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. Frontal margin of carapace dorsally nearly straight, without rostral projection, separated from anterolateral margin of carapace by shallow v-shaped notch (
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); pterygostomial angle rounded, not anteriorly produced; branchiostegial margin with wide lip; posterior margin with deep cardiac notch (
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). Pleon with all pleomeres rounded; sixth pleomere with subtriangular articulated flap, distally rounded (
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) widest in proximal third, distinctly tapering distally; dorsal surface with two pairs of stout spiniform setae situated at some distance from lateral margin; posterior margin broadly rounded, with two pairs of spiniform setae at each posterolateral angle, lateral spiniform setae much more slender and shorter than mesial spiniform setae; posterior margin between mesial spiniform setae with numerous long plumose setae.
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF90FF954F8D2043FEACF9FD" bold="true" box="[151,273,1570,1594]" pageId="2" pageNumber="179">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF90FF954E0C2043FE7FF9FD" box="[278,450,1570,1594]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="179">Leptalpheus lirai</emphasis>
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, holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV-5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view.
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Eyes dorsally and laterally completely concealed by carapace (
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); eyestalks with anteromesial margin somewhat produced anteriorly, rounded.
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Antennular peduncles (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF90FF954ED52121FDF7F89C" box="[463,586,1856,1883]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="179">Fig. 2A, B</figureCitation>
) stout, dorsoventrally depressed; stylocerite appressed against first article, not exceeding distal margin of first article, distal margin rounded; ventromesial carina of first article with simple, anteriorly pointing tooth (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF90FF954EA321E9FDA9F865" box="[441,532,1928,1954]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="179">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
); second article elongate, 2.7 times longer than maximal width; lateral flagellum with short secondary ramus furnished with aesthetascs. Antenna (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF90FF954C6F21CDFC50F800" box="[885,1005,1964,1991]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="179">Fig. 2A, B</figureCitation>
) with basicerite large, stout, ending in subacute distoventral tooth; scaphocerite elongate, ovate, its distolateral tooth greatly reduced to small blunt lobe; carpocerite stout, reaching far beyond scaphocerite and slightly beyond end of antennular peduncle; flagellum robust, without tooth-like processes.
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Mouthparts (mandible, maxillule, maxilla, first and second maxillipeds) typical for genus in external view. Third maxilliped (
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) with lateral plate on coxa strongly projecting, distally subacute; ultimate article shorter than antepenultimate article, with rings of thick serrulate setae and blunt tip, without spiniform setae; arthrobranch well developed (omitted in
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).
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF91FF944F8D2112FEACF84C" bold="true" box="[151,273,1907,1931]" pageId="3" pageNumber="180">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF91FF944E0C2112FE7FF84C" box="[278,450,1907,1931]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="180">Leptalpheus lirai</emphasis>
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, holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV-5558). A, major (right) cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, same, chela fingers, lateral view; D, same, chela, mesial view; E, minor (left) cheliped, mesial view; F, same, cheliped, lateral view; G: same, chela, mesial view.
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Chelipeds strongly asymmetrical in shape and unequal in size (
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,
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF96FF934CC226F6FC5AFF76" box="[984,999,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1907,1931]" captionTargetBox="[163,1423,402,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-93@3.[151,1436,381,1884]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, major (right) cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, same, chela fingers, lateral view; D, same, chela, mesial view; E, minor (left) cheliped, mesial view; F, same, cheliped, lateral view; G: same, chela, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642146" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642146/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">3</figureCitation>
), carried folded when not in use. Major cheliped (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF96FF934E1E26DAFEC0FF12" box="[260,381,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1907,1931]" captionTargetBox="[163,1423,402,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-93@3.[151,1436,381,1884]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, major (right) cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, same, chela fingers, lateral view; D, same, chela, mesial view; E, minor (left) cheliped, mesial view; F, same, cheliped, lateral view; G: same, chela, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642146" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642146/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">Fig. 3AD</figureCitation>
