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— 
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, RUMF­ZC­24, Tsuru River, Ishigaki Island, coll. Tohru Naruse &amp; Takashi Nagai, 
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, RUMF­ZC­132, Shiira River, Iriomote Island, coll. Natsuki Okuda, 
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, RUMF­ ZC­133, data same as RUMF­ZC­132; 
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, RUMF­ZC­134, Shiira River, Iriomote Island, coll. Natsuki Okuda, 
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, NSMT­Cr. 15954, NSMT­Cr. 15955, data same as RUMF­ZC­132; 
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, NSMT­Cr. 15956, mangrove tide pool, Fukari River, Iriomote Island, coll. Takeshi Kawahara, 
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, RUMF­ZC­23, data same as 
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, RUMF­ZC­25, Tsuru River, Ishigaki Island, coll. Tohru Naruse &amp; Takashi Nagai, 
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, RUMF­ZC­26, Shira River, Iriomote Island, coll. Tohru Naruse &amp; Takashi Nagai, 
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, RUMF­ZC­27, Urauchi River, Iriomote Island, coll. Tohru Naruse &amp; Takashi Nagai, 
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1994.4246, Shiira River, Iriomote Island, coll. K. Nakamura.
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, RUMF­ZC­135, mouth of Nagura River, Ishigaki Island, coll. Yoshihisa Fujita, Akane Ito &amp; Takeshi Kawahara, 
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, RUMF­ZC­136, Awase intertidal flat, Okinawa Island, coll. Tohru Naruse, 2 Jul.
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2003; 
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, CW 3.0 mm, RUMF­ZC­28, Oura River, Okinawa Island, coll. Tohru Naruse, 
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, RUMF­ZC­29, Nakama River, Iriomote Island, coll. Masayuki Osawa, 
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1994.4248, Goga, Okinawa Island, coll. T. Kosuge, 
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.
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEBFFA2FEE8FE744A2BFE46" bold="true" box="[312,567,443,469]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">General Description</emphasis>
. Carapace (
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a–c, 2a) oval; dorsal surface flat, gastro­cardiac grooves clearly delineated, bordered by continuous subcircular rim, anterolateral bor­ der slightly concave, no anterior or posterior lateral teeth, branchiostegite somewhat swollen laterally. Rostrum trilobed, basally fused, median lobe longest, placed slightly below lateral lobes in frontal view. Epistome relatively wide longitudinally; lower border widely projecting medially.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEBFFA2FED8FA664997FA52" bold="true" box="[264,395,1449,1473]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEBFFA2FE42FA654AC1FA52" box="[402,733,1450,1473]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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, 
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. a, dorsal view; b, colour in life; c, dorsal view of ovigerous female; d, ventral view of ovigerous female; e, eggs within internal abdominal brood cavity, dorsal view. a, RUMF­ZC­132 (paratype, male, CW 2.3 mm); b, NSMT­Cr. 15954 (paratype, female, CW 2.7 mm); c–e, RUMF­ZC­134, (paratype, female, CW 3.6 mm).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Eye (
<figureCitation id="13352A75FFEBFFA2FEA5F99349A7F9E5" box="[373,443,1628,1654]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[264,368,1775,1799]" captionTargetBox="[296,1303,736,1757]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[283,1304,729,1765]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis, new species. a, carapace; b, chela, right; c, dactylus of second ambulatory leg, left; d, third maxilliped, left; e, male abdomen; f, G 1, left. a, b, RUMF­ZC­ 132 (paratype, male, CW 2.3 mm); c, RUMF­ZC­ 24 (holotype, male, CW 3.5 mm); d – f, RUMF­ ZC­ 133 (paratype, male, CW 2.1 mm). Scales, a – e, 0.5 mm; f, 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/170896/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
a) with well developed cornea, eyestalk short.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136F0FFEBFFA2FEE8F94B4990F8F5" blockId="2.[264,1324,1628,1894]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Third maxilliped (
<figureCitation id="13352A75FFEBFFA2FDC5F94B4A43F90D" box="[533,607,1668,1694]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[264,368,1775,1799]" captionTargetBox="[296,1303,736,1757]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[283,1304,729,1765]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis, new species. a, carapace; b, chela, right; c, dactylus of second ambulatory leg, left; d, third maxilliped, left; e, male abdomen; f, G 1, left. a, b, RUMF­ZC­ 132 (paratype, male, CW 2.3 mm); c, RUMF­ZC­ 24 (holotype, male, CW 3.5 mm); d – f, RUMF­ ZC­ 133 (paratype, male, CW 2.1 mm). Scales, a – e, 0.5 mm; f, 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/170896/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
d) with relatively narrow ischium and merus, leaving wide medial gape when closed, inner margin of merus lined with strong setae; palp long, reaching proximal margin of merus when folded backwards; exopod with developed flagellum. Chelipeds stouter than ambulatory legs; merus and carpus without teeth; chelae symmetrical; manus (
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b) thick, high, cutting edges of fingers with alternating strong triangular teeth.
