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Cretapsaridae Luque,
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<paragraph blockId="0.[808,1489,1510,1886]" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">LSID. Family group: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank. org:act:81705335-CAED-400E-B1EC-161B56B298AE.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="0.[96,778,1408,1862]" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">*Corresponding author. Email: jluque@fas.harvard.edu, luque@ualberta.ca (J.L.); xinglida@gmail.com (L.X.)</paragraph>
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Included genus:
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Luque
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, by monotypy.
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<paragraph blockId="0.[96,778,1408,1862]" box="[96,500,1819,1839]" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">†These authors contributed equally to this work.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="0.[96,778,1408,1862]" box="[96,776,1842,1862]" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">‡Present address: Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus, 3000 NE</paragraph>
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Remarks:
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<emphasis box="[936,1134,1832,1856]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Cretapsara athanata</emphasis>
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differsfromanyknown crab family in its combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic characters. Superficially, itsharessomeresemblancetosomemarineeubrachyuranfamiliessuch as Eogeryonidae, fromthe Upper Cretaceous of Spain [
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<emphasis box="[194,370,1040,1064]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Eogeryon elegius</emphasis>
, Cenomanian
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(
<bibRefCitation author="A. Osso" box="[539,564,1040,1064]" journalOrPublisher="Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex." pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="231 - 246" part="68" refId="ref10812" refString="14. A. Osso, Eogeryon elegius n. gen. and n. sp. (Decapoda: Eubrachyura: Portunoidea), one of the oldest modern crabs from late Cenomanian of the Iberian Peninsula. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex. 68, 231 - 246 (2016)." title="Eogeryon elegius n. gen. and n. sp. (Decapoda: Eubrachyura: Portunoidea), one of the oldest modern crabs from late Cenomanian of the Iberian Peninsula" type="journal article" year="2016">
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)] (
<figureCitation box="[598,680,1040,1064]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[96,124,1337,1357]" captionTargetBox="[103,1480,164,1297]" captionTargetId="graphics-232@5.[102,1077,169,1280]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig.5.Phylogenetic relationships of Cretapsaraathanata Luque,gen.et sp.nov.inthe crab treeof life. Bayesian majority-rule consensus topology of thepostburn-in sample of trees for key fossil and extant eubrachyuran families,including probability support values indicated at branches.Branches with posterior probability support &lt;75% are collapsed. Thick solid lines represent the ages of the known first and last occurrences of the studied families. Dotted lines and daggers (†) indicate extinct taxa;solid lines indicate living taxa. Photos: Heikeopsis japonica (A) by T.-Y. Chan; Telamonocarcinus gambalatus (B), M. pasinii (E), and E. elegius (H) by À. Ossó; Archaeochiapasa mardoqueoi (C) by F. Vega; Componocancer robertsi (D) by R.Feldmann and C.Schweitzer; Dilocarcinus septemdentatus (G) and Melothelphusa dardanelosensis (M) by Senckenberg Museum,S.Tränkner,courtesy of C.Magalhães [(M) after (80)]; Cretapsaraathanata Luque gen.et sp.nov.(F)herein;C.maenas (I),C.sapidus(K),Geothelphusa olea (O),Sayamia melanodactylus (P),Geosesarma dennerle (R),and C.guanhumi (S) by O.Radosta;G.trispinosus (J) by C.Noever (CC BY 4.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/ index.php?curid=63236719); Dinocarcinus velauciensis (L) by N. Robin;Potamonauteskunduno (N) by P. Crabb (CC BY 3.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29254322);G.cruentata (Q) by A.Anker;and Leptuca oerdesti (T) by J.L. Figure by J.L." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5598204" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5598204/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 5H</figureCitation>
) and the Lower Cretaceousof Brazil [
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, Albian (
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)], and
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, fromthe Upper Cretaceousof Morocco [
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Marocarcinus pasinii</emphasis>
, Cenomanian
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(
<bibRefCitation author="D. Guinot &amp; A. De Angeli &amp; A. Garassino" box="[322,346,1128,1152]" journalOrPublisher="Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="25 - 36" part="149" refId="ref10936" refString="16. D. Guinot, A. De Angeli, A. Garassino, Marocarcinidae, a new eubrachyuran family, and Marocarcinus pasinii n. gen., n. sp. from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian- Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano 149, 25 - 36 (2008)." title="Marocarcinidae, a new eubrachyuran family, and Marocarcinus pasinii n. gen., n. sp. from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian- Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)" type="journal article" year="2008">
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).
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differs from Eogeryonidae and
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in the presenceof a bilobate rostrum and lack of orbital fissures, compared to the bifid and acute rostrum and twowell-developedorbitalfissuresdiagnostic of thesetwofamilies [
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was initially interpretedas havingnoorbitalfissures due to the erroneous interpretation of the eyestalks as part of the orbit (
<bibRefCitation author="D. Guinot &amp; A. De Angeli &amp; A. Garassino" box="[161,185,1304,1328]" journalOrPublisher="Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="25 - 36" part="149" refId="ref10936" refString="16. D. Guinot, A. De Angeli, A. Garassino, Marocarcinidae, a new eubrachyuran family, and Marocarcinus pasinii n. gen., n. sp. from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian- Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano 149, 25 - 36 (2008)." title="Marocarcinidae, a new eubrachyuran family, and Marocarcinus pasinii n. gen., n. sp. from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian- Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)" type="journal article" year="2008">
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) but is here recognized as having two orbital fissures and scored as such in our analysis].