) slender proximally, but with enlarged, stout chela; ischium relatively short, with oblique distal margin, merus slender, gently curved, with convex dorsal surface and smooth lateral and dorsal margins, ventrally strongly depressed to accommodate chela; carpus very short, somewhat square-shaped; chela enlarged, elongate, swollen, with palm excavated ventrolaterally; fingers about 0.7 palm length, somewhat twisted, slightly gaping when closed, crossing distally; pollex with blunt latero-proximal projection and simple tip, latter strongly curved towards dactylus; cutting edge of pollex with very broad tooth in form of subrectangular elevation at about midlength; dactylus dorsally convex, as long as pollex, with distinct proximal elevation adjacent to adhesive disk, with strongly curved, truncate tip; cutting edge of dactylus with two widely spaced, bulging, subrectangular teeth at about 0.4 and 0.7 of dactylar length, respectively, and two much smaller proximal teeth; adhesive disks well developed. Minor cheliped (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF96FF934E48279EFE74FDDE" box="[338,457,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1907,1931]" captionTargetBox="[163,1423,402,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-93@3.[151,1436,381,1884]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, major (right) cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, same, chela fingers, lateral view; D, same, chela, mesial view; E, minor (left) cheliped, mesial view; F, same, cheliped, lateral view; G: same, chela, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642146" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642146/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">Fig. 3EG</figureCitation>
) much shorter and more slender than major cheliped; ischium short, unarmed mesially; merus elongate, slender, about seven times as long as maximal height, about three times as long as ischium, slightly longer than palm, nearly straight, ventrally depressed, with smooth surface; carpus short, cup-shaped; palm slightly inflated, mesially flattened, smooth; fingers longer than palm, with distally crossing tips; cutting edge of pollex with about 12 small, somewhat spaced, recurrent (backwards pointing) teeth ranging from base to about 0.6 of pollex length; cutting edge of dactylus with six teeth, latter generally similar to those of pollex, more widely spaced, located between approximately 0.3 and 0.6 of dactylar length.
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<paragraph id="8BA936ABFF96FF934FD4249AFCC8FA92" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2014]" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">
Second pereiopod (
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) moderately slender; merus distinctly longer than ischium; carpus with five subarticles, proximal longest, middle three almost equally short, distal-most about 0.6 length of proximal; chela about as long as distal-most carpal subarticle. Third pereiopod (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF96FF934C372522FCC3FC9A" box="[813,894,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">Fig. 2J</figureCitation>
) relatively stout, laterally compressed; ischium with one small spiniform seta on ventrolateral surface; merus about 4.6 times as long as maximal width; carpus stout, about 0.3 length of merus, with one long stout spiniform seta on distoventral margin; propodus slightly longer than carpus, with three robust spiniform setae on ventral margin and one distoventral pair of spiniform setae adjacent to dactylus (lateral one broken in
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF96FF934D5A25B2FD2DFC2A" box="[576,656,979,1005]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">Fig. 2J</figureCitation>
); dactylus more than half-length of propodus, simple, conical, slightly curved, distally acute. Fourth pereiopod (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF96FF934D762596FD78FBD6" box="[620,709,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">Fig. 2K</figureCitation>
) similar to third pereiopod, but with different proportions of articles; ischium with one small spiniform seta on ventrolateral surface; merus slightly stouter, 4.2 times as long as maximal width; carpus more slender, 0.4 length of merus, with one long stout spiniform seta on distoventral margin; propodus distinctly longer and more slender than carpus, with three robust spiniform setae on ventral margin and one distoventral pair of spiniform setae adjacent to dactylus; dactylus distinctly less than half-length of propodus, simple, conical, slightly curved, distally subacute. Fifth pereiopod (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF96FF934C8A22CAFC58FB02" box="[912,997,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">Fig. 2L</figureCitation>
) distinctly more slender than third and fourth pereiopods, not compressed; ischium 0.4 length of merus, unarmed; merus no inflated, as wide as ischium, about 5.7 times as long as wide; carpus about 0.8 length of merus; propodus slightly longer than carpus, with welldeveloped grooming brush on distolateral surface, composed of at least seven rows of serrulate setae; dactylus similar to that of fourth pereiopod, 0.3 times as long as propodus.
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Uropods (
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) distinctly exceeding telson; lateral lobe of protopod distally with two small blunt projections; endopod longer than exopod, latter posteriorly truncate; diaeresis with lateral portion almost straight, mesial angle marked by strong, projecting, subtriangular tooth.
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF96FF934FDD23ABFED8FA23" bold="true" box="[199,357,1482,1508]" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">Colour in life</emphasis>
. Not recorded.
