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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF50FE52147CFE67" bold="true" box="[151,351,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pseudelasmopus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF50FE1B1463FDA2" box="[151,320,510,532]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pseudelasmopus</emphasis>
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: 284
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.—
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: 644
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.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF50FDA41432FDEC" bold="true" box="[151,273,577,602]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFEE7FDA4147EFDEC" box="[288,349,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Head</emphasis>
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anteroventral corner with weak notch; eyes poorlydeveloped, ommatidia scattered, ovate.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF50FD83142CFDC8" box="[151,271,614,638]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Antenna 1</emphasis>
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accessory flagellum minute, 2-article, not extending beyond flagellum article 2.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFB00FD8010BFFDC8" box="[1223,1436,613,638]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Mandibular molar</emphasis>
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reduced, columnar, triturative; palp article 1 without acutely produced distal corner; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 strongly falcate, anterodistal margin concave, with setal comb and apical setae.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFB61FD481035FD70" box="[1190,1302,685,710]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Maxilla 1</emphasis>
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inner plate subtriangular with setae along entire margin.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFD76FD371600FD5C" box="[689,803,722,746]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Coxa 1–4</emphasis>
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reduced, broader than deep, less than the pereonites.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF50FD101411FCB8" box="[151,306,757,782]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
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coxa anteroventral corner not produced, posteroventral corner without notch; propodus palm subacute.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFECDFCFC1483FC84" box="[266,416,793,818]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
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(sexually dimorphic) propodus symmetrical; palm angle obtuse with pollex or subacute (greater than 90°); dactylus anterior margin with 1 seta.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFCDEFCD816B8FCE0" box="[793,923,829,854]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pereopod 4</emphasis>
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coxa with posterodistal lobe.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFB34FCD810B8FCE3" box="[1267,1435,829,854]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pereopods 5–7</emphasis>
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basis and merus rectilinear, not expanded or expanded; dactylus simple.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFC2CFC8710BFFCCF" box="[1003,1436,865,890]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pereonites, Pleonites and Urosomites</emphasis>
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dorsally smooth.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFE9AFC6314D2FC28" box="[349,497,902,926]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Epimera 1–3</emphasis>
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margins smooth.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFD07FC60160EFC28" box="[704,813,901,926]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Uropod 3</emphasis>
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rami subequal,length twice × width, longer or shorter than peduncle; apically rounded; without robust setae, with apical slender setae only.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFBA5FC4C118BFC74" box="[1122,1192,937,962]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Telson</emphasis>
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deeply cleft (>66%), lobes abutting, tapering distally, with apical slender setae.
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<paragraph id="6F2DB87CFF85FF9FFF00FC141023FBBC" blockId="26.[151,1437,577,1502]" box="[199,1280,1009,1034]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF00FC141441FBBC" bold="true" box="[199,354,1009,1034]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">
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<typeStatus id="B02906DEFF85FF9FFF00FC141421FBBC" box="[199,258,1009,1034]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Type</typeStatus>
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species.
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFEAEFC1417BBFBBC" box="[361,664,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pseudelasmopus cheliferus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="0B03C58DFF85FF9FFD58FC141666FBBC" author="Ledoyer" box="[671,837,1009,1034]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1978) Amphipodes gammariens (Crustacea) des biotopes cavitaires organogenes recifaux de l'ile Maurice (Ocean Indien). The Mauritius Institute Bulletin, 8 (3), 197 - 332." type="journal article" year="1978">Ledoyer, 1978</bibRefCitation>
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, by original designation and monotypy.
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF00FBF014B2FB98" bold="true" box="[199,401,1045,1070]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Included species.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFE5FFBF017EBFB98" box="[408,712,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pseudelasmopus cheliferus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="0B03C58DFF85FF9FFD08FBF01657FB98" author="Ledoyer" box="[719,884,1045,1070]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1978) Amphipodes gammariens (Crustacea) des biotopes cavitaires organogenes recifaux de l'ile Maurice (Ocean Indien). The Mauritius Institute Bulletin, 8 (3), 197 - 332." type="journal article" year="1978">Ledoyer, 1978</bibRefCitation>
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; and
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFC68FBF31111FB98" box="[943,1074,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">P. walkerae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFBFFFBF011B1FB98" bold="true" box="[1080,1170,1045,1070]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="6F2DB87CFF85FF9FFF00FBDC17D5FA68" blockId="26.[151,1437,577,1502]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF00FBDC1418FBE4" bold="true" box="[199,315,1081,1106]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Remarks.</emphasis>
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The main characters used to diagnose
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFD36FBDC168FFBE4" box="[753,940,1081,1106]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pseudelasmopus</emphasis>
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, uropod 3 and telson reduced, are no longer sufficient to define the genus from other
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<taxonomicName id="A892C3FFFF85FF9FFDA5FBB817EFFBC0" box="[610,716,1117,1142]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Maeridae</taxonomicName>
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genera (
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<bibRefCitation id="0B03C58DFF85FF9FFCEAFBB816ECFBC0" author="Ledoyer" box="[813,975,1117,1142]" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1978) Amphipodes gammariens (Crustacea) des biotopes cavitaires organogenes recifaux de l'ile Maurice (Ocean Indien). The Mauritius Institute Bulletin, 8 (3), 197 - 332." type="journal article" year="1978">Ledoyer 1978</bibRefCitation>
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). Therefore, the diagnosis is updated and expanded here to confirm
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFE01FB6417A2FB2C" box="[454,641,1153,1178]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Pseudelasmopus</emphasis>
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as a valid and distinct genus. Characters including the reduced eyes, reduced coxae, setose margin of the maxilla 1 inner plate, uropod 3 with slender setae onlyand telson without apical robust setae and only slender setae, separate this genus from the closely aligned and more speciose
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFF50FB081431FAB0" box="[151,274,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">Elasmopus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<collectingCountry id="1785F8ECFF85FF9FFEE5FB0B1462FAB0" box="[290,321,1262,1286]" name="American Samoa" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">As</collectingCountry>
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much as the latter characters group
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFD24FB0B164DFAB0" box="[739,878,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">P. cheliferus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFC6FFB0B110FFAB0" box="[936,1068,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">P. walkerae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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together in comparison to other
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<taxonomicName id="A892C3FFFF85FF9FFF50FAF41427FA9C" box="[151,260,1297,1322]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Maeridae</taxonomicName>
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, several characters usually of generic level vary between the two known species—the gnathopod 2 chelation, expansion of the basis and merus in pereopods 5–7, uropod 3 peduncle lengthand telson size.
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<collectingCountry id="1785F8ECFF85FF9FFA99FAD3105EFAF8" box="[1374,1405,1334,1358]" name="American Samoa" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">As</collectingCountry>
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<taxonomicName id="A892C3FFFF85FF9FFA40FAD31426FAC4" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Pseudelasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cheliferus">
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFA40FAD31426FAC4" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">P. cheliferus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described from a male and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A892C3FFFF85FF9FFDB5FABF17D7FAC4" box="[626,756,1369,1394]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Pseudelasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="walkerae">
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<emphasis id="5DE6646EFF85FF9FFDB5FABF17D7FAC4" box="[626,756,1369,1394]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="227">P. walkerae</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known only from females, there is a possibility that some of these characters relate to sexual dimorphism. Until more is known about these species, it seems more appropriate to group them together in the same genus within the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A892C3FFFF85FF9FFC40FA4416D7FA0C" box="[903,1012,1441,1466]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="227" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Maeridae</taxonomicName>
|
||
, than to establish another monotypic genus for a species only known from limited material.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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