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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F047FFD861B6F487D1893093" bold="true" box="[151,473,1482,1509]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Nipponasellus matsumotoi</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="13305B8FF047FFD860B3F4A2D18B337F" box="[402,475,1519,1545]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 10" captionStart-1="FIGURE 11" captionStart-2="FIGURE 12" captionStart-3="FIGURE 13" captionStartId-0="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionStartId-1="18.[151,250,1744,1768]" captionStartId-2="19.[151,250,1575,1599]" captionStartId-3="21.[151,250,1542,1566]" captionTargetBox-0="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetBox-1="[170,1417,240,1714]" captionTargetBox-2="[157,1435,423,1546]" captionTargetBox-3="[151,1436,181,1518]" captionTargetId-0="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetId-1="figure-48@18.[164,1423,237,1720]" captionTargetId-2="figure-129@19.[151,1435,417,1552]" captionTargetId-3="figure-17@21.[151,1436,181,1518]" captionTargetPageId-0="17" captionTargetPageId-1="18" captionTargetPageId-2="19" captionTargetPageId-3="21" captionText-0="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." captionText-1="FIGURE 11. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pereopod 1, with enlarged palm; (B) pereopod 2; (C) pereopod 3; (D) pereopod 4; (E) pereopod 5; (F) pereopod 6; (G) pereopod 7." captionText-2="FIGURE 12. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (g.p., genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2." captionText-3="FIGURE 13. Scanning electron micrographs of pleopod 2 of Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., adult male: (A) pair of pleopods 2, ventral view; (B) endopodite of pleopod 2, right; (C, D) appendix masculina enlarged, right and left." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061406" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061408" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061410" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/10061406/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/10061408/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/10061410/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">1013</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F047FFD861B6F77DD1E7333C" bold="true" box="[151,439,1584,1610]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Diagnosis (both sexes):</emphasis>
Body slender, vermiform-like, but clearly flattened dorsoventrally, lateral margins subparallel, semitransparent in color, spotted with white-coloured muscular prints. Head sub-rectangular, terete, longer than broad. Dorsal surface of head and body covered with minute, leaf-shaped scales. Eyes absent. Antennula length ca. 80% of antennal podomeres length. Antenna length ca. 60% of total body length. Pereopods 17 notably increasing in length towards posterior pairs. Pleopod 2 endopodite in males specialized. Uropod long, ca. 12% longer than pleotelson. Body length 3.0
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F047FFD861E6F645D1023254" bold="true" box="[199,338,1800,1826]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Etymology:</emphasis>
Species named after Koichi Matsumoto (
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,
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), who pioneered the study of the East Asian subterranean animals.
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Bionomics (see map,
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):
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is a phreatobite that lives in groundwater near the confluence of the Tigrovaya and Partizanskaya Rivers in the foothills of the southern slope of Mount Livadiyskaya (also known as Pidan). Known only from the
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locality. Ecology is mostly unknown, but it was accompanied by the following stygobiont fauna:
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sp.
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(
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F047FFD86586F6F1D52032A0" box="[1191,1392,1980,2006]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Pseudocrangonyx</emphasis>
sp.
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(
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,
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.
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, holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped.
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), groundwaters, ca.
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,
<collectorName id="26FE22DCF046FFD963BAF6FAD30E32A7" box="[667,862,1975,2001]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">K. Semenchenko</collectorName>
.
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<typeStatus id="54B0F9A8F046FFD96249F6F5D38A32A7" box="[872,986,1976,2001]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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(
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,
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, 3.0 mm), X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, channel 3-Tigrovy (Code: 12Lazo),
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(altitude
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a.s.l.
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), 1.0 m depth,
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, other data similar to holotype.
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F045FFDA63DCF1DAD39335C7" box="[765,963,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">
Material for
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: Male 5.0 mm, female
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, same data as holotype (extra specimen, not included to the type series).
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F045FFDA61B6F79DD14B339E" bold="true" box="[151,283,1744,1768]" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">FIGURE 11</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F045FFDA600BF79DD26A339E" box="[298,570,1744,1768]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">Nipponasellus matsumotoi</emphasis>
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, holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pereopod 1, with enlarged palm; (B) pereopod 2; (C) pereopod 3; (D) pereopod 4; (E) pereopod 5; (F) pereopod 6; (G) pereopod 7.
