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.
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20.04/5418a), living on fine sediment among soft corals of the genus
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA663675F2119FB22C7C928B1" box="[562,758,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Dendronephthya</emphasis>
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,
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,
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(
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). Allotype female (
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20.04/5418b), collected together with the
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male.
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:
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,
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,
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(
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20.04/5418c), collected together the
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,
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deposited at the
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Fisheries Research Center (
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), collected together the
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA663675F2213FA7AC4F329E9" box="[312,460,1431,1456]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<typeStatus id="54D6C4ADA663675F2213FA7AC45129E9" box="[312,366,1431,1456]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Type</typeStatus>
locality
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. Cap Malheureux,
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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA663675F2213FA52C48C2981" box="[312,435,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species bears the name of the
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where it was found,
<collectingCountry id="F37A3A9FA663675F27BBFA53C0392981" box="[1168,1286,1470,1496]" name="Mauritius" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Mauritius</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA663675F2213FA0AC4902A59" box="[312,431,1511,1536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Head and body smooth. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused. Suture between the head and pereonite 1 well marked. Flagellum of antenna 2 with 2 articles; swimming setae absent. Mandibular palp 3­articulate; setal formula for terminal article 1­2­1; molar present. Pereopods 3 and 4 each reduced to minute round article. Pereopods 57 without grasping spines. Abdomen of male with a pair of uniarticulate appendages.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA663675F2213F942C4FD2A91" box="[312,450,1711,1736]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Description</emphasis>
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Mature male (
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, MNCN 20.04/5418a).
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Body length
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. Suture between head and pereonite 1 present; pereonite 3 longest. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused. Head and body smooth. Eye distinctive. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4, oval, length about 2 times the width; first pair 1.2 times as long as the second pair.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA662675E2223F8CCC4B42B60" bold="true" box="[264,395,1825,1849]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA662675E22B8F8CCC7972B61" box="[403,680,1825,1848]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Metaprotella mauritiensis</emphasis>
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Lateral view. A, holotype male; B, paratype male; C, allotype female. Scale bar: 1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66D67512223F8FCC4B22B70" bold="true" box="[264,397,1809,1833]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66D675122B3F8FFC78F2B70" box="[408,688,1810,1833]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Metaprotella mauritiensis</emphasis>
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A, maxilliped; B, lower lip; C, upper lip; D, right mandible; E, left mandible; F, maxilla 2; G, maxilla 1. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66C67502223F99AC4B42AD6" bold="true" box="[264,395,1655,1679]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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AD, male. A, antenna 1; B, antenna 2; C, gnathopod 1; D, gnathopod 2. E, female gnathopod 2. Scale bars: A,C,E: 1 mm; B: 0.2 mm; D: 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66C67502223F932C4B62AAE" bold="true" box="[264,393,1759,1783]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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AF, male. A, pereopod 3; B, pereopod 4; C, pereopod 5; D, pereopod 6; E, pereopod 7; F, ventral view of the pereonites 6 and 7 (fused) showing the abdomen. G, female, ventral view of the pereonites 6 and 7 (fused) showing the genital openings (between pereonite 5 and pereonite 6) and the abdomen. Scale bars: A, B: 0.1 mm; CG: 0.2 mm.
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<paragraph id="8BD27A0FA66E67522213FCC9C7322F3F" blockId="11.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Antenna 1 a little shorter than the body length; article 2 of the peduncle the longest; flagellum 7­articulate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD27A0FA66E67522213FC99C7752FEF" blockId="11.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Antenna 2 without swimming setae; peduncular article 1 without acute distal projection; flagellum 2­articulate.</paragraph>
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Pereopods 34 reduced to a minute round article. Pereopods 57 (from male
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, MNCN 20.04/5418c) similar to each other, smooth, without grasping spines. Penes small, situated laterally.