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locality
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locality in
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. The species is named after our good friend and colleague, Carlos Lira Gómez (Universidad de Oriente,
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,
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), a well-known taxonomist of decapod crustaceans.
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. The single specimen of
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was collected from a burrow of an unknown host made in soft sediments ranging from fine sand to sand-mud, at a depth of about
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, very close to seagrass beds and mangroves.
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.
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belongs to an informal (and possibly non-monophyletic) group of currently nine species within
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, which possess well-developed adhesive disks on the major chela. According to
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, this group includes the following species:
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,
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF96FF934F8D2136FEBDF8B7" box="[151,256,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">L. azuero</emphasis>
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in the eastern Pacific Ocean; and
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF96FF934E06211AFE23F852" box="[284,414,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">L. pacificus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF96FF934DA6211AFCDFF852" box="[700,866,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">L. denticulatus</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF96FF934B8D211AFA88F852" box="[1175,1333,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">L. dworschaki</emphasis>
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;
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Salgado-Barragán
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF96FF934FC621A2FEB3F81A" box="[220,270,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="181">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
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The new species can be separated from all afore-mentioned species of
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by three characteristics. In
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, the frontal margin of the carapace is almost straight (
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), compared to the more projecting anterior margin, which can be rounded or sub-triangular, blunt or sharp, distally, in the remaining species (cf.
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). The presence of robust and elongate spiniform setae on the ventral (flexor) margin of the propodi of the third and fourth pereiopods is another distinguishing feature of
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(
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); these spiniform setae are more slender and shorter in the other species (cf.
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). Noteworthy, in the general robustness of the walking legs, including the unusually robust spiniform setae on their propodi,
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resembles the two species of the related genus
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(cf.
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: figs. 20J, 26E). Finally,
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possesses a unique dentition on the major chela fingers (
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), which differs from the finger armature of the other related species (cf.
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: figs. 18, 19 for
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;
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: fig. 2c, d for
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</taxonomicName>
;
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: fig. 6B for
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;
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: fig. 6C, D for
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Salgado-Barragán
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2014
</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 4A, C for
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924C67240AFBB1FD42" authorityName="Salgado-Barragan, Ayon-Parente &amp; Hendrickx" authorityYear="2014" box="[893,1036,619,645]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corderoae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924C67240AFBB1FD42" box="[893,1036,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. corderoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924B01240AFA98FD42" author="Banner, A. H. &amp; Banner, D. M." box="[1051,1317,619,645]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="423 - 437" refId="ref4737" refString="Banner, A. H. &amp; Banner, D. M. (1974) Contributions to the knowledge of the alpheid shrimp (Decapoda: Caridea) of the Pacific Ocean, part XVII: additional notes on the Hawaiian alpheids: new species, subspecies and some nomenclatorial changes. Pacific Science, 28, 423 - 437." type="journal article" year="1974">Banner &amp; Banner 1974</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 1F, G for
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924FA524EEFEFCFD6E" authorityName="Banner &amp; Banner" authorityYear="1974" box="[191,321,655,681]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pacificus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924FA524EEFEFCFD6E" box="[191,321,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pacificus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924E5524EEFDFDFD6E" author="Anker, A. &amp; Marin, I. N." box="[335,576,655,681]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="91 - 107" refId="ref4583" refString="Anker, A. &amp; Marin, I. N. (2009) The alpheid shrimp genus Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 in the tropical western Pacific, with descriptions of two new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 57, 91 - 107." type="journal article" year="2009">Anker &amp; Marin 2009</bibRefCitation>
: figs. 3c, d; 7c, d for
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924C3724EEFC71FD6E" authorityName="Anker &amp; Marin" authorityYear="2009" box="[813,972,655,681]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dworschaki">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924C3724EEFC71FD6E" box="[813,972,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. dworschaki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924B1824EEFB14FD6E" authorityName="Anker &amp; Marin" authorityYear="2009" box="[1026,1193,655,681]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="denticulatus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924B1824EEFB14FD6E" box="[1026,1193,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. denticulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, respectively).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA936ABFF97FF924FDD24D2FDA0FC29" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1617]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">
In addition,
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924E5524D2FE20FD0A" authority="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker, 2021" authorityName="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker" authorityYear="2021" box="[335,413,691,717]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lirai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924E5524D2FE20FD0A" box="[335,413,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. lirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EBE24D2FE40FD0A" bold="true" box="[420,509,691,717]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25157C2FF97FF924EBE24D2FE40FD0A" box="[420,509,691,717]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be separated from its two morphologically closest western Atlantic congeners, viz.
