Paralophogaster, Hansen, 1910

Mizutani, Yoshiaki, Yanagisawa, Satoshi, Ichikawa, Mizuki, Nishio, Keisuke, Sakai, Hiroya, Nonokawa, Daishi, Makino, Yuichiro, Suzuki, Hitomi, Ichimiya, Hitoshi, Uchida, Yasuhiro, Watanabe, Junji, Kanashiro, Masaaki, Iwawaki, Tomoya, Kondo, Shun, Shibata, Rei, Inden, Yasuya & Murohara, Toyoaki, 2025, Species of the Lophogastrid Genera Lophogaster M. Sars, 1857 and Paralophogaster Hansen, 1910 (Crustacea: Lophogastrida: Lophogastridae) Collected from the West Pacific and Eastern Indian Oceans, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology (Optometrists) 51 (2), pp. 31-49 : 47

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Paralophogaster
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Key to the known species of Paralophogaster View in CoL

1 Telson gently narrowing posteriorly, without marked constriction posterior to sub-terminal lateral long setal-spines falling far short of posterior margin of telson ............................. (l sanzoi View in CoL z group) 2

– Telson abruptly narrowing posterior to sub-terminal lateral long setal-spines extending beyond posterior margin of telson............................................................................................. (l glaber View in CoL z group) 5

2 Rostral plate with anterior margin well produced anteriorly, noticeably narrowing towards basal part in dorsal aspect.............................................................................................................................3

– Rostral plate with anterior margins nearly straight or slightly convex, not distinctly narrowing towards basal part in dorsal aspect......................................................................................................4

3 Eyes with long ocular papilla......................................................................... P. foresti Băcescu, 1981 View in CoL

– Eyes without ocular papilla...................................................................... P. boucheti Casanova, 1993 View in CoL

4 Rostral plate with anterior margins convex; eyes with large cornea more than one and half times as broad as rostral plate .......................................................................... P. philippinensis Băcescu, 1981 View in CoL

– Rostral plate with anterior margins straight; eyes with moderately large cornea as broad as rostral plate................................................................................................................... P. sanzoi Colosi, 1930 View in CoL

5 Eyes noticeably small, cornea narrower than eye-stalk ......................................................................6 – Eyes moderate or large, cornea broader than eye-stalk.......................................................................7

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