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Description of male (
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) smooth, not carinate. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFDFFB54058F8DFFB451813" box="[1134,1195,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="396">Head</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFDFFB5408DF8DFFAF91813" box="[1211,1303,1869,1894]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="396">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
): eyes oval; lateral cephalic lobe broad, weakly concave, anteroventral margin with notch. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFDFFB54017F8E3FAE718FF" box="[1057,1289,1905,1930]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="396">Epimeral plates 1–3</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFDFFB5412AF8E3FA8F18FF" box="[1308,1377,1905,1930]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1812,1834]" captionTargetBox="[175,1420,203,1765]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[150,1436,193,1791]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, pereopod 5, lateral view; B, pereopod 6, lateral view; C, pereopod 7, lateral view; D, epimeral plate 1, lateral view; E, epimeral plate 2, lateral view; F, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; G, pleopod 1, medial view; H, pleopod 2, medial view; I, pleopod 3, medial view; J, bifid setae (clothes-pin setae) on inner basal margin of inner ramus of pleopod 3, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–I), 0.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618417/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="396">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
D–F) with clusters of robust setae on ventral margins, each posterior margin setose; ventral margins of epimeral plates 2 and 3 with slender setae; posterodistal corner of epimeral plates 3 notched with small acute tooth.
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFDFFB544F1F84CFED21883" box="[199,316,2014,2038]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="396">Antenna 1</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFDFFB54579F84FFE451883" box="[335,427,2013,2038]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="396">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
): length 0.6 × body length; peduncular articles 
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length ratio of 0.9: 1.0: 0.6; peduncular article 1 with robust seta on posterodistal corner; posterior margin of peduncular article 2 with 3 clusters of setae and single seta; peduncular article 3 with 2 clusters of setae on posterior margin; accessory flagellum 3-articulate, reaching to middle of primary flagellar article 3; primary flagellum 42-articulate.
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB644A1FAD8FEFA1A2A" bold="true" box="[151,276,1354,1376]" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFEFFB6452DFAD8FE2A1A15" authority="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa, 2019" authorityName="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa" authorityYear="2019" box="[283,452,1354,1376]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="397" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB6452DFAD8FE2A1A15" box="[283,452,1354,1376]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
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, holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB644F1FA34FED01ACB" box="[199,318,1446,1470]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Antenna 2</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB64565FA37FE5F1ACB" box="[339,433,1445,1470]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
): length 0.5 × antenna 1; gland cone of peduncular article 2 not reaching to end of peduncular article 3; peduncular article 3 with robust setae on anterior submargin; peduncular article 4 slightly longer than article 5, with 1 cluster and 2 pairs of setae on posterior submargin; peduncular article 5 with 4 clusters of setae and single seta on posterior submargin; flagellum 10-articulate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFEFFB644F1F9A7FB6718C3" blockId="2.[151,1436,1445,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB644F1F9A7FEA4193B" box="[199,330,1589,1614]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Mouthparts</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB6456EF9A5FE2B193B" box="[344,453,1589,1614]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Upper lip</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB645E2F9A7FDC5193B" box="[468,555,1589,1614]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
) with rounded anterior margin, bearing fine setae. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB6405EF9A7FB3D193B" box="[1128,1235,1589,1614]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Mandible</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB640D5F9A7FACB193B" box="[1251,1317,1589,1614]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
E–G) with left and right incisors 2- and 4-dentate, respectively; left lacinia mobilis 5-dentate, right lacinia mobilis bifid; accessory setal row consisting of 4 setae on each of left and right mandibles; molar process well developed, triturative; palp well developed, 3-articulate; palp article 1 longer than broad, inner distal part weakly produced; palp article 2 slightly shorter than article 3; palp article 3 strongly falcate, length 2.6 × width. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB64088F955FAC519AB" box="[1214,1323,1733,1758]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Lower lip</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB6410DF957FA7D19AB" box="[1339,1427,1733,1758]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Fig. 2H</figureCitation>
) with outer lobes laterally expanded, bearing apical setae; inner lobes ovate, with apical setae. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB640F0F97BFADA1877" box="[1222,1332,1769,1794]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Maxilla 1</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB64173F97BFA7A1877" box="[1349,1428,1769,1794]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">
Fig. 
<date id="FFDFE2B9FFFEFFB6414DF978FA7A1877" box="[1403,1428,1770,1794]" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">2I</date>
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) with inner plate bearing 2 plumose setae apically; outer plate with 7 robust dentate setae; palp 2-articulate, article 1 marginally bare, article 2 with numerous apical and subapical setae, its outer margin without seta. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB640C7F8A3FAB0183F" box="[1265,1374,1841,1866]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Maxilla 2</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB64158F8A3FF5F181B" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" captionTargetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1386,193,1870]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Fig. 2J</figureCitation>
) with outer and inner plates bearing long apical setae. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB6471AF8C7FC4B181B" box="[812,933,1877,1902]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Maxilliped</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB64781F8C7FBFF181B" box="[951,1041,1877,1902]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1898,1920]" captionTargetBox="[214,1371,205,1857]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[188,1381,193,1871]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, maxilliped, dorsal view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C. gnathopod 2, medial view; D, palmar margin of propodus of gnathopod 2, medial view; E, pereopod 3, medial view; F, pereopod 4, medial view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A), 1.0 mm (B, C, E, F), 0.5 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618411/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
) with inner plate bearing plumose setae apically; outer plate obovate, reaching less than half of palp article 2; palp article 2 with setae on inner margin; length of palp article 3 1.8 × length of palp article 2; nail of palp article 4 distinct.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFEFFB644F1F853FEB318AF" box="[199,349,1985,2010]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFEFFB64559F853FE2418AF" box="[367,458,1985,2010]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1898,1920]" captionTargetBox="[214,1371,205,1857]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[188,1381,193,1871]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, maxilliped, dorsal view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C. gnathopod 2, medial view; D, palmar margin of propodus of gnathopod 2, medial view; E, pereopod 3, medial view; F, pereopod 4, medial view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A), 1.0 mm (B, C, E, F), 0.5 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618411/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="397">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
): coxa anteroventral corner weakly produced, anterior margin weakly concave; basis with long setae on posterior margin; carpus length approximately 2 times its width, subequal in length to propodus, with slender setae on anterodistal corner and along posterdistal margin; propodus with 6 clusters of setae on anterior margin, palmar margin almost transverse, along with robust setae.
