Key for identification decapod and stomatopod crustaceans of Perú

Abstract

15 species of stomatopods “mantis shrimps” are recorder from Peru, 12 of these are included on the keys for identification. About the decapods (shrimps, prawns, mud-shrimps, mole crabs, lobsters, hermit crabs, king crabs and crabs) there 403 species recorded, fom these 267 are included in the key. Among the decapods from the 15 species of lobsters, 73 species of anomurans, and 179 species of brachyurans.