Kinnecaris, Jakobi, 1972

Karanovic, Tomislav & Cooper, Steven J. B., 2011, Molecular and morphological evidence for short range endemism in the Kinnecaris solitaria complex (Copepoda: Parastenocarididae), with descriptions of seven new species 3026, Zootaxa 3026 (1), pp. 1-64 : 60

Key to Australian species of Kinnecaris

1. Preanal somite without large spinules ventrally.............................................................. 2

– This somite with four groups of large spinules............................................... K. lakewayi sp. nov.

2. Third urosomite in female (fourth in male) with at most two groups of large spinules ventrally........................ 3

– This somite with four groups of large spinules............................................. K. barrambie sp. nov.

3. Third urosomite in female (fourth in male) with no large spinules.............................................. 8

– This somite with two groups of large spinules ventrally...................................................... 4

4. Genital double-somite without large spinules laterally....................................................... 7

– This somite with at least one group of large spinules laterally................................................... 5

5. Genital double-somite with one group of large spinules laterally................................................ 6

– This somite with two parallel groups of large spinules laterally..................................... K. esbe sp. nov.

6. Male third leg apophysis with deep apical notch; caudal rami very slender in lateral view; anal somite with many rows of minute spinules dorsally....................................................................... K. linel sp. nov.

– Male third leg apophysis without apical notch; caudal rami slightly inflated at middle in lateral view; anal somite with few minute spinules dorsally................................................................. K. uranusi sp. nov.

7. Caudal rami with two lateral setae................................................. K. solitaria ( Karanovic, 2004)

– Caudal rami with three lateral setae........................................................... K. lined sp. nov.

8. Caudal rami inflated distally; somites with cuticular pits............................... K. eberhardi ( Karanovic, 2005)

– Caudal rami not inflated distally; somites with smooth cuticle................................... K. linesae sp. nov.