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FE96FEB41E69" box="[199,346,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB7455FFE96FE0D1E69" box="[361,483,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1898,1920]" captionTargetBox="[214,1371,205,1857]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[188,1381,193,1871]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, maxilliped, dorsal view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C. gnathopod 2, medial view; D, palmar margin of propodus of gnathopod 2, medial view; E, pereopod 3, medial view; F, pereopod 4, medial view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A), 1.0 mm (B, C, E, F), 0.5 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618411/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 3C, D</figureCitation>
): coxa with setae on ventral margin; basis with long setae on posterior margin; merus with sharp posterodistal tooth bearing robust, and slender setae; carpus compressed, lobate, projecting between merus and propodus; propodus with 10 clusters of setae on anterior margin, rounded distomedial shelf with 4 medial and 6 lateral robust setae on palm, length 2.7 × length of carpus, medial face shallowly hollowed; palmar margin weakly concave, approximate two thirds length of propodus, with 1 lateral and 2 medial subacute teeth; lateral tooth large, associating with 4 medial and 6 lateral robust setae; medial teeth small, foremost medial tooth exceeding palmar margin; dactylus strongly curved, subacute, length 0.5 × length of propodus.
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<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1FE6DFF121DF0" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FE6DFEA21D6D" box="[199,332,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Pereopod 3</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74569FE6DFE551D6D" box="[351,443,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1898,1920]" captionTargetBox="[214,1371,205,1857]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[188,1381,193,1871]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, maxilliped, dorsal view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C. gnathopod 2, medial view; D, palmar margin of propodus of gnathopod 2, medial view; E, pereopod 3, medial view; F, pereopod 4, medial view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A), 1.0 mm (B, C, E, F), 0.5 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618411/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 3E</figureCitation>
): coxa longer than broad, ventral margin with numerous short and a few long setae; posterior margin of basis with long setae; posterior margin of merus with slender setae; posterior margins of carpus and propodus with robust, and slender setae, setae on anterodistal corner of propodus shorter than length of dactylus.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FD1DFEA21DDD" box="[199,332,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Pereopod 4</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74569FD1DFE561DDD" box="[351,440,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1898,1920]" captionTargetBox="[214,1371,205,1857]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[188,1381,193,1871]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, maxilliped, dorsal view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C. gnathopod 2, medial view; D, palmar margin of propodus of gnathopod 2, medial view; E, pereopod 3, medial view; F, pereopod 4, medial view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A), 1.0 mm (B, C, E, F), 0.5 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618411/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 3F</figureCitation>
): coxa expanded with posterior concavity, ventral margin with numerous short setae; posterior margin of basis with long setae; posterior margin of merus with slender setae; posterior margins of carpus and propodus with robust and slender setae, setae on anterodistal corner of propodus shorter than length of dactylus.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FC8DFEA71C42" box="[199,329,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Pereopod 5</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB7456CFC8DFE591C4D" box="[346,439,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1812,1834]" captionTargetBox="[175,1420,203,1765]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[150,1436,193,1791]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, pereopod 5, lateral view; B, pereopod 6, lateral view; C, pereopod 7, lateral view; D, epimeral plate 1, lateral view; E, epimeral plate 2, lateral view; F, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; G, pleopod 1, medial view; H, pleopod 2, medial view; I, pleopod 3, medial view; J, bifid setae (clothes-pin setae) on inner basal margin of inner ramus of pleopod 3, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–I), 0.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618417/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
): coxa bilobed, anterior lobe with 6 short setae, ventral margin of posterior lobe with 5 robust setae, posterior margin of posterior lobe with 4 small setae; posterior margin of basis straight with numerous short setae and a few slender setae; anterior margins of merus and carpus with robust setae and slender setae; anterior margin of propodus with robust setae, slender setae on posterodistal corner shorter than length of dactylus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1FC3DFE1D1B23" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FC3DFEA61CBD" box="[199,328,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Pereopod 6</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74561FC3DFE5E1CBD" box="[343,432,943,968]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1812,1834]" captionTargetBox="[175,1420,203,1765]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[150,1436,193,1791]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, pereopod 5, lateral view; B, pereopod 6, lateral view; C, pereopod 7, lateral view; D, epimeral plate 1, lateral view; E, epimeral plate 2, lateral view; F, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; G, pleopod 1, medial view; H, pleopod 2, medial view; I, pleopod 3, medial view; J, bifid setae (clothes-pin setae) on inner basal margin of inner ramus of pleopod 3, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–I), 0.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618417/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
