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Genus
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–415, figs 46–57;
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, 21, fig. 1A–C;
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: 354
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–355, fig. 12F–H;
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: 190
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;
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: 273
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–275, fig. 9A–D;
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: 284
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, figs 15–19;
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: 187
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–189, fig. 6A–F.
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One female,
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male,
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, Strait of
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, Labrador Park (
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,
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), patches of small brown and green algae from rocks, mid­tide area,
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.
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<emphasis id="9CB5000EFFCEFF94FEE975057F05FA87" box="[264,383,1367,1392]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="42">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AE7EDC1CFFCEFF94FED9752D7CF0F8DE" blockId="1.[264,1323,1367,1833]" pageId="1" pageNumber="42">Idiosomal length of female 360 µm, of male 322 µm. Dorsal plates foveate, fused to a single shield. Ventral plates fused. Area representing PD with single pair of setae. AE and PE generally each with one pair of adjunct setae. Female with five pairs of pgs and two pairs of sgs. Male with 19 plumose pgs, basilar setae included, the latter situated at 0.8. Male genital sclerites with two pairs of sgs. Gnathosoma 1.2 times longer than wide. Length ratio idiosoma:gnathosoma 1:0.23. Length:height ratio of telofemora 2.5–2.9. Leg chaetotaxy: leg I, 1, 2, 5–6, 5, 5, 4; leg II, 1, 2, 6, 5, 4; leg III, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4; leg IV, 0, 2, 3, 3, 5, 3. Telofemora I to IV with (3–)4/(1–)2, 4/2, 3/0, 3/0 dorsal/ventral setae. None of ventral setae of genua enlarged and bipectinate. Tibiae I to IV with 2, 1, 1, 2 bipectinate setae. Paired fossary setae faintly plumose. Two basalmost setae on tarsus III adjacent. Claws rake­like with 16–19 tines</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="9CB5000EFFCDFF97FED971167C0FFEAA" box="[312,629,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Rhombognathus scutulatus</emphasis>
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is one of the most wide­spread
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species in the Indo­West Pacific area (
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). There seem to be differences between populations of various localities, namely in the size of the claw pectines and their number of tines and in the length of the telofemora.
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The largest number of tines, 24–28, was found in specimens from Rottnest Island, off Perth, Western
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(
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). Specimens from the Great Barrier Reef, tropical Queensland, had 22–24 tines (
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), and those from the Dampier Archipelago, tropical Western
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, 18–20 tines (
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). In the two specimens from
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claws I and II had 16–17 tines, claws
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tines. The
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material from the
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had 17–19 tines. A smaller number of tines was found in two females and males from the southern coast of
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(unpublished record, material from Ahangama, from
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<emphasis id="9CB5000EFFCDFF97FE3B72AE7C37FCE2" box="[474,589,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Halimeda</emphasis>
(Chlorophyta)
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on a moderately exposed fringing reef flat,
<date id="DA7FFADCFFCDFF97FAEC72AE7FC3FCC9" pageId="2" pageNumber="43" value="1993-02-28">28 February 1993</date>
, coll. H.­G. Müller); claws I and II of these specimens bear 13–14 tines, claws
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tines. Specimens from
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and eastern Africa (
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) bear more than 17 tines (
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;
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). An increased number of tines may be correlated with life in very agitated water.
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<paragraph id="AE7EDC1CFFCDFF97FED973967DC9FB51" blockId="2.[264,1324,284,1190]" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">
The telofemora in the specimens from
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, as well as in those from the
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, are slender, 2.5–2.9 times longer than high, whereas in specimens from western and eastern
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(Rottnest Island, Dampier and Great Barrier Reef, respectively) the length:height ratio ranged from 2.1 to 2.5. Specimens from
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had short telofemora, about twice as long as high. A similar wide range in the length:height ratio is else not documented in the genus
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<emphasis id="9CB5000EFFCDFF97FD0C74DE7DD1FB52" box="[749,939,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Rhombognathus</emphasis>
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.
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<subSubSection id="E6DB8F97FFCDFF97FEE9748E7FE4FA61" pageId="2" pageNumber="43" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="9CB5000EFFCDFF97FEE9748E7C56FB02" box="[264,556,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Distribution and Biology</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="69C1A79FFFCDFF97FED975567C0CFAEA" box="[312,630,1284,1309]" class="Arachnida" family="Halacaridae" genus="Rhombognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutulatus">
<emphasis id="9CB5000EFFCDFF97FED975567C0CFAEA" box="[312,630,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Rhombognathus scutulatus</emphasis>
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is spread throughout the Indo­West Pacific area, from the
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in the east to
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in the west. The species lives in a variety of mid­tide, lowtide and shallow sublittoral habitats, on shores exposed to moderate as well as rather strong swell.
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