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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E7A4B750FECA26AC" box="[151,321,365,388]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Asthenognathus</emphasis>
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: 27
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Jiang
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., 2007
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: 77
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species
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:
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E672B788FDE426E6" box="[321,623,437,462]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Asthenognathus gallardoi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E544B788FCEE26E7" author="Serene" box="[631,869,437,463]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Serene, R. &amp; Soh, C. L. (1976) Brachyura collected during the Thai-Danish Expedition (1966). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, number 12, 1 - 37, figs. 1 - 28, pls. I - VIII." type="journal article" year="1976">Serène &amp; Soh, 1976</bibRefCitation>
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, by present designation.
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E7F4B7E0FECC26DF" bold="true" box="[199,327,477,503]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Carapace elliptical, dorsal surface with transverse ridges; posterior lateral facet present. Short infraorbital margin extended downwards from external orbital angle, ventral side of orbit demarcated by suborbital crista, continuous laterally as far as below lateral end of anterior lateral epibranchial crista of dorsal surface. Epistome short. Eyes well-developed. Antennule basal article large. Antennal basal article reaching lateral frontal angle, inner orbital tooth reaching middle to lateral frontal angle. Third maxillipeds less than two-thirds of buccal cavern when closed; ischium and merus subrectangular, these segments divided by oblique border; carpus attached to lateral half of distal margin of merus, propodus and dactylus attached to distal end of respective proximal segment; dactylus with long setae, reaching concavity of thoracic sternites 13. Male thoracic stenites 1/2 fused, stenite 3 demarcated from stenites 1/2 and 4, female thoracic stenites 1/ 2 and 3/4 fused respectively, both male and female thoracic stenites medially concave. Male third to sixth abdominal segments functionally fused.
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E7F4B5A8FEDF2487" bold="true" box="[199,340,917,943]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Etymology.</emphasis>
The genus is named in memory of Mrs Pharadee (Gop) Uchuphab and Mr Kittisak Raksasri who perished when the Tsunami swept through the Ranong Coastal Research Station, Ranong Province,
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on
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. They are both missed, but still remembered. The name is an arbitrary combination of two first names and the gender is neuter.
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E7F4B208FECB2367" bold="true" box="[199,320,1077,1103]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Remarks.</emphasis>
Peter K.L. Ng
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. (2008) stated that
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E360B208FACE2367" author="Serene" box="[1107,1349,1077,1103]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Serene, R. &amp; Soh, C. L. (1976) Brachyura collected during the Thai-Danish Expedition (1966). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, number 12, 1 - 37, figs. 1 - 28, pls. I - VIII." type="journal article" year="1976">Serène &amp; Soh, 1976</bibRefCitation>
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should not be assigned to
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, as it is markedly different from the
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species (
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E392B260FAC8235E" box="[1185,1347,1117,1142]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">A. inaequipes</emphasis>
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) in the transversely more elongated elliptical shape of the carapace and the presence of the transverse ridges on the carapace (
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a, b;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E6A2B290FD0F23EF" author="Serene" box="[401,644,1197,1223]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Serene, R. &amp; Soh, C. L. (1976) Brachyura collected during the Thai-Danish Expedition (1966). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, number 12, 1 - 37, figs. 1 - 28, pls. I - VIII." type="journal article" year="1976">Serène &amp; Soh, 1976</bibRefCitation>
: Fig. 28B, Pl. VIII A;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E4A2B290FB2D23EF" author="Ghani" box="[913,1190,1197,1223]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Ghani, N. &amp; Tirmizi, N. M. (1991) Rediscovery of Asthenognathus gallardoi Serene &amp; Soh, 1976, from Pakistan (Northern Arabian Sea) with description of the male. Crustaceana, 61 (1), 100 - 102." type="journal article" year="1991">Ghani &amp; Tirmizi, 1991</bibRefCitation>
:
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A, B;
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Jiang
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E2B4B290FF2523C6" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
., 2007
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:
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a). These morphological differences warrant that
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should be placed in its own genus.
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,
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, is here established to accommodate
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<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E482B2C0FBC9223E" box="[945,1090,1277,1302]" class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Asthenognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gallardoi">A. gallardoi</taxonomicName>
.
