Key to PA Crayfishes

5a    Marginal spines or tubercles on rostrum present (fig A);  terminal elements of gonopod long and slender, straight or curving gently (fig B) --> go to couplet 6.

5b    Marginal spines or tubercles on rostrum absent (fig A);  terminal elements of gonopod strongly curved caudally (towards the tail), claw-shaped, usually to 90o (fig B) --> go to couplet 12.

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