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924FDC24B6FEE3FD37" authorityName="Dworschak &amp; Coelho" authorityYear="1999" box="[198,350,727,752]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="axianassae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924FDC24B6FEE3FD37" box="[198,350,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. axianassae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924E8924B6FDB5FD37" authorityName="Anker &amp; Vera-Caripe" authorityYear="2016" box="[403,520,727,752]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pereirai">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924E8924B6FDB5FD37" box="[403,520,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pereirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by the presence of a spiniform seta on the ischia of the third and fourth pereiopods (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF97FF924FBA249AFEAFFCD2" box="[160,274,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Fig. 2J, K</figureCitation>
) (absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924E8D249AFD8CFCD3" authorityName="Dworschak &amp; Coelho" authorityYear="1999" box="[407,561,763,788]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="axianassae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924E8D249AFD8CFCD3" box="[407,561,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. axianassae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924D73249AFD5DFCD3" authorityName="Anker &amp; Vera-Caripe" authorityYear="2016" box="[617,736,763,788]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pereirai">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924D73249AFD5DFCD3" box="[617,736,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pereirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the antennal scaphocerite with a greatly reduced distolateral tooth (
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924FFA257EFF4AFCFF" box="[224,247,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">vs</emphasis>
. with a well-developed distolateral tooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924DC6257EFCC8FCFF" authorityName="Dworschak &amp; Coelho" authorityYear="1999" box="[732,885,799,824]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="axianassae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924DC6257EFCC8FCFF" box="[732,885,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. axianassae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924CB3257EFBA3FCFF" authorityName="Anker &amp; Vera-Caripe" authorityYear="2016" box="[937,1054,799,824]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pereirai">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924CB3257EFBA3FCFF" box="[937,1054,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pereirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and the lateral lobe of the uropodal protopod ending in two blunt projections (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF97FF924D862522FD4CFC9A" box="[668,753,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Fig. 2E</figureCitation>
) (
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924C102522FC9CFC9B" box="[778,801,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">vs</emphasis>
. ending in two acute projections in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924BAE2522FAF3FC9B" authorityName="Dworschak &amp; Coelho" authorityYear="1999" box="[1204,1358,835,860]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="axianassae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924BAE2522FAF3FC9B" box="[1204,1358,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. axianassae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924A9C2522FF4DFC47" authorityName="Anker &amp; Vera-Caripe" authorityYear="2016" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pereirai">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924A9C2522FF4DFC47" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pereirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924E312506FDE3FC46" author="Dworschak, P. C. &amp; Coelho, V. R." box="[299,606,871,897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="475 - 488" refId="ref4859" refString="Dworschak, P. C. &amp; Coelho, V. R. (1999) On two alpheids from Araca (Sao Paulo, Brazil) with a description of a new species of Leptalpheus (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 101 B, 475 - 488." type="journal article" year="1999">Dworschak &amp; Coelho 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924D7D2506FCD5FC46" author="Anker, A. &amp; Lazarus, J. F." box="[615,872,870,897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="115 - 129" refId="ref4527" refString="Anker, A. &amp; Lazarus, J. F. (2015) Description of two new associated infaunal decapod crustaceans (Axianassidae and Alpheidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 55, 115 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 0031 - 1049.2015.55.08" type="journal article" year="2015">Anker &amp; Lazarus 2015</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924C6B2506FB1FFC45" author="Anker, A. &amp; Vera-Caripe, J. A." box="[881,1186,871,898]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="185 - 191" refId="ref4637" refString="Anker, A. &amp; Vera-Caripe, J. A. (2016) Leptalpheus pereirai sp. nov., a new alpheid shrimp from Panama and Venezuela. Zootaxa, 4127 (1), 185 - 191. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4127.1.11" type="journal article" year="2016">Anker &amp; Vera-Caripe 2016</bibRefCitation>
). The new species also differs specifically from
