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<taxonomicName LSID="33361C4E-9490-570D-A234-E795A69983A1" authority="Stimpson, 1858" authorityName="Stimpson" authorityYear="1858" class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax longipes" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888 (A-C NCHUZOOL 15496, male, 12.7 mm), M. longipes Stimpson, 1858 (D-F ZRC 2019.0581, male, 14.9 mm), M. sheni Gordon, 1930 (G-I NCHUZOOL 15466, male, 9.9 mm), and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950 (J-L paratype, ZRC 1964.7.14.4 - 18, 16.2 mm). A, D, G, J, A carapace B, E, H, K left infraorbital ridge C, F, I, L outer view of right cheliped. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343945" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2">
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858. A, E Dorsal view B ventral view C left infraorbital ridge D right cheliped. A-D Male (CW 15.4 mm; ZRC 2019.0581; Hong Kong) E male (CW 24.1; ZRC 1999.0708; Danshuei, northwestern Taiwan) F-H live coloration F-G male (CW 20.6 mm; NCHUZOOL 15553; Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan) H male (CW 23.7 mm; NCHUZOOL 15501; Hong Kong). Scale bars: 2.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343947" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4">4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888 (A-D NCHUZOOL 15496, male, 12.7 mm), right G 1; M. longipes Stimpson, 1858 (E-H ZRC 2019.0581, male, 14.9 mm), right G 1; M. sheni Gordon, 1930 (I-L NCHUZOOL 15466, male, 9.9 mm), right G 1; and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950 (M-P paratype, ZRC 1964.7.14.4 - 18, 16.2 mm), left G 1. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-H, M-P); 0.2 mm (I-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343950" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure7">
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax longipes" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">Metaplax longipes</taxonomicName>
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Stimpson, 1858: 97 (type locality: Hong Kong);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B35">Koelbel 1897</bibRefCitation>
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: 711, pl. 1(5-6) (Hong Kong);
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 240" refId="B80" refString="Stimpson, W, 1907. Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 49: 1 - 240" title="Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853 - 1856." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" volume="49" year="1907">Stimpson 1907</bibRefCitation>
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: 99 (Hong Kong);
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" author="Tesch, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Hydrobiologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B82" refString="Tesch, JJ, 1918. . https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" year="1918">Tesch 1918</bibRefCitation>
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: 116 (key; no new specimens);
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<bibRefCitation author="Gee, NG" journalOrPublisher="Lingnaam Agricultural Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="156 - 166" refId="B23" refString="Gee, NG, 1926. Tentative list of Chinese decapod Crustacea. Lingnaam Agricultural Review 3: 156 - 166" title="Tentative list of Chinese decapod Crustacea." volume="3" year="1926">Gee 1926</bibRefCitation>
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: 164 (China: "Chin Bey");
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" author="Gordon, I" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="525 - 558" refId="B25" refString="Gordon, I, 1931. Brachyura from the coasts of China. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 38: 525 - 558" title="Brachyura from the coasts of China." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" volume="38" year="1931">Gordon 1931</bibRefCitation>
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: 528 (Hong Kong; China: Amoy (= Xiamen), Fujian);
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<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (Zoology)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="69 - 104" refId="B68" refString="Shen, CJ, 1940a. On the collections of crabs of South China. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (Zoology) 10: 69 - 104" title="On the collections of crabs of South China." volume="10" year="1940 a">Shen 1940a</bibRefCitation>
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: 74, 95 (China: Zhejiang; Fujian);
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<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="211 - 242" refId="B69" refString="Shen, CJ, 1940b. The brachyuran fauna of Hong Kong. Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station 1: 211 - 242" title="The brachyuran fauna of Hong Kong." volume="1" year="1940 b">Shen 1940b</bibRefCitation>
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: 236 (Hong Kong);
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<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B70" refString="Shen, CJ, Dai, AY, 1964. Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II). Science Press, Beijing" title="Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II)." year="1964">Shen and Dai 1964</bibRefCitation>
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: 133, 1 unnumbered fig. (China: Zhejiang; Fujian; Guangdong);
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<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B13" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, Song, YZ, Chen, GX, 1986. Crabs of the China seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China seas." year="1986">Dai et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