): coxa bilobed, anterior lobe without setae, ventral margin of posterior lobe with 5 robust setae, posterior margin of posterior lobe with 4 small setae; posterior margin of basis almost straight with short, and long setae; anterior margins of merus and carpus with robust, and slender setae, posterior margins of merus and carpus with slender setae; anterior margin of propodus with robust setae, slender setae on posterodistal corner shorter than length of dactylus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1FBF3FC7C1B91" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FBF3FEA21B0C" box="[199,332,1121,1146]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Pereopod 7</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74556FBF3FE501B0F" box="[352,446,1121,1146]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1812,1834]" captionTargetBox="[175,1420,203,1765]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[150,1436,193,1791]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, pereopod 5, lateral view; B, pereopod 6, lateral view; C, pereopod 7, lateral view; D, epimeral plate 1, lateral view; E, epimeral plate 2, lateral view; F, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; G, pleopod 1, medial view; H, pleopod 2, medial view; I, pleopod 3, medial view; J, bifid setae (clothes-pin setae) on inner basal margin of inner ramus of pleopod 3, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–I), 0.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618417/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
): coxa rounded, with 7 small setae on posterior margin; basis expanded posteriorly, posterior margin rounded with short, and long setae; anterior margins of merus and carpus with robust, and slender setae, posterior margins of merus and carpus with slender setae; anterior margin of propodus with robust setae, slender setae on posterodistal corner shorter than length of dactylus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1FB7DFCDE1A7D" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" box="[199,816,1263,1288]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FB7DFEAF1A7D" box="[199,321,1263,1288]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Coxal gills</emphasis>
present on gnathopod 2 and pereopods 3–6.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1FA81FC241A25" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FA81FEC11A59" box="[199,303,1299,1324]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Pleopods</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74508FA81FE6C1A5E" box="[318,386,1299,1324]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1812,1834]" captionTargetBox="[175,1420,203,1765]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[150,1436,193,1791]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, pereopod 5, lateral view; B, pereopod 6, lateral view; C, pereopod 7, lateral view; D, epimeral plate 1, lateral view; E, epimeral plate 2, lateral view; F, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; G, pleopod 1, medial view; H, pleopod 2, medial view; I, pleopod 3, medial view; J, bifid setae (clothes-pin setae) on inner basal margin of inner ramus of pleopod 3, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–I), 0.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618417/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
G–J): inner distal corner with 2 retinacula; inner basal margin of inner ramus of pleopods 1–3 with 4, 3 or 4, and 3 bifid plumose setae (clothes-pin setae), respectively.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1FAC9FDD71919" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1FAC9FEC61A01" box="[199,296,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Uropods</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB74500FAC9FE4F1A06" box="[310,417,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Uropod 1</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74586FAC9FDE51A01" box="[432,523,1371,1396]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1115,1137]" captionTargetBox="[257,1430,213,1069]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1093]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, uropod 1, dorsal view; B, uropod 2, dorsal view; C, uropod 3, dorsal view; D, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618419/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
): peduncle with 1 basofacial seta, length 1.3 × length of outer ramus; outer ramus subequal in length to inner ramus, with 5, and 7 robust setae on outer, and inner margins, respectively; inner ramus with 5, and 4 robust setae on outer, and inner margins, respectively. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB74799FA30FBF31ACF" box="[943,1053,1442,1467]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Uropod 2</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74019FA30FB641ACE" box="[1071,1162,1442,1467]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1115,1137]" captionTargetBox="[257,1430,213,1069]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1093]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, uropod 1, dorsal view; B, uropod 2, dorsal view; C, uropod 3, dorsal view; D, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618419/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
): peduncle length 1.1 × length of outer ramus; outer ramus subequal in length to inner ramus, with 6 robust setae on outer and inner margins, respectively; inner ramus 2, and 4 robust setae on outer, and inner margins, respectively. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB740C4FA7BFAB01974" box="[1266,1374,1513,1538]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Uropod 3</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74158FA7BFF551950" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1115,1137]" captionTargetBox="[257,1430,213,1069]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1093]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, uropod 1, dorsal view; B, uropod 2, dorsal view; C, uropod 3, dorsal view; D, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618419/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
): peduncle length 0.9 × length of outer ramus; rami distally truncated; outer ramus length 1.1 × length of inner ramus, with 3 clusters, and 1 cluster of robust setae on outer, and inner margins, respectively; inner ramus with 2 pairs of robust setae on inner margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1F9E4FA6F19C6" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1F9E4FEE319FA" box="[199,269,1654,1679]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Telson</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74528F9E4FE9619FA" box="[286,376,1654,1679]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1115,1137]" captionTargetBox="[257,1430,213,1069]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1093]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, uropod 1, dorsal view; B, uropod 2, dorsal view; C, uropod 3, dorsal view; D, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618419/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
): length 1.2 × width, cleft for 85% of length; inner apical lobes weakly longer than outer apical cusps, each lobe with 2 minute setae laterally, distal part with 2¯3 robust setae and single small seta subapically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFFFFB744F1F92FFDD41884" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB744F1F92FFCEA19A3" bold="true" box="[199,772,1725,1750]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">
Description of female (
<typeStatus id="54DA7ADBFFFFFFB745D4F92FFDBE19A3" box="[482,592,1725,1750]" pageId="3" pageNumber="398" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
, KUZ Z1863).