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924EB025EAFDFEFC63" authorityName="Dworschak &amp; Coelho" authorityYear="1999" box="[426,579,907,932]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="axianassae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EB025EAFDFEFC63" box="[426,579,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. axianassae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the ventromesial carina of the first article of the antennular peduncle with a simple tooth (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF97FF924E5325CEFE19FC0E" box="[329,420,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
), as in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924EE225CEFDCDFC0F" authorityName="Anker &amp; Vera-Caripe" authorityYear="2016" box="[504,624,943,968]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pereirai">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EE225CEFDCDFC0F" box="[504,624,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pereirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924D9B25CEFD1DFC0F" box="[641,672,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">vs.</emphasis>
with a distally bifid tooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924CF525CEFB37FC0F" authorityName="Dworschak &amp; Coelho" authorityYear="1999" box="[1007,1162,943,968]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="axianassae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924CF525CEFB37FC0F" box="[1007,1162,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. axianassae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924BB925CEFF6FFC2A" author="Dworschak, P. C. &amp; Coelho, V. R." pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="475 - 488" refId="ref4859" refString="Dworschak, P. C. &amp; Coelho, V. R. (1999) On two alpheids from Araca (Sao Paulo, Brazil) with a description of a new species of Leptalpheus (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 101 B, 475 - 488." type="journal article" year="1999">Dworschak &amp; Coelho 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924FC625B2FDACFC29" author="Anker, A. &amp; Vera-Caripe, J. A." box="[220,529,979,1006]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="185 - 191" refId="ref4637" refString="Anker, A. &amp; Vera-Caripe, J. A. (2016) Leptalpheus pereirai sp. nov., a new alpheid shrimp from Panama and Venezuela. Zootaxa, 4127 (1), 185 - 191. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4127.1.11" type="journal article" year="2016">Anker &amp; Vera-Caripe 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA936ABFF97FF924FDD2596FC95FB2E" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1617]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924FDD2596FE3AFBD6" authority="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker, 2021" authorityName="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker" authorityYear="2021" box="[199,391,1015,1041]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lirai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924FDD2596FE3AFBD6" box="[199,391,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Leptalpheus lirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924E952596FE54FBD6" bold="true" box="[399,489,1015,1041]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25157C2FF97FF924E952596FE54FBD6" box="[399,489,1015,1041]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is easily distinguishable from the most closely related eastern Pacific species, i.e.
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924A9C2596FF5FFBF3" authorityName="Anker" authorityYear="2011" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azuero">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924A9C2596FF5FFBF3" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. azuero</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924FEB227AFE1CFBF2" authorityName="Anker &amp; Lazarus" authorityYear="2015" box="[241,417,1051,1077]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canterakintzi">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924FEB227AFE1CFBF2" box="[241,417,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. canterakintzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924EC3227AFDD5FBF2" authorityName="Salgado-Barragan, Ayon-Parente &amp; Hendrickx" authorityYear="2014" box="[473,616,1051,1077]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corderoae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EC3227AFDD5FBF2" box="[473,616,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. corderoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by the presence of a simple tooth on the ventromesial carina of the first article of the antennular peduncle (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF97FF924D04225EFDC8FB9E" box="[542,629,1087,1113]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
) (
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924D94225EFD10FB9F" box="[654,685,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">vs.</emphasis>