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: 508, fig. 288 (1-2), pl. 72(3) (China: Zhejiang; Fujian; Guangdong) (part);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B7">Chen 1991</bibRefCitation>
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: 441, fig. 416;
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<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B12" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, 1991. Crabs of the China Seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China Seas." year="1991">Dai and Yang 1991</bibRefCitation>
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: 556, fig. 288 (1-2), pl. 72(3) (China: Zhejiang; Fujian; Guangdong) (part);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14">Davie 1992</bibRefCitation>
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: 352 (key);
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<bibRefCitation author="Huang, ZG" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B28" refString="Huang, ZG, 1994. Marine Species and their Distributions in China's seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Marine Species and their Distributions in China's seas." year="1994">Huang 1994</bibRefCitation>
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: 598 (list; China);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B89">Wang and Liu 1996c</bibRefCitation>
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: 227 (list);
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<bibRefCitation author="Lee, JH" journalOrPublisher="Bigtrees Co., Taipei" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B40" refString="Lee, JH, 2001. A Field Guide to Crabs in Taiwan. Bigtrees Co., Taipei" title="A Field Guide to Crabs in Taiwan." year="2001">Lee 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 115, 3 unnumbered figs (W Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" author="Ng, PKL" journalOrPublisher="National Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 86" refId="B59" refString="Ng, PKL, Wang, CH, Ho, PH, Shih, HT, 2001. An annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda). National Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series 11: 1 - 86" title="An annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda)." url="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" volume="11" year="2001">Ng et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 54 (list; Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation author="Davie, PJF" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="379 - 386" refId="B15" refString="Davie, PJF, Nguyen, VX, 2003. A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 379 - 386" title="A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam." volume="51" year="2003">Davie and Nguyen 2003</bibRefCitation>
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: 384 (no specimen examined);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B86">Wang 2003</bibRefCitation>
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: 111, 1 unnumbered fig. (Taiwan: Kinmen);
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<bibRefCitation author="Liu, WL" journalOrPublisher="Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, Shanghai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B46" refString="Liu, WL, He, WS, 2007. The Benthic Macro-Invertebrates in the Yangtze Estuary. Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, Shanghai" title="The Benthic Macro-Invertebrates in the Yangtze Estuary." year="2007">Liu and He 2007</bibRefCitation>
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: 167: 1 unnumbered fig. (China: Yangtze R. estuary);
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<bibRefCitation author="So, SNH" journalOrPublisher="HK Discovery Limited, Hong Kong" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B77" refString="So, SNH, Lui, HTH, 2007. Small wetland creatures. HK Discovery Limited, Hong Kong" title="Small wetland creatures." year="2007">So and Lui 2007</bibRefCitation>
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: 36, 3 unnumbered figs (Hong Kong);
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<bibRefCitation author="Huang, ZG" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B29" refString="Huang, ZG, 2008. Marine Species and their Distributions in China. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Marine Species and their Distributions in China." year="2008">Huang 2008</bibRefCitation>
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: 668 (list; China);
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<bibRefCitation author="Ng, PKL" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 296" refId="B56" refString="Ng, PKL, Guinot, D, Davie, PJF, 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 17: 1 - 296" title="Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world." volume="17" year="2008">Ng et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
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: 226 (list);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B94">Yang et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
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: 803 (list; East and South China seas);
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" author="Ng, PKL" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the National Taiwan Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 208" refId="B57" refString="Ng, PKL, Shih, HT, Ho, PH, Wang, CH, 2017. An updated annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda). Journal of the National Taiwan Museum 70: 1 - 208" title="An updated annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda)." url="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" volume="70" year="2017">Ng et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