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB74726F92FFC3B19A3" box="[784,981,1725,1750]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Epimeral plate 3</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB747DFF92FFBAB19A3" box="[1001,1093,1725,1750]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1929,1951]" captionTargetBox="[171,1431,208,1784]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[156,1432,193,2008]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., paratype, female, 9.7 mm, KUZ Z1863, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C, gnathopod 2, medial view; D, uropod 3, dorsal view; E, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D), 0.1 mm (E)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618421/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 6A</figureCitation>
) with ventral margin lacking slender setae. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB74502F973FE26198F" box="[308,456,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB745E0F973FDDE198F" box="[470,560,1761,1786]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1929,1951]" captionTargetBox="[171,1431,208,1784]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[156,1432,193,2008]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., paratype, female, 9.7 mm, KUZ Z1863, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C, gnathopod 2, medial view; D, uropod 3, dorsal view; E, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D), 0.1 mm (E)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618421/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
): basis with long setae on medial surface; propodus with 4 clusters of setae on anterior margin. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB7456EF896FE001868" box="[344,494,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74636F896FDB21868" box="[512,604,1796,1821]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1929,1951]" captionTargetBox="[171,1431,208,1784]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[156,1432,193,2008]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., paratype, female, 9.7 mm, KUZ Z1863, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C, gnathopod 2, medial view; D, uropod 3, dorsal view; E, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D), 0.1 mm (E)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618421/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 6C</figureCitation>
): merus with sharp posterodistal tooth bearing slender setae; carpus not compressed, without posterodistal lobe; propodus with 6 clusters of, and 1 pair of setae, plus single seta on anterodistal margin, length 1.6 × length of carpus; palmar margin almost transverse, along with robust setae and 3 defined robust setae; dactylus weakly curved. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB746AAF8FDFCE618FD" box="[668,776,1903,1928]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Uropod 3</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB74721F8FDFC9C18FD" box="[791,882,1903,1928]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1929,1951]" captionTargetBox="[171,1431,208,1784]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[156,1432,193,2008]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., paratype, female, 9.7 mm, KUZ Z1863, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C, gnathopod 2, medial view; D, uropod 3, dorsal view; E, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D), 0.1 mm (E)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618421/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 6D</figureCitation>
): inner ramus with 2 robust setae on subproximal inner margin, 1 cluster of robust setae on subdistal outer margin. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFFFFB7475FF800FC4118DE" box="[873,943,1938,1963]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Telson</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135AD8FCFFFFFFB747F6F800FBF918DE" box="[960,1047,1938,1963]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1929,1951]" captionTargetBox="[171,1431,208,1784]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[156,1432,193,2008]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Elasmopus nkjaf sp. nov., paratype, female, 9.7 mm, KUZ Z1863, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C, gnathopod 2, medial view; D, uropod 3, dorsal view; E, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D), 0.1 mm (E)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618421/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="398">Fig. 6E</figureCitation>
): length 1.3 × width, cleft for 78 % of length; inner apical lobes developed, elongate, each lobe with 1 minute seta laterally, distal part with 2 long, and 1 short robust setae, plus 1 short seta.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF1E94F1FFF8FFB044A1F8F7FCC31880" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618409/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="399" startId="4.[151,250,1893,1915]" targetBox="[248,1385,213,1831]" targetPageId="4">
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFF8FFB044A1F8F7FCC31880" blockId="4.[151,1436,1892,2037]" pageId="4" pageNumber="399">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF8FFB044A1F8F7FEFD180F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1893,1915]" pageId="4" pageNumber="399">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF8FFB0452DF8F6FE2A180F" authority="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa, 2019" authorityName="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa" authorityYear="2019" box="[283,452,1892,1914]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="399" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF8FFB0452DF8F6FE2A180F" box="[283,452,1892,1914]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="399">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF8FFB045FDF8F7FDF2180F" bold="true" box="[459,540,1893,1914]" pageId="4" pageNumber="399">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A226A510FFF8FFB045FDF8F7FDF2180F" box="[459,540,1893,1914]" pageId="4" pageNumber="399" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, head, lateral view; B, antenna 1, medial view; C, antenna 2, medial view; D, upper lip, anterior view; E, right mandible, medial view; F, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of right mandible, medial view; G, incisor, lacinia mobilis, and accessory setal row of left mandible, medial view; H, lower lip, ventral view; I, maxilla 1, dorsal view; J, maxilla 2, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D–J).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFF9FFB144A1F8F8FE2B18A9" blockId="5.[151,1436,1898,2012]" pageId="5" pageNumber="400">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF9FFB144A1F8F8FEFD180A" bold="true" box="[151,275,1898,1920]" pageId="5" pageNumber="400">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF9FFB1452DF8F8FE2A18F5" authority="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa, 2019" authorityName="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa" authorityYear="2019" box="[283,452,1898,1920]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="400" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF9FFB1452DF8F8FE2A18F5" box="[283,452,1898,1920]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="400">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF9FFB145FDF8F8FDF2180A" bold="true" box="[459,540,1898,1919]" pageId="5" pageNumber="400">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A226A510FFF9FFB145FDF8F8FDF2180A" box="[459,540,1898,1919]" pageId="5" pageNumber="400" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, maxilliped, dorsal view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C. gnathopod 2, medial view; D, palmar margin of propodus of gnathopod 2, medial view; E, pereopod 3, medial view; F, pereopod 4, medial view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A), 1.0 mm (B, C, E, F), 0.5 mm (D).