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Description (
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X54659/Cr-2477 and specimen used for SEM):
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F045FFDA6534F61CD41F321D" box="[1045,1103,1873,1899]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">Body</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF045FFDA6541F61CD4B4321D" box="[1120,1252,1873,1899]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1737,1761]" captionTargetBox="[165,1423,185,1707]" captionTargetId="figure-16@10.[159,1429,181,1713]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 4. Habitus of examined specimens: (A, B) Nipponasellus sudzukhensis spec. nov., holotype X54657/Cr-2475-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm, dorsal view (A); lateral view (B). (C, D) Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.0 mm, dorsal view (C); lateral view (D)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061391" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061391/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">Figs 4C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF045FFDA65D0F61CD564321A" box="[1265,1332,1873,1900]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[181,1406,185,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-17@11.[175,1412,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 5. Head features in dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior oblique views (maxilliped removed): (AD) Nipponasellus sudzukhensis spec. nov., paratype X54658/Cr-2476-FEFU, female, 5.0 mm; (EH) Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061394" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061394/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">5EH</figureCitation>
) slender, vermiform but clearly flattened dorsoventrally, ca. 6.0 times longer as wide, lateral margins subparallel to each other and bearing simple setae; semitransparent, speckled with white-coloured muscular prints in alcohol;
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F045FFDA6447F6D4D5CC32C5" box="[1382,1436,1945,1971]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">head</emphasis>
sub-rectangular, terete, with frontal margin concave, without posterolateral expansion, ca. 0.3 longer than broad, post-mandibular lobes pointed, each with 3 or 4 setae; lateral expansion of
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F045FFDA62D0F6AFD4C8328D" box="[1009,1176,2017,2043]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="360">pereonites 17</emphasis>
broadly rounded, each with 2 stiff setae dorsally, pereonites 14 with broadly rounded angles directed slightly anteriorly, pereonite 5 trapezoidal, broadly rounded angles directed posteriorly, pereonites 6 and 7 sub-similar, with almost straight or slightly concave distal margins, pereonite 7 the longest;
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB622CF192D3C3358F" box="[781,915,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">coxopodites</emphasis>
moderately developed, not visible from above besides 6 and 7;
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB6079F04ED1C6346B" box="[344,406,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">pleon</emphasis>
2-segmented;
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB631CF04ED2E0346B" box="[573,688,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">pleotelson</emphasis>
oblong, tapered distally, ca. 0.3 times longer as wide and 22% of total body length, with median shallow convexity on posterior margin bearing 2 longer setae, lateral margins slightly convex, setiferous; paired
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB60E3F006D2363413" box="[450,614,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">genital papilla</emphasis>
located sub-laterally on sternite of pereonite 7, small, twice shorter than protopodite of pleopod 1;
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB609DF022D2D634FF" box="[444,646,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">sternal epithelium</emphasis>
(blisters) on ventral surface of pereonites 17 absent.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB4470AF044FFDB61B6F76AD13133DD" blockId="19.[151,1437,1575,1707]" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB61B6F76AD14A3349" bold="true" box="[151,282,1575,1599]" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">FIGURE 12</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C0B3C89F044FFDB6008F76AD2683349" authority="Sidorov, 2023" authorityName="Sidorov" authorityYear="2023" box="[297,568,1575,1599]" class="Malacostraca" family="Asellidae" genus="Nipponasellus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="19" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="matsumotoi" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB6008F76AD2683349" box="[297,568,1575,1599]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">Nipponasellus matsumotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB6361F76AD2F83349" bold="true" box="[576,680,1575,1599]" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24C2663F044FFDB6361F76AD2F83349" box="[576,680,1575,1599]" pageId="19" pageNumber="361" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB6376F701D22E3315" box="[599,638,1612,1635]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">g.p.</emphasis>
, genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB4470AF044FFDB61E6F7B0D2253299" blockId="19.[151,1437,1789,2032]" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB61E6F7B0D16A3261" box="[199,314,1789,1815]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">Antennula</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF044FFDB606BF7B0D199326E" box="[330,457,1789,1816]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1737,1761]" captionTargetBox="[165,1423,185,1707]" captionTargetId="figure-16@10.[159,1429,181,1713]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 4. Habitus of examined specimens: (A, B) Nipponasellus sudzukhensis spec. nov., holotype X54657/Cr-2475-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm, dorsal view (A); lateral view (B). (C, D) Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.0 mm, dorsal view (C); lateral view (D)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061391" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061391/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">Figs 4C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF044FFDB60F5F7B0D248326E" box="[468,536,1789,1816]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[181,1406,185,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-17@11.[175,1412,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 5. Head features in dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior oblique views (maxilliped removed): (AD) Nipponasellus sudzukhensis spec. nov., paratype X54658/Cr-2476-FEFU, female, 5.0 mm; (EH) Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061394" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061394/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">5EH</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF044FFDB6305F7B0D2113261" box="[548,577,1789,1815]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">10</figureCitation>
) length ca. 80% of antennal podomeres length; articles 13 length relations: 1: 0.8: 0.5, article 1 strong, article 2 with 2 broom setae at anterodistal angle; flagellum length ca. 0.5 times of podomeres length, of 6 articles, successive articles shorter, distal 3 articles with one minute aesthetasc with seta each.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F044FFDB61F8F627D16632F2" box="[217,310,1898,1924]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">Antenna</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF044FFDB6067F624D19632F2" box="[326,454,1897,1924]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1737,1761]" captionTargetBox="[165,1423,185,1707]" captionTargetId="figure-16@10.[159,1429,181,1713]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 4. Habitus of examined specimens: (A, B) Nipponasellus sudzukhensis spec. nov., holotype X54657/Cr-2475-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm, dorsal view (A); lateral view (B). (C, D) Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.0 mm, dorsal view (C); lateral view (D)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061391" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061391/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">Figs 4C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF044FFDB60F3F624D24632F2" box="[466,534,1897,1924]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[181,1406,185,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-17@11.[175,1412,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 5. Head features in dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior oblique views (maxilliped removed): (AD) Nipponasellus sudzukhensis spec. nov., paratype X54658/Cr-2476-FEFU, female, 5.0 mm; (EH) Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061394" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061394/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">5EH</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF044FFDB6302F624D21032F5" box="[547,576,1897,1923]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="361">10</figureCitation>
) length ca. 60% of total body length; articles 26 length relations 0.2: 0.2: 0.3: 0.65: 1, article 4 with a group of stiff setae (one of which long) on distal margin, article 5 with a group of short stiff seta along margins, article 6 with cluster of stiff setae of different lengths on distal margin; flagellum length 62% of total antenna length, of 30 articles.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC61E6F1DAD17035C7" box="[199,288,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Labrum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC6010F1DAD1C635C7" box="[305,406,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 10E</figureCitation>
) sub-rounded with fine setae on apex.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC6277F1DAD3FC35C7" box="[854,940,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Labium</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC629CF1DAD47035C7" box="[957,1056,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 10F</figureCitation>
) sub-triangular, split almost one-third, outer lobes rounded and tapered proximally.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC63E0F1F6D36735A3" box="[705,823,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Mandibles</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC6264F1F6D39B35A3" box="[837,971,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Figs 10C, D</figureCitation>
) sub-equal, with 5-cuspidate
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC642FF1F6D5CC35A2" box="[1294,1436,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">pars incisiva</emphasis>
(incisor) and 5-cuspidate left
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC60C3F192D2D9358F" box="[482,649,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">lacinia mobilis</emphasis>
, setal row of 5 serrate and 35 plumose stiff setae;