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: 110 (list; Taiwan).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax takahasii" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="takahasii">Metaplax takahasii</taxonomicName>
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Sakai, 1939: 698, text-fig. 127 (type locality: Tansui (= Danshuei), Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation author="Sakai, T" journalOrPublisher="Records of Oceanographic Works in Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="27 - 63" refId="B66" refString="Sakai, T, 1940. Bio-geographic review on the distribution of crabs in Japanese waters. Records of Oceanographic Works in Japan 11: 27 - 63" title="Bio-geographic review on the distribution of crabs in Japanese waters." volume="11" year="1940">Sakai 1940</bibRefCitation>
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: 58 (list; Japan; Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation author="Lin, CC" journalOrPublisher="Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="10 - 33" refId="B44" refString="Lin, CC, 1949. A catalogue of brachyurous Crustacea of Taiwan. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum 2: 10 - 33" title="A catalogue of brachyurous Crustacea of Taiwan." volume="2" year="1949">Lin 1949</bibRefCitation>
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: 31 (list; Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation author="Fukui, Y" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Taiwan Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="225 - 238" refId="B22" refString="Fukui, Y, Wada, K, Wang, CH, 1989. Ocypodidae, Mictyridae and Grapsidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) from some coasts of Taiwan. Journal of Taiwan Museum 42: 225 - 238" title="Ocypodidae, Mictyridae and Grapsidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) from some coasts of Taiwan." volume="42" year="1989">Fukui et al. 1989</bibRefCitation>
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: 230, fig. 24 (Taiwan: New Taipei City);
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<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B12" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, 1991. Crabs of the China Seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China Seas." year="1991">Dai and Yang 1991</bibRefCitation>
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: 556, fig. 288 (3-4), pl. 72(4) (China: Fujian; Guangdong); J.-T.
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<bibRefCitation author="Shih, JT" journalOrPublisher="Annual of Taiwan Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="121 - 140" refId="B76" refString="Shih, JT, Lue, KY, Wang, CH, 1991. Crab fauna and the activities of ten crab species in Tanshui mangrove swamp of Taiwan. Annual of Taiwan Museum 34: 121 - 140" title="Crab fauna and the activities of ten crab species in Tanshui mangrove swamp of Taiwan." volume="34" year="1991">Shih et al. 1991</bibRefCitation>
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: 126 (Taiwan: New Taipei City);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14">Davie 1992</bibRefCitation>
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: 352, pl. 2A (Hong Kong);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B43">Lee and Leung 1999</bibRefCitation>
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: 69 (Hong Kong).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax takahashii" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="takahashii">Metaplax takahashii</taxonomicName>
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:
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<bibRefCitation author="Horikawa, Y" journalOrPublisher="Scientific Taiwan" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="21 - 31" refId="B27" refString="Horikawa, Y, 1940. A list of Formosan crabs. Scientific Taiwan 8: 21 - 31" title="A list of Formosan crabs." volume="8" year="1940">Horikawa 1940</bibRefCitation>
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: 30 (list; Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation author="Sakai, T" journalOrPublisher="Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B67" refString="Sakai, T, 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo" title="Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas." year="1976">Sakai 1976</bibRefCitation>
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: 673, text-fig. 371 (Taiwan: Danshuei);
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<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B13" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, Song, YZ, Chen, GX, 1986. Crabs of the China seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China seas." year="1986">Dai et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
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: 508, fig. 288 (3-4), pl. 72(4) (China: Fujian; Guangdong);
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<bibRefCitation author="Huang, ZG" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B28" refString="Huang, ZG, 1994. Marine Species and their Distributions in China's seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Marine Species and their Distributions in China's seas." year="1994">Huang 1994</bibRefCitation>
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: 598 (list; China);
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B36">Kosuge et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
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: 182 (Vietnam: Haiphong);