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF1E94F1FFFAFFB244A1F886FDBB18D0" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618417/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="401" startId="6.[151,250,1812,1834]" targetBox="[175,1420,203,1765]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFAFFB244A1F886FDBB18D0" blockId="6.[151,1436,1812,1957]" pageId="6" pageNumber="401">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFAFFB244A1F886FEFD185C" bold="true" box="[151,275,1812,1834]" pageId="6" pageNumber="401">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFAFFB2452DF886FE2A185F" authority="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa, 2019" authorityName="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa" authorityYear="2019" box="[283,452,1812,1834]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="401" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFAFFB2452DF886FE2A185F" box="[283,452,1812,1834]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="401">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFAFFB245FDF887FDF2185F" bold="true" box="[459,540,1813,1834]" pageId="6" pageNumber="401">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A226A510FFFAFFB245FDF887FDF2185F" box="[459,540,1813,1834]" pageId="6" pageNumber="401" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, pereopod 5, lateral view; B, pereopod 6, lateral view; C, pereopod 7, lateral view; D, epimeral plate 1, lateral view; E, epimeral plate 2, lateral view; F, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; G, pleopod 1, medial view; H, pleopod 2, medial view; I, pleopod 3, medial view; J, bifid setae (clothes-pin setae) on inner basal margin of inner ramus of pleopod 3, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–I), 0.5 mm (J).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB344A1FBC9FEFD1B05" bold="true" box="[151,275,1115,1137]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB3452DFBC9FE2A1B04" box="[283,452,1115,1137]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A226A510FFFBFFB345FDFBC9FDF21B05" box="[459,540,1115,1136]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male, 15.3 mm, KUZ Z1862, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, uropod 1, dorsal view; B, uropod 2, dorsal view; C, uropod 3, dorsal view; D, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–C), 0.1 mm (D).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFBFFB344F1FB47FB7F1A67" blockId="7.[151,1436,1237,2018]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB344F1FB47FED21B9B" bold="true" box="[199,316,1237,1262]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Variation.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34573FB47FDEC1B9B" box="[325,514,1237,1262]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Epimeral plate 3</emphasis>
, ventral margin with or without slender setae; 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34038FB47FBBF1B9B" box="[1038,1105,1237,1262]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">telson</emphasis>
, inner apical lobes weakly or much longer than outer apical cusps, length of apical robust setae short, or long; 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34028FB69FBBF1A67" box="[1054,1105,1275,1298]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">eggs</emphasis>
, 4–8.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37B97F2FFFBFFB344F1FA8FFD111923" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFBFFB344F1FA8FFD321A2F" blockId="7.[151,1436,1237,2018]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB344F1FA8FFEA01A43" bold="true" box="[199,334,1309,1334]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is from the Miyako word for the seaweed 
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34038FA8FFB181A43" box="[1038,1270,1309,1334]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Caulerpa lentillifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the habitat of the new species; thus not a Latin or Latinized word.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFBFFB344F1FAF7FCAB1A9F" blockId="7.[151,1436,1237,2018]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB344F1FAF7FD621A0B" bold="true" box="[199,652,1381,1406]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Sequences and COI genetic distances.</emphasis>
In total eight nucleotide sequences were determined: 
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(KUZ Z1862), four sequences, 28S (
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; 1194 bp), H3 (
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; 328 bp), COI (
<accessionNumber id="9432599AFFFBFFB34078FA1BFB221AD7" box="[1102,1228,1417,1442]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/LC215813" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">LC215813</accessionNumber>
; 658 bp), and 16S (
<accessionNumber id="9432599AFFFBFFB344A8FA3FFEF21AB3" box="[158,284,1453,1478]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/LC215809" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">LC215809</accessionNumber>
; 417 bp); and 
<typeStatus id="54DA7ADBFFFBFFB3458AFA3CFDF21AB3" box="[444,540,1454,1478]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
(KUZ Z1864), four sequences, 28S (
<accessionNumber id="9432599AFFFBFFB34789FA3FFBD51AB3" box="[959,1083,1453,1478]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/LC215810" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">LC215810</accessionNumber>
; 1194 bp), H3 (
<accessionNumber id="9432599AFFFBFFB340DCFA3FFA891AB3" box="[1258,1383,1453,1478]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/LC215814" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">LC215814</accessionNumber>
; 328 bp), COI (
<accessionNumber id="9432599AFFFBFFB3453FFA43FE681A9F" box="[265,390,1489,1514]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/LC215812" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">LC215812</accessionNumber>
; 658 bp), and 16S (
<accessionNumber id="9432599AFFFBFFB34669FA43FD321A9F" box="[607,732,1489,1514]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/LC215808" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">LC215808</accessionNumber>
; 417 bp).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFBFFB344F1FA67FD111923" blockId="7.[151,1436,1237,2018]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">
The COI genetic diversity within the newly obtained two COI sequences (
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, 
<accessionNumber id="9432599AFFFBFFB34092FA67FAF3197B" box="[1188,1309,1525,1550]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/LC215813" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">LC215813</accessionNumber>
) was 0.6% (4/658). Based on the 653–658 bp aligned sequences, the COI uncorrected 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB347C9F989FBE31947" box="[1023,1037,1563,1586]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">p</emphasis>
-distance between 