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Fig. 1.
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, a modern-looking eubrachyuran crab in Burmese amber.
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(
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to
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) Holotype LYAM-9. (A) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in ventral view. (B) Close-up of ventral carapace. (C) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in dorsal view. (D) Close-up of dorsal carapace. White arrows in (B) and (D) indicate the detached left fifth leg orpereopod.Photos by L.X.Figure by J.L.
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The overall carapace outline, the broad front, long legs, and the lack of orbital fissures that characterize
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<emphasis box="[502,623,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">C. athanata</emphasis>
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and
<figureCitation box="[755,768,1392,1416]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[96,125,1220,1240]" captionTargetBox="[316,1269,164,1190]" captionTargetId="figure-477@2.[697,793,630,724]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Cretapsara athanata Luque gen. et sp.nov. from Burmese amber. (A to G) Detailed views of Holotype LYAM-9.(A) Close-up of antero-ventral carapace with eyes and eyestalks, antennae, and the excurrent openings beside the palps of the third maxillipeds (mxp3).(B) Close-up of dorsal carapace showing the orbits lacking orbital fissures and the anterolateral margin with three spines including the outer orbital spine. (C) Overview of specimen in ventral view with legs,pleon,sternum,mouthparts, eyes,and left cheliped.(D) Close-up of left cheliped in ventral oblique view,showing a straight dactylus and pollex,the latter bearing small acute teeth on occlusal margin. (E) Ventral view of pereopods 2 to 5, showing all legs of similar size and slender shape, with small, thin,spaced setae,and an acute,long dactyli.(F) Close-up of the mxp3, showing the palp and the fine lining of setae in the occlusal margin, the two hollow openings beside the palp of mxp3 (white arrow), and small granulations in the pterygostome. (G) Close-up of posterior sternites and pleon tucked under the carapace, typical of a eubrachyuran. White arrows in (A) and (F) indicate the excurrent openings. an1,antennula; an2,antenna; ce,corneal eye;es,eyestalk; ex,exopod; is, ischium; me,merus; pa:distal palp of mxp3. Photos by L.X.Figure by J.L." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5598198" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5598198/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">2</figureCitation>
) resemble those of some modern Grapsoidea—a group of highly terrestrial thoracotreme crabscommon in subtidal and supratidal settings worldwide. Despite this,
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differs from grapsoids in important respects. In mostgrapsoids, thereisaconspicuous V-shaped notchbetweenthemerus andischium of thethirdmaxillipeds (mxp3), sothat themandiblesare visible througha large, rhomboidal gapwhen the mxp3 are closed, a featureabsent in
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(
<figureCitation box="[616,683,1597,1621]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[96,125,1220,1240]" captionTargetBox="[316,1269,164,1190]" captionTargetId="figure-477@2.[697,793,630,724]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Cretapsara athanata Luque gen. et sp.nov. from Burmese amber. (A to G) Detailed views of Holotype LYAM-9.(A) Close-up of antero-ventral carapace with eyes and eyestalks, antennae, and the excurrent openings beside the palps of the third maxillipeds (mxp3).(B) Close-up of dorsal carapace showing the orbits lacking orbital fissures and the anterolateral margin with three spines including the outer orbital spine. (C) Overview of specimen in ventral view with legs,pleon,sternum,mouthparts, eyes,and left cheliped.(D) Close-up of left cheliped in ventral oblique view,showing a straight dactylus and pollex,the latter bearing small acute teeth on occlusal margin. (E) Ventral view of pereopods 2 to 5, showing all legs of similar size and slender shape, with small, thin,spaced setae,and an acute,long dactyli.(F) Close-up of the mxp3, showing the palp and the fine lining of setae in the occlusal margin, the two hollow openings beside the palp of mxp3 (white arrow), and small granulations in the pterygostome. (G) Close-up of posterior sternites and pleon tucked under the carapace, typical of a eubrachyuran. White arrows in (A) and (F) indicate the excurrent openings. an1,antennula; an2,antenna; ce,corneal eye;es,eyestalk; ex,exopod; is, ischium; me,merus; pa:distal palp of mxp3. Photos by L.X.Figure by J.L." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5598198" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5598198/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
, Cand F, and 3, B, E, and G). Moreover, the podomeres of the walking legs in grapsoids, as in most thoracotreme crabs, are subtriangular to flattened in cross section, whereas those in
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are circular in cross sectionandmoresimilartothoseofotherheterotremes (
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,movieS1, and data file S1). Such similarities between
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and some grapsoids are likely convergent adaptations to similar ecologies.
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