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<bibRefCitation author="Muraoka, K" journalOrPublisher="Catalogue of the Collection in the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 67" refId="B50" refString="Muraoka, K, 1998. Catalogue of the brachyuran and anomuran crabs donated by Prof. Dr. Tune Sakai to the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum. Catalogue of the Collection in the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History 11: 1 - 67" title="Catalogue of the brachyuran and anomuran crabs donated by Prof. Dr. Tune Sakai to the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum." volume="11" year="1998">Muraoka 1998</bibRefCitation>
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: 54 (Danshuei R., Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" author="Ng, PKL" journalOrPublisher="National Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 86" refId="B59" refString="Ng, PKL, Wang, CH, Ho, PH, Shih, HT, 2001. An annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda). National Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series 11: 1 - 86" title="An annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda)." url="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" volume="11" year="2001">Ng et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 46 (list; Taiwan);
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0682:MPOGAO]2.0.CO;2" author="Kitaura, J" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Molecular Evolution" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B34" refString="Kitaura, J, Wada, K, Nishida, M, 2002. . https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0682:MPOGAO]2.0.CO;2" url="https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0682:MPOGAO]2.0.CO;2" year="2002">Kitaura et al. 2002</bibRefCitation>
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: 684 (Vietnam: Haiphong);
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<bibRefCitation author="Davie, PJF" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="379 - 386" refId="B15" refString="Davie, PJF, Nguyen, VX, 2003. A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 379 - 386" title="A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam." volume="51" year="2003">Davie and Nguyen 2003</bibRefCitation>
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: 384 (no new specimens);
|
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" author="Ng, PKL" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the National Taiwan Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 208" refId="B57" refString="Ng, PKL, Shih, HT, Ho, PH, Wang, CH, 2017. An updated annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda). Journal of the National Taiwan Museum 70: 1 - 208" title="An updated annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda)." url="https://doi.org/10.6532/JNTM.201712_70(3;4).01" volume="70" year="2017">Ng et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
|
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: 110 (list; Taiwan);
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Huang, ZG" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B29" refString="Huang, ZG, 2008. Marine Species and their Distributions in China. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Marine Species and their Distributions in China." year="2008">Huang 2008</bibRefCitation>
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: 668 (list; China);
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Ng, PKL" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 296" refId="B56" refString="Ng, PKL, Guinot, D, Davie, PJF, 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 17: 1 - 296" title="Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world." volume="17" year="2008">Ng et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
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: 226 (list; Taiwan).
|
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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?
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax longipes" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">Metaplax longipes</taxonomicName>
|
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:
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Naiyanetr, P" journalOrPublisher="Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B53" refString="Naiyanetr, P, 2007. Checklist of Crustacean Fauna in Thailand (Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Anostraca, Myodocopa and Isopoda). Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok" title="Checklist of Crustacean Fauna in Thailand (Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Anostraca, Myodocopa and Isopoda)." year="2007">Naiyanetr 2007</bibRefCitation>
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: 112 (list: Gulf of Thailand).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Not
|
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax longipes" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">Metaplax longipes</taxonomicName>
|
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:
|
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14">Davie 1992</bibRefCitation>
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: 352 (key) (=
|
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax tredecim" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tredecim">Metaplax tredecim</taxonomicName>
|
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Tweedie, 1950).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Not
|
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax longipes" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">Metaplax longipes</taxonomicName>
|
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:
|
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B8">Chertoprud et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