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB340D2F989FB1B1947" box="[1252,1269,1563,1586]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34133F98BFAD31947" box="[1285,1341,1561,1586]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the Portuguese 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB3452CF9ADFE941923" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[282,378,1598,1622]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rapax">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB3452CF9ADFEC51923" box="[282,299,1599,1622]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB3450FF9ADFE941923" box="[313,378,1599,1622]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was 16.0–16.7% (mean = 16.2%).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37B97F2FFFBFFB344F1F9F3FAA21894" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFFBFFB344F1F9F3FAA21894" blockId="7.[151,1436,1237,2018]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB344F1F9F3FED5190F" bold="true" box="[199,315,1633,1658]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB34575F9F3FE13190F" authorityName="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa" authorityYear="2019" box="[323,509,1633,1658]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34575F9F3FE13190F" box="[323,509,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB346E4F9F1FCDD190F" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[722,819,1635,1658]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rapax">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB346E4F9F1FCDD190F" box="[722,819,1635,1658]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E. rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the following characteristics: posteroventral corner of epimeral plate 3 notched; short setae on posterior margins of peduncular articles 1–3 of antenna 1 and peduncular articles 4–5 of antenna 2; propodus of male gnathopod 2 with distomedial shelf bearing robust setae and 3 teeth on palm; posterior margin of basis of pereopod 7 with long setae; and both inner and outer rami of uropod 3 almost isometry. However, 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB3466AF961FD55187F" authorityName="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa" authorityYear="2019" box="[604,699,1777,1802]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB3466AF961FD55187F" box="[604,699,1777,1802]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E. nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the 
<typeStatus id="54DA7ADBFFFBFFB347AEF960FC1E187F" box="[920,1008,1778,1802]" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
of 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB34013F961FB60187F" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[1061,1166,1779,1802]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rapax">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34013F961FB60187F" box="[1061,1166,1779,1802]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E. rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the following four morphological features (features of the true 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB34649F885FD0E185B" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[639,736,1815,1838]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rapax">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34649F885FD0E185B" box="[639,736,1815,1838]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E. rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in parentheses): 1) foremost medial tooth on palm of propodus of male gnathopod 2 exceeding palmar margin (not exceeding); 2) distomedial shelf of propodus of male gnathopod 2 with 4 medial and 6 lateral robust setae (2 medial and 4 lateral); 3) posterodistal setae on propodi of pereopods 5–7 shorter than length of dactyli (longer); and 4) basis of male pereopod 7 more expanded, length 1.3 × width (1.5). Additionally, the mean COI distance between 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB3471CF835FC6F18CB" authorityName="Nakamura &amp; Nakano &amp; Ota &amp; Tomikawa" authorityYear="2019" box="[810,897,1957,1982]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB3471CF835FCD518CB" box="[810,827,1959,1982]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB3477FF837FC6F18CB" box="[841,897,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the amphipods identified as 
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB340CBF835FAE018CB" box="[1277,1294,1959,1982]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB3412AF835FAB318CB" box="[1308,1373,1959,1982]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
<collectingCountry id="F37684E9FFFBFFB344A1F85BFF181897" box="[151,246,1993,2018]" name="Portugal" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">Portugal</collectingCountry>
was 16.2%. Therefore, we concluded that the present specimens are not conspecific with 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFFBFFB340D2F859FAAB1897" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[1252,1349,1994,2018]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="402" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rapax">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB340D2F859FB1B1897" box="[1252,1269,1995,2018]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFFBFFB34132F859FAAB1897" box="[1284,1349,1995,2018]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="402">rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFF4FFBC44A1F81BFC7F18A9" blockId="8.[151,1435,1929,2012]" pageId="8" pageNumber="403">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF4FFBC44A1F81BFEFD18EB" bold="true" box="[151,275,1929,1951]" pageId="8" pageNumber="403">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFF4FFBC452CF81BFE2D18EA" box="[282,451,1929,1951]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="403">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF4FFBC45FCF818FDF518EA" bold="true" box="[458,539,1930,1951]" pageId="8" pageNumber="403">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A226A510FFF4FFBC45FCF818FDF518EA" box="[458,539,1930,1951]" pageId="8" pageNumber="403" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, paratype, female, 9.7 mm, KUZ Z1863, Takano Fishing Port, Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A, epimeral plate 3, lateral view; B, gnathopod 1, medial view; C, gnathopod 2, medial view; D, uropod 3, dorsal view; E, telson, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A–D), 0.1 mm (E).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C37B97F2FFF5FFBD44F1FF05FBD61DF1" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFF5FFBD44F1FF05FA721EA5" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,645]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD44F1FF05FE6B1FC5" box="[199,389,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">Elasmopus nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be distinguished from the other 
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4763FF0BFC781FC5" box="[853,918,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group species, which possess long setae on ventral margin of epimeral plate 
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male (
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; 
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), by the following combinations of the characters: gland cone of peduncular article 2 of antenna 2 not reaching to end of peduncular article 3 (exceeding in 
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<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4629FE97FDDE1E69" box="[543,560,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4609FE96FD7C1E68" box="[575,658,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">thalyae</emphasis>
