dc:description"FIGURE 1. Lepidophthalmus statoni sp. nov.; a – j, holotype male, cl 11.5 mm, Nuevo Campechito, Campeche, Mexico (USNM 1275014); j, paratype male, cl 13.3 mm, Anton Lizardo, Veracruz, Mexico (USNM 1275017); k, paratype female, cl 12.1 mm, Nuevo Campechito, Campeche, Mexico (USNM 1275015): a, anterior carapace, dorsal; b, rostrum and eyes, right lateral; c, right mandible, without setae, external; d, right first maxilla, without setae, external; e, right second maxilla, without setae, external; f, right first maxilliped, without setae, external; g, right second maxilliped, without setae, external; h, right third maxilliped, external; i, male major cheliped (left), external; j, male major cheliped, without setae (left), dorso-external; k, female major cheliped (right), external. Scale bars = 5.0 mm (a, i – k), 3.0 mm (e – h), 1.0 mm (b – d).";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. Color patterns in Lepidophthalmus statoni sp. nov.; a, cheliped of male paratype, external, propodus length 12.4 mm, specimen cl 10.4 mm, Anton Lizardo, Veracruz, Mexico (ULLZ 14795); b, c, dorsal, ventral, entire animal, same male paratype; d, male paratype, dorsolateral, cl 10.7 mm, Anton Lizardo, Veracruz, Mexico (ULLZ 14795); e, ovigerous female paratype, lateral, cl 12.5 mm, Anton Lizardo, Veracruz, Mexico; f, female paratype, lateral, cl 10.5 mm, Laguna San Augustin (ULLZ 14793).";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. Lepidophthalmus statoni sp. nov.; a, c, f – i, k, n, o, holotype male, cl 11.5 mm, Nuevo Campechito, Campeche, Mexico (USNM 1275014); b, d, l, m, paratype female, cl 12.1 mm, Nuevo Campechito, Campeche, Mexico (USNM 1275015); e, j, paratype male, cl 13.1 mm, Nuevo Campechito, Campeche, Mexico (ULLZ 5592): a, male minor chela (right), external; b, female minor chela (left), external; c, second right pereopod, external; d, third right pereopod, without setae, external; e, fourth right pereopod, without setae, external; f, fifth right pereopod, without setae, external; g, first abdominal somite, dorsal; h, first abdominal somite, right lateral; i, male right first pleopod, external; j, male right first pleopod, mesial; male right second pleopod, without minor setae, posterior; female right first pleopod, without setae, lateral; m, female second pleopod, without setae, posterior; n, endopod of third pleopod, without setae, anterior; o, telson and uropods, dorsal. Scale bars = 5.0 mm (a – c, g, h, l, m, o), 3.0 mm (d – f, k, n), 1.0 mm (i, j).";