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC65ECF192D4AF358F" box="[1229,1279,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">palp</emphasis>
3-segmented, ca. 0.3 times shorter than mandibular corpus, article 1 with 1 short plumose distal seta, article 2 ca. 30% longer than article 1, with a row of 6 simple medial setae, article 3 curved, with a row of 7 simple setae.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC6590F06AD54E3437" box="[1201,1310,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Maxillula</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC640FF06AD5C43437" box="[1326,1428,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 10G</figureCitation>
) inner plate with 5 apical pappose setae; outer plate with 14 serrate robust setae, 1 plumose seta, 1 simple thin seta, 1 simple seta sub-apically, 1 simple seta on ventral face.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC63DAF022D30234FF" box="[763,850,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Maxilla</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC6243F022D39734FF" box="[866,967,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 10H</figureCitation>
) inner plate longer than outer plate and as long as middle plate; broadly rounded, sub-triangular, with longer row of 14 simple setae apically, and with oblique row of 18 simple setae; lateral and middle plates with 12 and 16 simple setae, respectively.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC658FF0FAD57734A7" box="[1198,1319,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Maxilliped</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC6419F0FAD5C434A7" box="[1336,1428,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1688,1712]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1658]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1435,181,1665]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) antennula; (B) antenna; (C) mandible, left; (D) mandible, right; (E) labium; (F) labrum; (G) maxillula, with enlarged outer plate; (H) maxilla, with enlarged inner plate; (I) maxilliped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061404" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061404/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 10I</figureCitation>
) basal endite broad, apex broadly rounded and reaching a half of palp article 3, about twice longer as wide, with 4 denticulate coupling hooks at distomesial margin, as broad as palp article 2, with mix of 19 simple and 6 pappose stiff setae distally, 6 or 7setae along distomesial margin, 8 simple slender setae of oblique row and with numerous short simple setae sub-apically on ventral surface; palp article 1 shortest, ca. 2.0 times as wide as long; article 2 strongly bulging medially, ca. 0.3 times shorter than article 4; articles 35 length relations: 0.5: 1: 0.5, with a few setae along outer margin, densely setose along inner margin; apex of epipodite broadly rounded, with a row of setae along lateral margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB4470AF043FFDC61E6F39AD1BA31B3" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC61E6F39AD1203787" box="[199,368,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pereopods 17</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC605FF39AD25A3787" box="[382,522,727,753]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1744,1768]" captionTargetBox="[170,1417,240,1714]" captionTargetId="figure-48@18.[164,1423,237,1720]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 11. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pereopod 1, with enlarged palm; (B) pereopod 2; (C) pereopod 3; (D) pereopod 4; (E) pereopod 5; (F) pereopod 6; (G) pereopod 7." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061406" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061406/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Figs 11AG</figureCitation>
) sub-similar in construction, notably increasing in length towards posterior pairs; pereopods 27 with 1 denticle and 1 seta along dactylus inner margin.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC6297F3B6D4683663" box="[950,1080,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pereopod 1</emphasis>
length ca. 28% of body length; basis moderate, a little shorter than propodus, with single setae on superior and inferior margins, respectively; ischium length 65% of basis length; merus trapezoidal, dilated distally with moderately curved superior margin bearing 2 stiff setae on distal-superior angle, merus inferior margin 3 setae; carpus poorly developed, triangular, with 2 short stiff setae on inferior margin; propodus unicuspidate, slightly broad, oblong, ca. 2.3 times as long as wide, superior margin somewhat longer than palm, both margins convex, palmar margin armed with 4 strong, notched setae and 5 simple setae, ca. 0.7 of total length of palmar edge with pilosity pattern; dactylus nearly straight, ca. 0.2 times shorter than palm, with 6 denticles (one of which strong) along inferior margin and with 5 simple setae along superior margin, claw length 35 % of total dactylus length, with 1 sub-basal seta.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC6510F556D4E33143" box="[1073,1203,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pereopod 2</emphasis>
ca. 17% longer than pereopod 1; basisdactylus length relations: 0.9: 0.7: 0.6: 0.7: 1.0: 0.5; merus subrectangular, dilated distally with moderately curved superior margin bearing 3 stiff setae (2 of them very long) on distal-superior angle; propodus 10 % longer than carpus, with biungulate dactylus; claw about one-third as long as dactylus length.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC65D5F5CAD5CD31D7" box="[1268,1437,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pereopods 37</emphasis>