with a distally bifid tooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924CE9225EFBE1FB9F" authorityName="Anker" authorityYear="2011" box="[1011,1116,1087,1112]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azuero">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924CE9225EFBE1FB9F" box="[1011,1116,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. azuero</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924B70225EFAA7FB9E" authorityName="Anker &amp; Lazarus" authorityYear="2015" box="[1130,1306,1087,1113]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canterakintzi">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924B70225EFAA7FB9E" box="[1130,1306,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. canterakintzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924A4A225EFF59FBBA" authorityName="Salgado-Barragan, Ayon-Parente &amp; Hendrickx" authorityYear="2014" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corderoae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924A4A225EFF59FBBA" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. corderoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the antennular stylocerite not reaching the distal margin of the first article of the antennular peduncle and distally blunt (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF97FF924E2D22E6FE32FB66" box="[311,399,1159,1185]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1570,1594]" captionTargetBox="[153,1413,193,1531]" captionTargetId="figure-30@2.[151,1436,181,1546]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, frontal region, dorsal view; B, same, lateral view; C, carapace lateral view; D, ventromesial tooth on first article of antennular peduncle, lateral view; E, uropod, dorsal view (setae omitted); F, telson, dorsal view; G, third maxilliped, lateral view (arthrobranch not drawn); H, second pereiopod, lateral view; I, detail of second pereiopod chela, mesial view; J: third pereiopod, lateral view; K: fourth pereiopod, lateral view; L: fifth pereiopod, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642142/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
) (
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EBC22E6FE79FB67" box="[422,452,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">vs.</emphasis>
also not exceeding the distal margin of the first article, but distally acute in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924A1222E6FA28FB66" authorityName="Salgado-Barragan, Ayon-Parente &amp; Hendrickx" authorityYear="2014" box="[1288,1429,1159,1185]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corderoae">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924A1222E6FA28FB66" box="[1288,1429,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. corderoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and exceeding the distal margin of the first article and distally acute in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924CAA22CAFBE2FB02" authorityName="Anker &amp; Lazarus" authorityYear="2015" box="[944,1119,1195,1221]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canterakintzi">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924CAA22CAFBE2FB02" box="[944,1119,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. canterakintzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924B8C22CAFB43FB03" authorityName="Anker" authorityYear="2011" box="[1174,1278,1195,1220]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azuero">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924B8C22CAFB43FB03" box="[1174,1278,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. azuero</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924A2022CAFE8FFB2E" author="Anker, A. &amp; Lazarus, J. F." pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="115 - 129" refId="ref4527" refString="Anker, A. &amp; Lazarus, J. F. (2015) Description of two new associated infaunal decapod crustaceans (Axianassidae and Alpheidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 55, 115 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 0031 - 1049.2015.55.08" type="journal article" year="2015">Anker &amp; Lazarus 2015</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924E2622AEFE7EFB2E" author="Anker, A." box="[316,451,1231,1257]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref4466" refString="Anker, A. (2011) Six new species and three new records of infaunal alpheid shrimps from the genera Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 and Fenneralpheus Felder &amp; Manning, 1986 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Zootaxa, 3041 (1), 1 - 38. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3041.1.1" type="journal article" year="2011">Anker 2011</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924ED522AEFCA1FB2E" author="Salgado-Barragan, J. &amp; Ayon-Parente, M. &amp; Hendrickx, M. E." box="[463,796,1231,1257]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="573 - 582" refId="ref5308" refString="Salgado-Barragan, J., Ayon-Parente, M. &amp; Hendrickx, M. E. (2014) A new species of Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 and new records of L. mexicanus Rios &amp; Carvacho, 1983 and L. hendrickxi Anker, 2011 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from the Pacific coast of Mexico. Zootaxa, 3835 (4), 573 - 582. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3835.4.8" type="journal article" year="2014">
Salgado-Barragán
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924DBA22AEFD65FB2E" box="[672,728,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA936ABFF97FF924FDD2292FBCFF996" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1617]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">
The new species from
<collectingCountry id="F301763BFF97FF924EDC2292FD84FACA" box="[454,569,1267,1293]" name="Venezuela" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
shows less affinities with the three Indo-West Pacific species of
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924A092292FA21FACA" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1965" box="[1299,1436,1267,1293]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924A092292FA21FACA" box="[1299,1436,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Leptalpheus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
characterised by the presence of suction disks on the major chela, viz.