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Systematic position of
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E6E5B318FDE82216" box="[470,611,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">G. gallardoi</emphasis>
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is also problematic. Davie &amp; N.K. Ng (2007) recently established the subfamily
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for
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E6F1B370FD96224E" box="[450,541,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Gaetice</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E517B370FD3F224F" author="Gistel" box="[548,692,1357,1383]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Gistel, H. (1848) Naturgeschichte de Thierreiches fur hohere Schulen bearbeitet. Stuttgart. Pp. i - xvi + 1 - 220, 32 pls." type="book chapter" year="1848">Gistel, 1848</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E5DEB370FCF0224E" box="[749,891,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Sestrostoma</emphasis>
Davie &amp; N.K. Ng, 2007
</taxonomicName>
. The diagnostic characters of this subfamily are: 1) long setae for suspension feeding on the palp of the third maxilliped, 2) a longitudinal sulcus on the anterior segments of the sternum for the long setae of the palp of third maxilliped, and 3) fused third to sixth male abdominal segments. Among these characters,
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E331B3F8FB0522F6" box="[1026,1166,1477,1502]" class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Asthenognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gallardoi">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E331B3F8FB0522F6" box="[1026,1166,1477,1502]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">G. gallardoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share the long setae of the palp of the third maxilliped and the fused male abdominal segments (
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a;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E359B3D0FAEB212F" author="Serene" box="[1130,1376,1517,1543]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Serene, R. &amp; Soh, C. L. (1976) Brachyura collected during the Thai-Danish Expedition (1966). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, number 12, 1 - 37, figs. 1 - 28, pls. I - VIII." type="journal article" year="1976">Serène &amp; Soh, 1976</bibRefCitation>
: Fig. 28A;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E7EAB028FE602107" author="Ghani" box="[217,491,1557,1583]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Ghani, N. &amp; Tirmizi, N. M. (1991) Rediscovery of Asthenognathus gallardoi Serene &amp; Soh, 1976, from Pakistan (Northern Arabian Sea) with description of the male. Crustaceana, 61 (1), 100 - 102." type="journal article" year="1991">Ghani &amp; Tirmizi, 1991</bibRefCitation>
:
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C, F;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E54EB028FCC02107" author="Jiang" box="[637,843,1557,1583]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Jiang, W., Chen, H. - L. &amp; Liu, R. - Y. (2007) New record of two species of genus Asthenognathus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pinotheridae) from China Seas. Oc eanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 38 (1), 77 - 83. [in Chinese with summary]" type="journal article" year="2007">
Jiang
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E5F1B028FD7D2106" box="[706,758,1557,1582]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
., 2007
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:
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d, e). Although
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E360B028FB6B2106" box="[1107,1248,1557,1582]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">G. gallardoi</emphasis>
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lacks the longitudinal sulcus on the anterior segments of the sternum, the anterior part of the sternum is gently concave so that the long setae can be accommodated. Furthermore,
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E40CB058FC112156" box="[831,922,1637,1662]" class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Gaetice" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E40CB058FC112156" box="[831,922,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Gaetice</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E4E9B058FBEA2156" box="[986,1121,1637,1662]" class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Gopkittisak" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E4E9B058FBEA2156" box="[986,1121,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Gopkittisak</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share a markedly oblique border of the merus and ischium of the third maxilliped. The presence of these similar characters indicates that it is best to place
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E650B088FE6121E6" box="[355,490,1717,1742]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Gopkittisak</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37A65508E72AC52E7F4B0E0FF472482" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BDF36DB8E72AC52E7F4B0E0FEB527F2" blockId="1.[151,1437,437,1983]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1436,152,938]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E7F4B0E0FD3821DF" authority="Barnard, 1955" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1955" box="[199,691,1757,1783]" class="Malacostraca" family="Camptandriidae" genus="Paracleistostoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fossulum">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E7F4B0E0FD8821DE" box="[199,515,1757,1782]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Paracleistostoma fossulum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E53AB0E0FD3821DF" author="Barnard" box="[521,691,1757,1783]" pageId="1" pageNumber="67" refString="Barnard, K. H. (1955) Additions to the Fauna-list of South African Crustacea &amp; Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, 43 (1), 1 - 107, figs. 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1955">Barnard, 1955</bibRefCitation>
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, also possesses the transverse ridges on the dorsal surface of the carapace (P.K.L. Ng
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E6BFB138FE4A2036" box="[396,449,1797,1822]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
., 2008: 229). The systematic position of
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E495B138FBA02036" box="[934,1067,1797,1822]" class="Malacostraca" family="Camptandriidae" genus="Paracleistostoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fossulum">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E495B138FBA02036" box="[934,1067,1797,1822]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">P. fossulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is uncertain, however.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E20EB138FF6E206F" author="Barnard" pageId="1" pageNumber="67" refString="Barnard, K. H. (1955) Additions to the Fauna-list of South African Crustacea &amp; Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, 43 (1), 1 - 107, figs. 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1955">Barnard (1955)</bibRefCitation>
