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Genus Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836
Key to species
[Adapted from Mayo, 1973]
Family Diogenidae 331
Ocular scale with more than one terminal tooth or spine; fifth coxal segments of
male flattened; overall color of live or recently preserved specimens green
C. viridis
Ocular scale with one triangular tooth; fifth coxal segments of male concave and
expanded; overall color cream with purple, dark red, or brown C. ornatus
Genus Clibanarius Dana, 1851
Key to species
[Adapted from Provenzano, 1959]
1. Dactyli of walking legs shorter than propodi 2
Dactyli of walking legs not shorter than propodi 3
2. (1) Legs with broad longitudinal light stripe on dark background C. antillensis
Legs without any longitudinal stripes, instead banded with orange at proximal ends
of propodi and dactyli; dominant color blue C. tricolor
3. (1) Propodi with dark stripe laterally, bordered on each side by light stripe of similar
width C. cubensis
Propodi with 4 thin light stripes laterally, separated by broad dark stripes
C. vittatus