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); propodus of gnathopod 1 facially setose (poorly setose in 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD4552FEBBFC451E35" authority="Kanakadurga et al., 1981" authorityName="Kanakadurga" authorityYear="1981" box="[356,939,295,320]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vishakhapatnamensis">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4552FEBBFE9B1E35" box="[356,373,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD45B1FEB5FD991E35" box="[391,631,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">vishakhapatnamensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD46B4FEB5FC451E35" author="Kanakadurga, M. R. &amp; Rao, K. L. H. &amp; Shyamasundari, K." box="[642,939,295,320]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="71 - 80" refId="ref5632" refString="Kanakadurga, M. R., Rao, K. L. H. &amp; Shyamasundari, K. (1981) Two new species of amphipods (Crustacea) from Waltair coast sponge Callyspongia fibrosa. The Indian Journal of Zootomy, 22, 71 - 80." type="journal article" year="1981">
Kanakadurga 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4717FEBBFCB81E35" box="[801,854,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">et al</emphasis>
., 1981
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
); length of propodus of male gnathopod 2 shorter than 3 times as long as length of carpus (longer than 4 times in 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD47D6FEDFFA981E11" ID-CoL="394QB" authority="Hughes &amp; Lowry, 2011" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Lowry" authorityYear="2011" box="[992,1398,332,357]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arafura">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD47D6FEDFFC1F1E11" box="[992,1009,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4034FEDEFBB61E11" box="[1026,1112,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">arafura</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD4054FEDEFA981E11" author="Hughes, L. E. &amp; Lowry, J. K." box="[1122,1398,332,357]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="579 - 628" refId="ref5540" refString="Hughes, L. E. &amp; Lowry, J. K. (2011) The genus Elasmopus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae) in Australian waters. Journal of Natural History, 45, 579 - 628. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2010.534825" type="journal article" year="2011">Hughes &amp; Lowry, 2011</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD41B2FEDFFF191EFD" ID-CoL="394RD" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1970" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hooheno">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD41B2FEDFFA7B1E11" box="[1412,1429,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD44A1FEFDFF191EFD" box="[151,247,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">hooheno</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD453FFEE3FDF41EFD" ID-CoL="394RH" authority="Myers, 1989" authorityName="Myers" authorityYear="1989" box="[265,538,368,392]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="integer">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD453FFEE3FEF41EFD" box="[265,282,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD451AFEE3FE951EFD" box="[300,379,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">integer</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD45B0FEE2FDF41EFD" author="Myers, A. A." box="[390,538,368,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="63 - 82" refId="ref5987" refString="Myers, A. A. (1989) Amphipoda from the South Pacific: the Society Islands. Records of the Australian Museum, 41, 63 - 82." type="journal article" year="1989">Myers, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD461FFEE3FC531EFD" ID-CoL="394RT" authority="Garcia-Madrigal, 2010" authorityName="Garcia-Madrigal" authorityYear="2010" box="[553,957,367,392]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lecroyae">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD461FFEE3FDD41EFD" box="[553,570,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD467AFEFDFD421EFD" box="[588,684,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">lecroyae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD4680FEFDFC531EFD" author="Garcia-Madrigal, M. S." box="[694,957,367,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="1 - 51" refId="ref5332" refString="Garcia-Madrigal, M. S. (2010) Littoral Maeridae and Melitidae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Zootaxa, 2623, 1 - 51." type="journal article" year="2010">García-Madrigal, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD47FAFEE3FB331EFD" ID-CoL="394S3" authority="Barnard, 1979" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1979" box="[972,1245,367,392]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mayo">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD47FAFEE3FC331EFD" box="[972,989,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD47D9FEE3FBC21EFD" box="[1007,1068,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">mayo</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD4000FEFDFB331EFD" author="Barnard, J. L." box="[1078,1245,367,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="1 - 149" refId="ref5179" refString="Barnard, J. L. (1979) Littoral gammaridean Amphipoda from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Island. Smithsonian Contribustions to Zoology, 271, 1 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.271" type="journal article" year="1979">Barnard, 1979</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD4129FEE3FED51ED9" ID-CoL="394S6" authority="Barnard, 1970" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1970" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="molokai">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4129FEE3FADE1EFD" box="[1311,1328,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4174FEFDFA721EFD" box="[1346,1436,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">molokai</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD44A1FE06FED51ED9" author="Barnard, J. L." box="[151,315,404,429]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="1 - 286" refId="ref5137" refString="Barnard, J. L. (1970) Sublittoral Gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 34, 1 - 286. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.34" type="journal article" year="1970">Barnard, 1970</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
); medial face of propodus of male gnathopod 2 shallowly hollowed (deeply hollowed in 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD4115FE07FED51EA5" ID-CoL="394TL" authority="Barnard, 1979" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1979" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tiburoni">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4115FE07FADA1ED9" box="[1315,1332,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4175FE06FA721ED8" box="[1347,1436,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">tiburoni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD44A1FE25FED51EA5" author="Barnard, J. L." box="[151,315,439,464]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="1 - 149" refId="ref5179" refString="Barnard, J. L. (1979) Littoral gammaridean Amphipoda from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Island. Smithsonian Contribustions to Zoology, 271, 1 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.271" type="journal article" year="1979">Barnard, 1979</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
