Key to larvae of New Zealand Palaemonidae
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Body with double bend, especially in late larvae; carapace without dorsomedial spines; rostrum shorter than half the length of the antennular peduncle; abdomen without spines on somite 5 (Fig. 4C) |
Periclimenes spp.
Periclimenaeus novae zealandiae?
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Body straight or abdomen curved ventrally; carapace with dorsomedial spines bearing spinules from zoea 2 onward; rostrum subequal in length to antennular peduncle; abdomen with posterolateral spines on somite 5 in all zoeae or from zoea 2 onward (Figs. 4D, K) |
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Carapace never with more than two dorsomedial spines; pereiopods 1-3 with exopod; pereiopod 5 develops before pereiopod 3, much longer than pereiopods 3-4 when latter developed; Maxilliped 1 with inner margin of basis strongly protuberant in all zoeae; endopod of maxilla without basal lobe (Figs. 4D, H, J) |
Leander tenuicornis
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Carapace with three dorsomedial spines from zoea 4 onwards; pereiopods 1-4 with exopod; pereiopod 5 not developed before pereiopod 3, not much longer than pereiopods 3-4 when latter developed; maxilliped 1 without inner margin of basis strongly protruberant in early larvae; endopod of maxilla with basal lobe (Figs. 4G, I, K) |
Palaemon affinis
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