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<paragraph id="8BB136F0FFEAFFA3FEE8FED34BE5FE45" blockId="3.[264,1323,284,670]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
Ambulatory legs long, slender, elliptical in cross­section, anterior 3 pairs subequal in length, with short to long sparse setae. Dactylus (
<figureCitation id="13352A75FFEAFFA3FC8CFE8B4BB8FECD" box="[860,932,324,350]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[264,368,1775,1799]" captionTargetBox="[296,1303,736,1757]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[283,1304,729,1765]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis, new species. a, carapace; b, chela, right; c, dactylus of second ambulatory leg, left; d, third maxilliped, left; e, male abdomen; f, G 1, left. a, b, RUMF­ZC­ 132 (paratype, male, CW 2.3 mm); c, RUMF­ZC­ 24 (holotype, male, CW 3.5 mm); d – f, RUMF­ ZC­ 133 (paratype, male, CW 2.1 mm). Scales, a – e, 0.5 mm; f, 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/170896/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
c) of all ambulatory legs weakly incurved, apex sharply pointed, incurved, first leg with 1 subterminal large spine, sometimes followed by 0–7 (median, 0; n=15) smaller spine(s), second to fourth leg with 1 subterminal large spine and 0–7 (median, 4; n=48) smaller spine(s).
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<paragraph id="8BB136F0FFEAFFA3FEE8FE2B4ACCFDB5" blockId="3.[264,1323,284,670]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
Abdomen (
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e) with first segment, second segment and telson fully, broadly convex, abruptly narrowed over distal 2/3.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136F0FFEAFFA3FEE8FDFB4990FD0D" blockId="3.[264,1323,284,670]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
G1 (
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f), in situ, curved towards mid­line of thoracic sternum over proximal 2/3, distal 1/3 directed anteriorly; distal margin blunt, with row of long setae extending to dorsal surface.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB136F0FFEAFFA3FED8F9204C1CF8FD" blockId="3.[264,1322,1775,1902]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEAFFA3FED8F9204996F894" bold="true" box="[264,394,1775,1799]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEAFFA3FE41F93F4AC0F894" box="[401,732,1776,1799]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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, 
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. a, carapace; b, chela, right; c, dactylus of second ambulatory leg, left; d, third maxilliped, left; e, male abdomen; f, G1, left. a, b, RUMF­ZC­ 132 (paratype, male, CW 2.3 mm); c, RUMF­ZC­24 (holotype, male, CW 3.5 mm); d–f, RUMF­ ZC­133 (paratype, male, CW 2.1 mm). Scales, a–e, 0.5 mm; f, 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BB136F0FFEDFFA4FEE8FED44A86FCF5" blockId="4.[264,1325,283,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FEE8FED449E9FEA6" bold="true" box="[312,501,283,309]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Brooding habit</emphasis>
. Females of several species of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FCB4FED34BE6FEA6" box="[868,1018,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Elamenopsis</emphasis>
A. 
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, 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FED8FE8B49D5FECE" box="[264,457,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFEDFFA4FE01FE8B4A42FECD" author="Sakai" box="[465,606,324,350]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Sakai, T. (1938) Studies on the crabs of Japan. III. Brachygnatha, Oxyrhyncha. Yokendo, Tokyo. 193 - 364 pp., Pls. 20 - 41." type="book chapter" year="1938">Sakai, 1938</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FD4CFE8B4B02FECE" box="[668,798,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Crustaenia</emphasis>
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, have been observed to brood their eggs inside a cephalothorax brood cavity (e.g. 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFEDFFA4FC1DFEA34C7EFE15" author="Lucas" box="[973,1122,364,390]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Lucas, J. S. (1980) Spider crabs of the family Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea; Brachyura) with particular reference to Australian species: systematics and biology. Records of the Australian Museum, 33 (4), 148 - 247" type="journal article" year="1980">Lucas, 1980</bibRefCitation>
; 
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, 
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Ali 
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FEADFE5B49ACFE3E" box="[381,432,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">et al</emphasis>
. 1995
</bibRefCitation>
, 
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, Davie &amp; Richer de 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFEDFFA4FC0BFE5B4C6CFE3D" author="Forges" box="[987,1136,404,430]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Davie, P. J. F. &amp; Richer de Forges, B. (1996) Two new species of false spider crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from New Caledonia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 39 (2), 257 - 262." type="journal article" year="1996">Forges 1996</bibRefCitation>
). 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FB53FE5B49C1FE46" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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also possesses such an internal brood cavity. The single ovigerous female (RUMF­ZC­134, CW 
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) has a swollen dorsal surface, branchiostegites, and abdomen, and eggs are visible through both dorsal and abdominal surfaces (
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c, d). When the abdomen of the preserved ovigerous female was opened, more than 10 zoeae were released from the pseudovulvae. The remaining eggs at the back of the brood cavity had not yet hatched, and this might suggest ovovivipary, as 
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had reported for 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE4DFD634A30FD56" box="[413,556,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. mangalis</emphasis>
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. But it is also possible that the eggshells of the “hatched” zoeae had in fact been dissolved by formalin. In any case, rearing experiment are necessary to confirm whether 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE06FD334A81FC86" box="[470,669,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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is indeed ovoviviparous in the sense of 
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. Mean of egg sizes is 
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(S. D. 0.015) by 
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(S. D. 0.015), and there was a total of 
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and zoeae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FEE8FCBB4984FC1D" bold="true" box="[312,408,884,910]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Habitat</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE79FCBB4B0BFC1E" box="[425,791,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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is found on pebbly bottoms in upper estuarine basins (Dr. Natsuki Okuda, pers. comm.). One individual (NSMT­Cr. 15956, male, CW 
