A new species of Pseudocoutierea Holthuis from the Caribbean coast of Panamá (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae), with a key to the genus

Abstract

A new species of pontoniid shrimp, Pseudocoutierea dotae sp. nov. is described from Bocas Province (Caribbean coast of Panama), on the basis of a single specimen encountered on a whip-coral, Stichopathes lutkeni. The new species is closely related to the eastern Atlantic species, P. wirtzi, with which it shares the presence of a post-hepatic tubercle. A key to the genus is presented.