First records of a leptestherid clam shrimp in Australia (Crustacea, Spinicaudata, Leptestheriidae, Eoleptestheria) Author Timms, Brian Australian Museum,, Australia text ZooKeys 2009 2009-08-26 18 18 1 16 journal article 22773 10.3897/zookeys.18.92 61dc74ce-4143-499f-9c80-489678a65bd1 1313–2970 576494

Table 1. Comparative characteristics of Eoleptestheria species

		EUROPE				CHINA			AUSTRALIA
Table 1. Comparative characteristics of Eoleptestheria species
Character species	E. inopinata	E. variabilis	E. ticinensis	E. spinosa	E. dongping- ensis	E. s angziensis	E. chinensis	E. yanchoƜ- ensis	Toomaroo Kuranda Benmore
author and date	Daday 1923	Botnariuc 1947	(Balsamo- Crivelli 1859)	Marinček 1978	Hu 1987	Zhang & Hu 1992	Daday 1923	Shu et al. 1990
carapace length, females	—	8.5–15.5 mm	6.3–20 mm	11.3–12.1 mm	11–11.5 mm	—	10–11 mm	10.5–11 mm	6–7 mm	9–9.8 mm	5.9 mm
upper margin of carapace	straight	humped	straight to humped	straight	humped	—	humped	humped	humped	humped	humped
growth lines	—	—	ca 15	15 to 19	15 to 17	19 to 29	22 to 26	12	15 to 22	26 to 32	34
body segments	28	26 to 28	22 to 28	26 to 30	25	26	22 to 26	—	24	24	22
ovigerous legs	—	—	10 & 11	—	11 & 12	10 & 11	10 & 11	10 & 11	11 & 12	11 & 12	10 & 11
no. of armed body seg	last 24	last 21 to 24	last 17 to 23	last 18 to 22	last 17	last 20 to 22	last 18	last 22	last 14	last 15	last 12
dorsal spines per segment	6	6 to 9	3 to 9	1 to 10	2 to 3	—	—	—	<13 spines	<13 spines	<13 spines
Ist ant lobes	16 to 17	6 to 23	16 to 19	7 to 12	19 to 20	—	16 to 17	19	11	12	9
2nd ant rami	—	—	17 to 19	15 to 20	13 to 14	—	16 to 17	13	13 to 14	12 to 13	12 to 13
telsonic spines	ca 50	32 to 58	25 to 63	53 to 71	30 to 43	30 to 37	25 to 28	—	ca 39 to 43	ca 50 to 60	ca 42
telsonic spines	—	—	equal	equal	unequal	—	—	—	equal	equal	equal
caudal claw spines	—	—	—	ca 60	30 to 35	—	—	—	ca 40	ca 50	ca 30
caudal claw spines	—	—	variable	uniform	—	—	—	—	uniform	uniform	uniform
palp on 3rd endite	—	—	—	3 segments?	2 segments	2 segments	—	2 segments	2 segments	—	—
palp on 5th endite	—	—	—	—	2 segments	2 segments	—	1 segment	1 segment	1 segment	—