); posterior margin of epimeral plate 3 without denticles (with denticles in 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD404FFE2BFA7E1EA5" ID-CoL="394QG" authority="Barnard, 1979" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1979" box="[1145,1424,439,464]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bampo">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD404FFE2BFB641EA5" box="[1145,1162,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD40AEFE25FB0A1EA5" box="[1176,1252,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">bampo</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD40DAFE25FA7E1EA5" author="Barnard, J. L." box="[1260,1424,439,464]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="1 - 149" refId="ref5179" refString="Barnard, J. L. (1979) Littoral gammaridean Amphipoda from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Island. Smithsonian Contribustions to Zoology, 271, 1 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.271" type="journal article" year="1979">Barnard, 1979</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDEC479FFF5FFBD44F1FE4EFBD61DF1" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,645]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">
An alien isopod species 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD45EFFE4FFC9E1E81" ID-CoL="4CP6R" authority="(Holmes, 1904)" authorityName="Holmes" authorityYear="1904" baseAuthorityName="Holmes" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[473,880,476,501]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sphaeromatidae" genus="Paracerceis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sculpta">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD45EFFE4FFD561E80" box="[473,696,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">Paracerceis sculpta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD46F1FE4EFC891E81" author="Holmes, S. J." box="[711,871,476,501]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="295 - 306" refId="ref5436" refString="Holmes, S. J. (1904) Remarks on the sexes of sphaeromids with a description of a new species of Dynamene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 3, Zoology, 3, 295 - 306." type="journal article" year="1904">Holmes, 1904</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
was recorded from a commercial seaweed bed at the 
<typeStatus id="54DA7ADBFFF5FFBD44F2FD92FF1A1D6D" box="[196,244,512,536]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">type</typeStatus>
locality of 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD4548FD93FD8B1D6D" ID-CoL="7ZK7J" authority="(Ota 2014)" authorityName="Ota" authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Ota" baseAuthorityYear="2014" box="[382,613,511,536]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4548FD93FE611D6D" box="[382,399,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4597FE6DFE371D6D" box="[417,473,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">nkjaf</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD45DDFD92FDB31D6D" author="Ota, Y." box="[491,605,512,536]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="85 - 89" refId="ref6129" refString="Ota, Y. (2014) Reports on the impact of Caulerpa lentillifera by alien free-living isopod Paracerceis sculpta (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae). Japanese Journal of Benthology, 69, 85 - 89. [in Japanese with English summary] https: // doi. org / 10.5179 / benthos. 69.85" type="journal article" year="2014">Ota 2014</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD4645FE6DFD001D6D" ID-CoL="7NYBG" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[627,750,511,536]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4645FE6DFD001D6D" box="[627,750,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">Elasmopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, e.g. 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD47BBFD93FC1C1D6D" ID-CoL="394ST" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[909,1010,512,536]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rapax">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD47BBFD93FC701D6D" box="[909,926,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4786FD93FC1C1D6D" box="[944,1010,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">rapax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD4018FD93FB3C1D6D" ID-CoL="394SH" baseAuthorityName="Bate" baseAuthorityYear="1862" box="[1070,1234,512,536]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pectenicrus">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4018FD93FBD11D6D" box="[1070,1087,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4067FD93FB3C1D6D" box="[1105,1234,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">pectenicrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, have often been recorded as an introduced species (e.g. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD4679FDB6FCF31D49" author="Sezgin, M. &amp; Bakir, K. &amp; Katagan, T." box="[591,797,548,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="247 - 251" refId="ref6276" refString="Sezgin, M., Bakir, K. &amp; Katagan, T. (2007) New record of a Lessepsian amphipod from the Levantine coast of Turkey: Elasmopus pectenicrus (Bate, 1862). Crustaceana, 80, 247 - 251. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854007780121465" type="journal article" year="2007">
Sezgin 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD4695FDB7FD3A1D48" box="[675,724,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">et al</emphasis>
. 2007
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF0B988FFF5FFBD471FFDB6FBDF1D49" author="Hughes, L. E. &amp; Lowry, J. K." box="[809,1073,548,573]" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" pagination="699 - 709" refId="ref5480" refString="Hughes, L. E. &amp; Lowry, J. K. (2010) Establishing a neotype for Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853 and its presence as an invasive species in temperate Australian waters. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 30, 699 - 709. https: // doi. org / 10.1651 / 10 - 3290.1" type="journal article" year="2010">Hughes &amp; Lowry 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Therefore, it is possible that 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD41B2FDB7FF211D15" ID-CoL="7ZK7J" baseAuthorityName="Ota" baseAuthorityYear="2014" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkjaf">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD41B2FDB7FA7B1D49" box="[1412,1429,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD44A1FDD5FF211D15" box="[151,207,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">nkjaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be also non-native species in Miyako Island. Further molecular study based on the full-range of the 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD44A1FDFEFEFC1DF0" ID-CoL="7NYBG" authorityName="Costa" authorityYear="1853" box="[151,274,620,645]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD44A1FDFEFEFC1DF0" box="[151,274,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">Elasmopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species is necessary to reveal whether 
<taxonomicName id="4C61BFFAFFF5FFBD46F1FDFFFCF81DF0" box="[711,790,620,645]" class="Malacostraca" family="Maeridae" genus="Elasmopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nkaf">
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD46F1FDFFFD361DF1" box="[711,728,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B915186BFFF5FFBD46D0FDFEFCF81DF0" box="[742,790,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="404">nkaf</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an alien species or not.
</paragraph>
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