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) was caught from a tide pool in a 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FCF2FC0B4BEEFC4E" box="[802,1010,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Kandelia obovata</emphasis>
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forest on the Fukari River.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FEE8FC2349CDFB95" bold="true" box="[312,465,1004,1030]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Distribution</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE33FC234B4EFB96" box="[483,850,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently known only from Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island, the Yaeyama Group, the Ryukyu Islands, 
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C314657BFFEDFFA4FEE8FBF34946FBED" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FEE8FBF349A1FBC5" bold="true" box="[312,445,1084,1110]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Etymology</emphasis>
. The new species is named after its distributional area, the Yaeyama Group.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FEE8FB4349B6FB35" bold="true" box="[312,426,1164,1190]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Remarks</emphasis>
. 
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regarded 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FD1CFB434B92FB36" box="[716,910,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFEDFFA4FC45FB434C3FFB35" author="Sakai" box="[917,1059,1164,1190]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Sakai, T. (1938) Studies on the crabs of Japan. III. Brachygnatha, Oxyrhyncha. Yokendo, Tokyo. 193 - 364 pp., Pls. 20 - 41." type="book chapter" year="1938">Sakai, 1938</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, as a junior subjective synonym of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE4EFB7B4A28FB5E" box="[414,564,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Elamenopsis</emphasis>
A. 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFEDFFA4FDB2FB7B4B7AFB5D" author="Milne" box="[610,870,1204,1230]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Milne Edwards, A. (1873) Recherches sur la Faune Carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Nouvelles archives du Museum d'histoire naturelle, 9, 155 - 322, pls. 4 - 18." type="journal article" year="1873">Milne Edwards, 1873</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Subsequently 
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resurrected 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE41FB134A4EFB66" box="[401,594,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and among other characters, commenting that it can be easily distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE3BFACB4A9DFA8E" box="[491,641,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Elamenopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the shape of the dorsal surface of the carapace. We follow there action here.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFEDFFA4FEE8FA9B4ABAFAFE" box="[312,678,1364,1389]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yaeyamaensis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FEE8FA9B4ABAFAFE" box="[312,678,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily assigned to 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFEDFFA4FC60FA9B4C6DFAFE" box="[944,1137,1364,1389]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FC60FA9B4C6DFAFE" box="[944,1137,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because of the subcircular shape of the carapace, the presence of distinct grooves on the dorsal surface, presence of a trilobed rostrum, the narrow third maxillipeds, and the slender ambulatory legs.
</paragraph>
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From 25 known congeners (
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, 
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), 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FBAAFA3B493BF9A6" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can easily be recognised by its more circular carapace, the absence of anterior and posterior lateral teeth, and the trilobed rostrum. 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFEDFFA4FCE3F98B4CB8F9CE" box="[819,1188,1604,1629]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yaeyamaensis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FCE3F98B4CB8F9CE" box="[819,1188,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is perhaps closest to 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE54F9A349E5F916" box="[388,505,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. exigua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the similar shape of the rostrum, and also to 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFEDFFA4FB9FF9A34CF0F916" box="[1103,1260,1644,1669]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aspinifera">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FB9FF9A34CF0F916" box="[1103,1260,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. aspinifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with regards to the similar male abdomen. 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFEDFFA4FD16F95B4C2EF93E" box="[710,1074,1684,1709]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yaeyamaensis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FD16F95B4C2EF93E" box="[710,1074,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFEDFFA4FE9AF97349A1F946" box="[330,445,1724,1749]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exigua">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE9AF97349A1F946" box="[330,445,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. exigua</emphasis>
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by the dentition of the inner margin of the ambulatory dactyli (one large subterminal spine and 0–7 following smaller spines vs. 3–9 exceptionally and equally large spines) (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFEDFFA4FE7DF8C34AC9F8B5" author="Kemp" box="[429,725,1804,1830]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Kemp, S. (1917) Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. X. Hymenosomatidae. Records of the Indian Museum, 13, 243 - 279." type="journal article" year="1917">Kemp 1917: 261, fig. 10</bibRefCitation>
). 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFEDFFA4FD3CF8C34C44F8B6" box="[748,1112,1804,1829]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yaeyamaensis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FD3CF8C34C44F8B6" box="[748,1112,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFEDFFA4FE54F8FB4A02F8DE" box="[388,542,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. aspinifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of the spines on the inner margin of the ambulatory legs (absent in 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FE2DFED34A86FEA6" box="[509,666,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. aspinifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the shape of the distal end of the G1 (blunt vs. narrow with uniform thickness) (
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Lucas 1980: 195, figs. 