slender, similar to pereopod 2.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB4470AF043FFDC61E6F582D18A32E3" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC61E6F582D16A319F" box="[199,314,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pleopod 1</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC6069F582D182319F" box="[328,466,1231,1257]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[157,1435,423,1546]" captionTargetId="figure-129@19.[151,1435,417,1552]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (g.p., genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061408/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Figs 12A, B</figureCitation>
) protopodite sub-rectangular, tapered distally, 1.2 times as long as wide, about 63% of exopodite length, with 1 or 2 weakly denticulate coupling hooks on medial margin; exopodite sub-ovoid, tapered proximally, ca. 2.0 times as long as wide, without concavity on lateral margin, with sparse short simple setae on terminal margin.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC6076F476D1993023" box="[343,457,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pleopod 2</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC60F6F476D2103023" box="[471,576,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[157,1435,423,1546]" captionTargetId="figure-129@19.[151,1435,417,1552]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (g.p., genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061408/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Figs 12C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC636AF476D2CF3023" box="[587,671,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1542,1566]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1518]" captionTargetId="figure-17@21.[151,1436,181,1518]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 13. Scanning electron micrographs of pleopod 2 of Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., adult male: (A) pair of pleopods 2, ventral view; (B) endopodite of pleopod 2, right; (C, D) appendix masculina enlarged, right and left." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061410" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061410/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">13AD</figureCitation>
) protopodite sub-quadratic, slightly tapered distally, as long as wide, with a rarefied pattern of cuticular scales; exopodite ca. 0.26 times shorter than protopodite, article 1 trapezoidal, naked, terminal article elongated, catch lobe poorly developed, with 1 long and 2 short simple setae on medial and lateral margins, respectively; endopodite prominent, slightly curved, ca. 0.3 times longer than protopodite, tapered distally, ornamented with sparse finger-like (or ctenoid) cuticular scales close to terminal end, basal spur weak (or vestigial), crypte weakly expressed, extended ca. 1/3 of total endopodite length, cannula obscure, completely immersed in ctenoid cuticular scales and transformed into modified structure characterized by some specific accessories as hook, heel and several minute outwards opening pores with filiform sensilla.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC65CBF77AD50E3327" box="[1258,1374,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pleopod 3</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC644EF77AD0993303" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[157,1435,423,1546]" captionTargetId="figure-129@19.[151,1435,417,1552]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (g.p., genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061408/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 12D</figureCitation>
) exopodite semicircular, somewhat tapered distally, with almost rectilinear medial and rounded lateral margins, 2.0 times as long as wide, divided by oblique line into two almost equal parts, terminal and lateral margins fringed with sparse simple setae; endopodite oblong, length ca. 70% of exopodite length.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC6517F7EED4FA33CB" box="[1078,1194,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pleopod 4</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC659BF7EED54E33CB" box="[1210,1310,1699,1725]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[157,1435,423,1546]" captionTargetId="figure-129@19.[151,1435,417,1552]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (g.p., genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061408/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 12E</figureCitation>
) exopodite sub-ovoid, 1.8 times as long as wide, terminal and lateral margins fringed with numerous minute hairs, respiratory area surface ca. 25% of exopodite surface; endopodite length ca. 90% of exopodite length.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC658DF7A6D5703273" box="[1196,1312,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Pleopod 5</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC6410F7A6D5C43273" box="[1329,1428,1771,1797]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[157,1435,423,1546]" captionTargetId="figure-129@19.[151,1435,417,1552]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (g.p., genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061408/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 12F</figureCitation>
) exopodite elongate, ovoid, 2.1 times as long as wide, respiratory area surface ca. 50% of exopodite surface, line area as straight suture transverse from internal to lateral margin; endopodite elongate, ovoid, longer than wide.