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Body length
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. Differences to the male: palm of gnathopod 2 straight, without projections. Oostegites on pereonite 3 and 4 with inner margin setose. Genital openings setose. Abdomen with pair of lateral lobes and single dorsal lobe.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66E67522213F9A9C4A12A04" box="[312,414,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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The genus
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66E6752229CF981C7702ADC" box="[439,591,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Metaprotella</emphasis>
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has been recently studied by
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66E67522253F979C7912AF4" box="[376,686,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Metaprotella mauritiensis</emphasis>
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has been assigned to the genus
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mainly due to the fusion of the pereonites 6 and 7, but this new species can be easily distinguished from the remaining species of
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by the absence of grasping spines on the pereopods 57, the tiny pereopods 3 and 4 and the shape of the male gnathopod 2. The new species is small in size (males: 2.21 ±
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(mean ± standard deviation), range (
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); females 1.82 ± 0.43 (1.302.60)). Curiously, although samples of sediment have been collected around the whole island,
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has been only found in the soft bottoms from the northern area, Cap Malheureux. The sediment in this area was surrounded by soft corals of the genus
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. A key to species level, modified from
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and
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is provided as a basic comparison among
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA669675522A4FE09C7182DA4" box="[399,551,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Metaprotella</emphasis>
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species.
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66967552223FDD9C77B2E14" box="[264,580,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Key to the world species of</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA669675521C3FDD9C4642E2C" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
(modified from
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and
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)
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1. Propodus of pereopods 57 without grasping spines. Pereopods 3 and 4 extremely reduced, almost absent. Body length of adults less than
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.
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Propodus of pereopods 57 with a pair of grasping spines. Pereopods 3 and 4 not reduced, with 1 or 2 articles. Body length of adults more than
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....................... 2
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2. Pereopods 3 and 4 with 2 articles
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.........................
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Guerra­García, 2002
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<keyLead id="309CD93AA66967552223FC99C0142FD7" box="[264,1323,884,910]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13"> Pereopods 3 and 4 with 1 article ................................................................................... 3</keyLead>
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3. Propodus of male gnathopod 2 with an acute distal projection ......................................
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA6696755208BFC29C14D2F84" box="[928,1138,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. makrodactylos</emphasis>
Stebbing, 1910
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<keyLead id="309CD93AA66967552223FC01C014285F" box="[264,1323,1004,1030]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13"> Propodus of male gnathopod 2 without acute distal projection .................................... 4</keyLead>
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4. Male gnathopod 2 ventral margin of propodus with several conspicuous rows of dense setae. Dactylus of male gnathopod 2 decreasing in width midway ................................
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<emphasis id="B919A61DA66967552739FB89C1B42824" box="[1042,1163,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. unguja</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="309CD93AA66967552223FB61C0142897" pageId="12" pageNumber="13"> Male gnathopod 2 ventral margin of propodus without conspicuous rows of setae. Dactylus of male gnathopod 2 not decreasing in midway ............................................ 5</keyLead>
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5. Suture between head and pereonite 1 absent......................
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<keyLead id="309CD93AA66967552223FAE9C0172947" box="[264,1320,1284,1310]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13"> Suture between head and pereonite 1 present..........……..............................................6</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="309CD93AA66967552223FAB9C0142937" box="[264,1323,1364,1390]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13"> Body with dorsal projections......................................................................................... 8</keyLead>
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7. Pereonite 3 with one forward pointing spine laterally
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Pereonite 3 lacking laterally spines...............................
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8. Male gnathopod 2 lacking spines on basis ..............................
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<keyLead id="309CD93AA66967552223FA19C0142A57" box="[264,1323,1524,1550]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13"> Male gnathopod 2 with spines on basis......................................................................... 9</keyLead>
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9. Pereopods 3 and 4 about 1/4 the length of the gills. Basis of male gnathopod 2 with dorsomedial spines
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Pereopods 3 and 4 about 1/2 the length of the gills. Basis of male gnathopod 2 lacking dorsomedial spines ........................................................
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(Mayer, 1882)
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