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, 6R, 10G
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). 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FBB9FE8B49B6FE16" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be allied to 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFECFFA5FDACFEA34B35FE16" box="[636,809,364,389]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="octagonalis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FDACFEA34B35FE16" box="[636,809,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. octagonalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the former can be easily distinguished from the latter by the shape of the trilobed rostrum (basally fused vs. isolated in dorsal view), the absence of posterior lateral tooth (present in 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFECFFA5FC74FE734C4CFE46" box="[932,1104,444,469]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="octagonalis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FC74FE734C4CFE46" box="[932,1104,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. octagonalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the shape of the dorsal surface of carapace (subcircular vs. octagonal), and the dentition of the inner margin of the ambulatory dactyli (one large and 0–7 smaller spines vs. no spine on first leg and one spine on second to fourth legs) (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFECFFA5FD61FDFB4BDBFDDD" author="Kemp" box="[689,967,564,590]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" refString="Kemp, S. (1917) Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. X. Hymenosomatidae. Records of the Indian Museum, 13, 243 - 279." type="journal article" year="1917">Kemp 1917: 256, fig. 5</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFECFFA5FEE8FD934AB0FDE6" box="[312,684,604,629]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FEE8FD934AB0FDE6" box="[312,684,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Neorhynchoplax okinawaensis</emphasis>
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was originally described from Okinawa Island. Recently 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FEA7FD4B4A2BFD0E" box="[375,567,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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has been found living on the same island with 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D73FFECFFA5FB8EFD4B4D38FD0E" box="[1118,1316,644,669]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hymenosomatidae" genus="Neorhynchoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yaeyamaensis">
<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FB8EFD4B4D38FD0E" box="[1118,1316,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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. 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FED8FD634A60FD56" box="[264,636,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Neorhynchoplax yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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is easily distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FC29FD634CDEFD56" box="[1017,1218,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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by: the absence of the posterior lateral tooth (present in 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FC95FD1B4C1AFD7E" box="[837,1030,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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); the shape of the dorsal surface of the carapace (subcircular vs. subcircular with carapace widening posteriorly); the shape of the male abdomen (fused segments abruptly narrowed over distal 2/3 vs. gradually narrowed over distal 1/2), the dentition of the ambulatory inner margin of dactyli (one subterminal large spine followed by 0–7 smaller spines vs. only a single subterminal spine), and the shape of the G1 (blunt vs. tapered). 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B01FFECFFA5FCB7FC534C7EFC25" author="Ng" box="[871,1122,924,950]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Chuang, C. T. N. (1996) The Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Southeast Asia, with notes on other species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement, 3, 1 - 82." type="journal article" year="1996">Ng &amp; Chuang (1996)</bibRefCitation>
recorded several specimens (ZRC 1994.4246, ZRC 1994.4248) from the Ryukyus as 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FBE3FC0B4CE8FC4E" box="[1075,1268,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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. We have rechecked this material and there are two species. All the specimens from ZRC 1994.4246 from Iriomote (
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, 
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, 
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, CW 
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) lack a posterior lateral tooth, which is one of the most important characters of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FBE0FBF34CEFFBC6" box="[1072,1267,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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. We have on hand a small male of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FD43FBAB4B46FBEE" box="[659,858,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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(RUMF­ZC­28, CW 
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) which already possesses distinct posterior lateral teeth, and it is thus clear that this character is not associated with size. With regards to the relative carapace shape, ambulatory leg dentition and G1 structure, they also differ; and as such these specimens should now be referred to 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FEF8FACB49F2FA8E" box="[296,494,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. yaeyamaensis</emphasis>
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. The one specimen from ZRC 1994.4248 from Okinawa has a lateral tooth and is regarded here as true 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAE2FFECFFA5FD44FAE34B49FAD6" box="[660,853,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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.
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