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F043FFDC6467F67ED5CC323B" box="[1350,1436,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Uropod</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13305B8FF043FFDC61BEF61AD1563207" box="[159,262,1879,1905]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[157,1435,423,1546]" captionTargetId="figure-129@19.[151,1435,417,1552]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. Nipponasellus matsumotoi spec. nov., holotype X54659/Cr-2477-FEFU, male, 5.5 mm: (A) pleotelson, ventral view, with enlarged section of coxopodite 7 (g.p., genital papilla); (B) pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2, with schematic outline of details of appendix masculina; (D) pleopod 3; (E) pleopod 4; (F) pleopod 5; (G) uropod. Paratype X54660/Cr-2478-FEFU, female, 4.2 mm: (H) pleopod 2." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061408" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061408/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="362">Fig. 12G</figureCitation>
) long, ca. 12% longer than pleotelson; peduncle armed with stiff setae, distinctly longer than both rami, length relations: 1: 0.7: 0.3.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF741782F042FFDD61B6F74BD55B3334" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10061410" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10061410" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10061410/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="363" startId="21.[151,250,1542,1566]" targetBox="[151,1436,181,1518]" targetPageId="21" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BB4470AF042FFDD61B6F74BD55B3334" blockId="21.[151,1436,1542,1602]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD61B6F74BD14B3368" bold="true" box="[151,283,1542,1566]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">FIGURE 13</emphasis>
. Scanning electron micrographs of pleopod 2 of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B3C89F042FFDD623FF74BD47E3368" authority="Sidorov, 2023" authorityName="Sidorov" authorityYear="2023" box="[798,1070,1542,1566]" class="Malacostraca" family="Asellidae" genus="Nipponasellus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="363" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="matsumotoi" status="spec. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD623FF74BD47E3368" box="[798,1070,1542,1566]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">Nipponasellus matsumotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD6517F74BD4F03368" bold="true" box="[1078,1184,1542,1566]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24C2663F042FFDD6517F74BD4F03368" box="[1078,1184,1542,1566]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, adult male: (A) pair of pleopods 2, ventral view; (B) endopodite of pleopod 2, right; (C, D) appendix masculina enlarged, right and left.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BB4470AF042FFDD61E6F7D9D1B633D8" blockId="21.[151,1436,1684,2035]" box="[199,486,1684,1711]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD61E6F7D9D11133D8" bold="true" box="[199,321,1684,1710]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">Variation:</emphasis>
Not observed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB4470AF042FFDD61E6F7F5D2033249" blockId="21.[151,1436,1684,2035]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD61E6F7F5D1EE33A4" bold="true" box="[199,446,1720,1746]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">Sexual dimorphism:</emphasis>
Females are generally similar to males except for being slightly smaller. Collected females did not have developed marsupial plates (oostegites). Pereopod 1 propodus is not sexually dimorphic; male and female pereopods are similar. Pereopod 4 not sexually dimorphic. Female pleopod 2 broadly sub-triangular, tapered distally, bearing 2 minute setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB4470AF042FFDE61E6F605D32A3413" blockId="21.[151,1436,1684,2035]" lastBlockId="22.[151,1437,151,357]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="364" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD61E6F605D1823215" bold="true" box="[199,466,1864,1891]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">Taxonomic comments:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD60F6F605D2AF3214" box="[471,767,1864,1890]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">Nipponasellus matsumotoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD6225F604D3243215" bold="true" box="[772,884,1865,1891]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">
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has a vermiform-like habitus with free pereonites, clearly stygomorphic, most similar to
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD6361F620D28C32F0" box="[576,732,1900,1926]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">N. takefuensis</emphasis>
(Matsumoto, 1961)
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. However, it can be distinguished from the latter by (characters of
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD60BEF6DCD26C32DC" box="[415,572,1936,1962]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">N. takefuensis</emphasis>
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in brackets): mandibular palp 3-articulated (reduced, 1-articulated); antenna length in males about 60% of total body length (up to 100%) (see
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). In contrast to the remaining species of
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD61B6F695D1673284" box="[151,311,2008,2034]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">Nipponasellus</emphasis>
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and all other East Asian asellids,
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD6388F694D31C3284" box="[681,844,2009,2034]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">N. matsumotoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F042FFDD6273F694D3933285" bold="true" box="[850,963,2009,2035]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24C2663F042FFDD6273F694D3933285" box="[850,963,2009,2035]" pageId="21" pageNumber="363" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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has a unique morphology of the appendix masculina. Neither the sickle-shaped endopodite of pleopod
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males of the remaining Japanese
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F041FFDE65DDF1DAD5CC35C7" box="[1276,1436,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="364">Nipponasellus</emphasis>
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nor the extremely diverse and divergent North American
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F041FFDE622EF1F6D3DF35A3" box="[783,911,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="364">Caecidotea</emphasis>
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-related taxa resemble the cannula completely immersed in ctenoid cuticular scales. Nevertheless,
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F041FFDE63F9F192D32B358E" box="[728,891,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="364">N. matsumotoi</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24C2663F041FFDE62A0F192D3A3358F" box="[897,1011,223,249]" pageId="22" pageNumber="364" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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should be considered only as a highly specialised member of the genus
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<emphasis id="B97F9B18F041FFDE6323F04ED2F2346B" box="[514,674,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="364">Nipponasellus</emphasis>
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, since these unique external morphological features are not sufficient to justify the establishment of a new genus. Moreover, considering that the species is only known from the
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locality, it is hard to make any reliable judgement about its origin.
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