Swireapseudes Bamber, 1997

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Genus Swireapseudes Bamber, 1997

Type species.

Swireapseudes toloensis Bamber, 1997

Remarks.

This genus has once been synonymised with Pakistanapseudes by Bamber and Sheader (2003) but revalidated by Guţu (2006). The main morphological features that distinguish these two genera are: 1) the presence of ventrodistal prolongation on pereopods 2, 3, 5 and 6 in species of Swireapseudes , compared to the presence of a ventrodistal prolongation on pereopods 2 and 3 in some species of Pakistanapseudes but never on pereopods 5 and 6; 2) the presence of sexual dimorphism of cheliped in species of Swireapseudes ( Guţu 2008). Two species of Swireapseudes have been previously recorded at very distant locations: Swireapseudes birdi Guţu & Iliffe, 2008 (Eleuthera Island, Bahamas) and Swireapseudes toloensis Bamber, 1997 (Tolo Channel, Hong Kong).