Periclimenes granulimanus (Bruce, 1978)

Ďuriš, Zdeněk, 2010, Periclimenes laevimanus sp. nov. from Vietnam, with a review of the Periclimenes granulimanus species group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae) *, Zootaxa 2372 (1), pp. 106-125 : 123

Key to the species of the Periclimenes granulimanus species-group:

1. One pair of dorsal telson spines; carapace without epigastric spine; first pereiopod coxa with ventral setose process, fingers with cutting edges distinctly gaping ............................................................................................................................................................................... Periclimenes tonga Bruce, 1990 [IWP: Tonga; associated with scyphozoans]

– Two pairs of dorsal telson spines; carapace with isolated epigastric spine; first pereiopod coxa without setose process, fingers with cutting edges not distinctly gaping................................................................................................... 2

2. Major second pereiopod extremely long and slender, overreaching scaphocerite by proximal merus, carpus longer than both chela or merus; walking dactyli feebly biunguiculate with short distoventral tooth on corpus, propodi with long spines arranged to 4 distoventral pairs....................................................................................................................................................................... Periclimenes brucei Ď uriš, 1990 [IWP: Maldives; associated with antipatharians]

– Major second pereiopod longer than minor one, both pereiopods slender, overreaching scaphocerite by distal merus, carpus short – distinctly shorter than both chela or merus; walking dactyli simple or with rudimentary distoventral tooth on corpus, propodi with 1–3 single proximal spines in addition to 2–4 distoventral pairs of long spines ......... 3

3. Major second pereiopod smooth; minor second chela with cutting edges entire .......................................................................................................... Periclimenes laevimanus sp. nov. [IWP: South China Sea; associated with hydroids]

– Major second pereiopod with covers granulate; minor second chela with 1–2 teeth on cutting edges ........................................................... Periclimenes granulimanus Bruce, 1978 [IWP: Madagascar; associated with antipatharians]