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924CBA2376FB9FFAF6" authorityName="Banner &amp; Banner" authorityYear="1974" box="[928,1058,1303,1329]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pacificus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924CBA2376FB9FFAF6" box="[928,1058,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pacificus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924B352376FB68FAF6" authorityName="Anker &amp; Marin" authorityYear="2009" box="[1071,1237,1303,1329]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="denticulatus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924B352376FB68FAF6" box="[1071,1237,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. denticulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924A132376FF16FA92" authorityName="Anker &amp; Marin" authorityYear="2009" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dworschaki">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924A132376FF16FA92" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. dworschaki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. For instance,
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924E4D235AFE1AFA92" authority="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker, 2021" authorityName="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker" authorityYear="2021" box="[343,423,1339,1365]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lirai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924E4D235AFE1AFA92" box="[343,423,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. lirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EAA235AFDB1FA92" bold="true" box="[432,524,1339,1365]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25157C2FF97FF924EAA235AFDB1FA92" box="[432,524,1339,1365]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be readily separated from all of them by the very different dentition of the major chela (
<figureCitation id="132D2A2EFF97FF924E33233EFED6FABE" box="[297,363,1375,1401]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1907,1931]" captionTargetBox="[163,1423,402,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-93@3.[151,1436,381,1884]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., holotype, female (cl 10.1 mm), from Bahía Petare, Gulf of Santa Fe, Venezuela (MBUCV- 5558). A, major (right) cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, same, chela fingers, lateral view; D, same, chela, mesial view; E, minor (left) cheliped, mesial view; F, same, cheliped, lateral view; G: same, chela, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5642146" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5642146/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
) (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924EB2233EFD13FABE" author="Banner, A. H. &amp; Banner, D. M." box="[424,686,1375,1401]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="423 - 437" refId="ref4737" refString="Banner, A. H. &amp; Banner, D. M. (1974) Contributions to the knowledge of the alpheid shrimp (Decapoda: Caridea) of the Pacific Ocean, part XVII: additional notes on the Hawaiian alpheids: new species, subspecies and some nomenclatorial changes. Pacific Science, 28, 423 - 437." type="journal article" year="1974">Banner &amp; Banner 1974</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924DA2233EFC14FABE" author="Anker, A. &amp; Marin, I. N." box="[696,937,1375,1401]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="91 - 107" refId="ref4583" refString="Anker, A. &amp; Marin, I. N. (2009) The alpheid shrimp genus Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 in the tropical western Pacific, with descriptions of two new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 57, 91 - 107." type="journal article" year="2009">Anker &amp; Marin 2009</bibRefCitation>
); the proportion of the minor cheliped merus (three times as long as ischium in the new species
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924DD723E2FD56FA5B" box="[717,747,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">vs.</emphasis>
about twice or slightly more than twice as long as ischium in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924F8D23C6FE83FA06" authorityName="Anker &amp; Marin" authorityYear="2009" box="[151,318,1447,1473]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="denticulatus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924F8D23C6FE83FA06" box="[151,318,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. denticulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924E6F23C6FE45FA06" authorityName="Banner &amp; Banner" authorityYear="1974" box="[373,504,1447,1473]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pacificus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924E6F23C6FE45FA06" box="[373,504,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. pacificus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or more than three times the length of the ischium in
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924B4623C6FB46FA06" authorityName="Anker &amp; Marin" authorityYear="2009" box="[1116,1275,1447,1473]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dworschaki">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924B4623C6FB46FA06" box="[1116,1275,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. dworschaki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the antennal scaphocerite with a greatly reduced tooth (
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924D6523AAFD2BFA23" box="[639,662,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">vs</emphasis>
. with a well-developed one in the three Indo-West Pacific species); and the presence of a spiniform seta on the ischium of the third and fourth pereiopods (absent in the three Indo-West Pacific species). Finally,
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924EB62072FE45F9EA" authority="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker, 2021" authorityName="Caripe &amp; Pereda &amp; Anker" authorityYear="2021" box="[428,504,1555,1581]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Leptalpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lirai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EB62072FE45F9EA" box="[428,504,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">L. lirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924EE42072FDEAF9EA" bold="true" box="[510,599,1555,1581]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25157C2FF97FF924EE42072FDEAF9EA" box="[510,599,1555,1581]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be easily distinguished from both species of
<taxonomicName id="4C164D28FF97FF924B692072FAA6F9EA" authorityName="Felder &amp; Manning" authorityYear="1986" box="[1139,1307,1555,1581]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Fenneralpheus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B962EAB9FF97FF924B692072FAA6F9EA" box="[1139,1307,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="182">Fenneralpheus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the very different dentition on the major chela fingers (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924DDB2056FC69F996" author="Felder, D. L. &amp; Manning R. B." box="[705,980,1591,1617]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="497 - 508" refId="ref4917" refString="Felder, D. L. &amp; Manning R. B. (1986) A new genus and two new species of alpheid shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea) from South Florida. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 6, 497 - 508." type="journal article" year="1986">Felder &amp; Manning 1986</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5AFF97FF924CC42056FBDAF996" author="Anker, A." box="[990,1127,1591,1617]" pageId="5" pageNumber="182" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref4466" refString="Anker, A. (2011) Six new species and three new records of infaunal alpheid shrimps from the genera Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 and Fenneralpheus Felder &amp; Manning, 1986 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Zootaxa, 3041 (1), 1 - 38. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3041.1.1" type="journal article" year="2011">Anker 2011</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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