Table 1 in Three new species of Apseudomorpha (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from Jiaozhou Bay, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea off coasts of China

Table 1. Morphological comparison among species of the genus Apseudes from the South China Sea region. N = no apophyses or spiniform setae.
Character / Species nameA. spinidigitus sp. nov.A. mannaA. nagaeA. nhatrangensisCarapaceRostrumcordiform, pointedpointedcordiform, pointedcordiform, pointedLateral apophysesone spine-likeNNone spine-likePereonitesPereonite 3-6 lateral apophysesone curved spine-likeNbluntone curved spine-likePleonitesEpimerapointedblunttruncatedpointedAntennuleNumber of outer/inner flagellum articles13/710/510-14/513/9AntennaNumber of flagellum articles118810MaxillipedNumber of endite coupling hooks223-44ChelipedBasis apophyses or spiniform setaeone ventral spiniform setaone ventral spiniform setaone ventral spiniform setaone large ventral apophysisMerus apophyses or spiniform setaeone ventral subdistal apophysisNNone ventral subdistal apophysisCarpus apophyses or spiniform setaeone dorsodistal apophysisNNNPereopod 1Number of basis/merus/carpus/propodus dorsal spiniform setae0/1/1/10/1/1/20/1/1/20/1/2/2Number of basis/merus/carpus/propodus ventral spiniform setae1/1/1/43/1/2/51/1/2/41/0/0/4PleopodsNumber of basal article outer/inner setae0/45/44/58/8UropodNumber of exopod/endopod articles8/36-384-5/multi13/2610/40Referencespresent studyBamber 2008Shiino 1963; Bamber 1998Shiino 1963