title: Description of two new species of the genusAutomateDe Man, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the South China Sea.
abstract: Three species of the genus Automate De Man, 1888 are described herein, including two new species: A. anacanthopusoides sp. nov. and A. spinosa sp. nov.. Automate anacanthopusoides sp. nov. can be easily identified by the presence of a rostrum, the notch on the lower margin of the major chela, the stout minor cheliped and the cutting edge of the pollex not dentate, and by the absence of spines on the ventral margin of the propodus of the third and fourth pereiopod. Automate spinosa sp. nov. can be easily identified by the nearly straight anterior margin of the carapace, and the presence of spines on the ventral margin of the propodus of third and fourth pereiopod. A key of all species of the Automate is provided.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China. shazl@qdio.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Yan-Rong
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhong-Li
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Sha
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D033364:Decapoda
keywords: Crustacea, China seas, Caridea, Alpheidae, Automate, new species