placed it under
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, but
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E72AC51E55BB110FC60206F" author="Manning" box="[616,1003,1837,1863]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Manning, R. B. &amp; Holthuis L. B. (1981) West African Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 306, xii, 1 - 379, figs. 1 - 88." type="book chapter" year="1981">Manning &amp; Holthuis (1981: 209)</bibRefCitation>
stated that&quot; [
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E3B5B110FA81206E" box="[1158,1290,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">P. fossulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is] certainly no
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E788B168FE032046" ID-CoL="7PRPT" box="[187,392,1877,1902]" class="Malacostraca" family="Camptandriidae" genus="Paracleistostoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E788B168FE032046" box="[187,392,1877,1902]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Paracleistostoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and possibly not even an ocypodid&quot;. Peter K.L. Ng
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E4D6B168FB932046" box="[997,1048,1877,1902]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
. (2008) argued that the chela and the third maxilliped of
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E699B140FDA420BE" box="[426,559,1917,1942]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">P. fossulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unlikely that of any
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, and they transferred it to the
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E72AC51E259B140FF632097" ID-CoL="7NLJ7" class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Varunidae</taxonomicName>
, although they treated it as &quot;Subfamily incertae sedis&quot;.
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E455B198FBEB2096" box="[870,1120,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Gopkittisak gallardoi</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E72AC51E3C7B198FAF32096" box="[1268,1400,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">P. fossulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the presence of the dorsal ridges, but
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E57DB6A5FD502799" box="[590,731,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">G. gallardoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E328B6A5FB2B2799" box="[1051,1184,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">P. fossulum</emphasis>
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by the characters listed in Table 1.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36DB8E71AC52E7F4B6D5FF472482" blockId="2.[151,1436,152,938]" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E7F4B6D5FEFE262A" author="Monod" box="[199,373,232,258]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Monod, T. (1933) Brachyura marocana - I. Pinnoteridae, avec. description d' Asthenognathus atlanticus nov. Bulletin de la Societe des sciences naturelles du Maroc, 12 (4 - 6), 142 - 155." type="journal article" year="1933">Monod (1933)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E6C9B6D5FCAE2629" box="[506,805,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Asthenogathus atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Atlantic side of
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. The
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of
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E2B0B6D5FE802601" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E6BAB72DFD9B2601" box="[393,528,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Gopkittisak</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-
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of the third maxilliped, with oblique border between merus and ischium and long setae from dactylus (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E6C6B705FCAA267A" author="Monod" box="[501,801,312,338]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Monod, T. (1933) Brachyura marocana - I. Pinnoteridae, avec. description d' Asthenognathus atlanticus nov. Bulletin de la Societe des sciences naturelles du Maroc, 12 (4 - 6), 142 - 155." type="journal article" year="1933">Monod, 1933: Fig. 8A, B</bibRefCitation>
). He described the male abdomen as 7-segmented, but it is not certain whether it is functionally fused or completely segmented. Further study may prove that
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E2B0B75DFE802689" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is indeed a member of
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. In that case, a new genus is needed to accommodate
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E71AC52E23BB7B5FA102689" box="[1288,1435,392,417]" class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Asthenogathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atlanticus">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E23BB7B5FA102689" box="[1288,1435,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as it is different from other gaeticine genera. The taxonomic statuses of the specimens subsequently recorded as “
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E7F0B7E5FEDD26D9" box="[195,342,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” are also unclear.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E51EB7E5FD5D26DA" author="Monod" box="[557,726,472,498]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Monod, T. (1956) Hippidea et Brachyura ouest-africains. Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, 45, IFAN, Dakar. 1 - 674." type="journal article" year="1956">Monod (1956)</bibRefCitation>
reported
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of
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E4C8B7E5FB0526D9" box="[1019,1166,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from West Africa (
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and 2 Ƥfrom
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;
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from
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; 1 Ƥ from the
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). Although at least the female specimen from the
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have a similar third maxilliped with the
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of
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E322B415FB232569" box="[1041,1192,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. atlanticus</emphasis>
