orbital margin usually entire dorsolaterally.... 3<br />

3. (2) Fifth abdominal somite with 1-3 low prominences on dorsal margin... L. papulata<br />

Fifth abdominal somite regularly convex or nearly straight in lateral view<br />

L. bermudensis

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