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E389B415FF4C2542" author="Monod" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Monod, T. (1956) Hippidea et Brachyura ouest-africains. Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, 45, IFAN, Dakar. 1 - 674." type="journal article" year="1956">Monod, 1956: Fig. 543</bibRefCitation>
), the specimen from
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possesses a horizontal border between merus and ischium of third maxilluped (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E7D8B445FD8725BA" author="Monod" box="[235,524,632,658]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Monod, T. (1956) Hippidea et Brachyura ouest-africains. Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, 45, IFAN, Dakar. 1 - 674." type="journal article" year="1956">Monod, 1956: Fig. 544</bibRefCitation>
), which is same condition with
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E4A4B445FBD925B9" box="[919,1106,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Asthenognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22757B28E71AC52E36DB445FB7C25BA" box="[1118,1271,632,658]" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
. The
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specimens are more similar to
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E526B49DFD312591" box="[533,698,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. inaequipes</emphasis>
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than to
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E414B49DFC582591" box="[807,979,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. hexagonum</emphasis>
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in its shape of the carapace, but the ischium of the third maxilliped is shorter than that of
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E410B4F5FC4D25C9" box="[803,966,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. inaequipes</emphasis>
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, suggesting that it is most probably an undescribed species. Moreover,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E527B4CDFCAF2422" author="Bocquet" box="[532,804,752,778]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" refString="Bocquet, C. (1963) Remarques morphologiques et systematiques sur le crabe Tritodynamia atlantica (Th. Monod) (= Asthenognathus atlanticus Th. Monod), present dans la region de Roscoff. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 4, 65 - 79. Davie, P. J. F. &amp; Ng, N. K. (2007) Two new subfamilies of Varunidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) with description of two new genera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 16, 257 - 272." type="journal article" year="1963">
Bocquet (1963:
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)
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recorded
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E4AFB4CDFBBA2421" box="[924,1073,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">A. atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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, but it appears to be a different new species as it has relatively wider carapace and ambulatory meri (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E36CB525FA06241A" author="Bocquet" box="[1119,1421,792,818]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" refString="Bocquet, C. (1963) Remarques morphologiques et systematiques sur le crabe Tritodynamia atlantica (Th. Monod) (= Asthenognathus atlanticus Th. Monod), present dans la region de Roscoff. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 4, 65 - 79. Davie, P. J. F. &amp; Ng, N. K. (2007) Two new subfamilies of Varunidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) with description of two new genera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 16, 257 - 272." type="journal article" year="1963">Bocquet, 1963: 74, Fig. 7</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E7A4B57DFE5B2471" box="[151,464,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Asthenognathus atlanticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has also been recorded from various authors (see
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Schmitt
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E3A8B57DFB592471" box="[1179,1234,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">et al</emphasis>
., 1973
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E20BB57DFF5E24AA" author="Fransen" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Fransen, C. H. J. M. (1991) Crustacea of the CANCAP and Mauritania expeditions. Nationaal Natuurhistorish Museum. Leiden. 1 - 200." type="book chapter" year="1991">Fransen, 1991</bibRefCitation>
; d'Udekem
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E652B555FD8924AA" author="d'Acoz" box="[353,514,872,898]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Udekem d'Acoz, C. d' (1999) Inventaire et distribution des crustaces decapodes de l'Atlantique nord-oriental, de la Mediterranee et des eaux continentales adjacentes au nord de 25 ° N. Patrimoines Naturels, 40, i - x, 1 - 383." type="journal article" year="1999">d'Acoz, 1999</bibRefCitation>
). A taxonomic revision is necessary for the Atlantic
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E341B555FAA624A9" box="[1138,1325,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Asthenognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-like species.
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<paragraph id="8BDF36DB8E71AC52E7A4B5E2FA9924DF" blockId="2.[151,1298,991,1015]" box="[151,1298,991,1015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E7A4B5E2FE8324DF" bold="true" box="[151,264,991,1015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Characters distinguishing
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<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E514B5DDFC8124DF" box="[551,778,992,1015]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Gopkittisak gallardoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C604D588E71AC52E47FB5DDFA8024DF" authority="Barnard, 1955" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1955" box="[844,1291,992,1015]" class="Malacostraca" family="Camptandriidae" genus="Paracleistostoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fossulum">
<emphasis id="B914EAC98E71AC52E47FB5DDFBE724DF" box="[844,1132,992,1015]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Paracleistostoma fossulum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B2A8E71AC52E340B5DDFA8024DF" author="Barnard" box="[1139,1291,992,1015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" refString="Barnard, K. H. (1955) Additions to the Fauna-list of South African Crustacea &amp; Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, 43 (1), 1 - 107, figs. 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1955">Barnard, 1955</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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