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: 276, pl. 47F (Nha Phu, southeastern Vietnam) (=
|
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax tredecim" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tredecim">Metaplax tredecim</taxonomicName>
|
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Tweedie, 1950).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Materials examined.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">China</emphasis>
|
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: 2 ♂♂ (20.7-22.7 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15443), Sheyang, Jiangsu, coll. W.-R. Lin, 24 Aug. 2015; 3 ♂♂ (11.3-22.3 mm), 1 ♀ (21.6 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15444), Mamu, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, 26 July 2018; 6 ♂♂ (15.9-26.6 mm), 3 ♀♀ (18.0-19.15 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15446), Mamu, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, Sep. 2018; 2 ♂♂ (13.9-15.6 mm), 5 ♀♀ (13.6-23.6) (NCHUZOOL 15447), Mamu, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, 26 July 2018; 1 ♀ (16.8 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15445), Buqiangwan, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, 26 July 2018; 2 ♂♂ (12.0-12.1 mm), 4 ♀♀ (9.8-18.6 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15448), Liuwudian, Xiamen, Fujian, 31 July 2018; 1 ♂ (19.2 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15449), Qinzhou, Guangxi, 10 May 2009.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Hong Kong</emphasis>
|
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: 1 ♂ (18.3 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15451), Tung Chung, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 21 Mar. 2009; 1 ♂ (15.4 mm) (ZRC 2019.0581), 4 ♂♂ (11.2-16.7 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15450), Tung Chung, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 9 Apr. 2016; 1 ♂ (9.3 mm), 2 ♀♀ (8.6-9.8 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15452), Tung Chung, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 11 July 2015; 15 ♂♂ (6.6-12.7 mm), Tung Chung, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 17 July 2015; 4 ♂♂ (6.0-8.8 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15455), Tung Chung, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 18 July 2011; 3 ♂♂ (17.7-23.7 mm), 1 ♀ (13.3 mm), Tung Chung, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 22 Apr. 2019; 3 ♂♂ (6.8-8.6 mm), 3 ♀♀ (10.0-14.7 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15503), Tung Chung, coll. H.-T. Shih and K. J. H. Wong, 2 June 2019; 1 ♂ (17.6 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15502), Lantau Island, 2 June 2019; 2 ♂♂ (9.9-22.3 mm); 1 ♂ (24.8 mm), 1 ovig. ♀ (19.0 mm) (ZRC 2019.0542), ca. 22.495486N, 114.029947E, mudflats at mangroves, Mai Po Nature Reserve, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 24 May 2019.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Macao</emphasis>
|
||
: 1 ♀ (17.5 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15454), Coloane, coll. K. J. H. Wong, 3 July 2015.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Taiwan</emphasis>
|
||
: 1 ♀ (17.7 mm) (KPM-NH 0107076), Danshuei, New Taipei City, coll. S. Takahashi (?), 1933 (?); 1 ♀ (14.7 mm) (NTOU), Danshuei, New Taipei City, 25 May 1984; 1 ♀ (14.4 mm) (NTOU), Danshuei, New Taipei City, coll. L.-H. Hsieh, 7 May 1992; 2 ♂♂ (10.6-20.0 mm) (ASIZ), Danshuei River mangroves, New Taipei City, 17 Mar. 1986; 1 ♂ (24.1 mm) (ZRC 1999.0708), Danshuei, New Taipei City, 8 July 1999; 1 ♂ (21.8 mm) (ZRC 1999.0708), Danshuei, New Taipei City, 8 July 1999; 3 ♂♂ (6.9-17.4 mm), 2 ♀♀ (7.9-10.3 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15458), Wujiang R. estuary, Kinmen, 6 Mar. 2008; 1 ♂ (19.1 mm), 1 ♀ (16.9 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15459), Wujiang R. estuary, Kinmen, 16 Aug. 2011; 7 ♂♂ (7.4-14.6 mm), 1 ♀ (9.3 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15460), Wujiang R. estuary, Kinmen, coll. H.-T. Shih and P.-Y. Hsu, 29 June 2018; 2 ♂♂ (7.0-7.1 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15461), Cihhu, Kinmen, coll. H.-T. Shih and P.-Y. Hsu, 29 June 2018; 1 ♀ (19.9 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15462), Mashan, Kinmen, 17 Aug. 2011; 1 ♀ (21.1 mm) (NCHUZOOL 1551), 1 ♀ (5.9 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15552), 1 ♂ (20.6 mm), 1 ♀ (17.5 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15553), 1 ♀ (20.1 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15554), Lieyu, Kinmen, coll. H.-T. Shih and P.-Y. Hsu, 28 June, 2018; 1 ♂ (18.1 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15463), Cingshuei, Matsu, coll. J.-H. Li, 9 July 2005; 1 ♂ (20.0 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15464), Cingshuei, Matsu, coll. J.-H. Li, 9 July 2005.
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</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
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Carapace (
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888 (A-C NCHUZOOL 15496, male, 12.7 mm), M. longipes Stimpson, 1858 (D-F ZRC 2019.0581, male, 14.9 mm), M. sheni Gordon, 1930 (G-I NCHUZOOL 15466, male, 9.9 mm), and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950 (J-L paratype, ZRC 1964.7.14.4 - 18, 16.2 mm). A, D, G, J, A carapace B, E, H, K left infraorbital ridge C, F, I, L outer view of right cheliped. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343945" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2">Figs 2D</figureCitation>
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,
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858. A, E Dorsal view B ventral view C left infraorbital ridge D right cheliped. A-D Male (CW 15.4 mm; ZRC 2019.0581; Hong Kong) E male (CW 24.1; ZRC 1999.0708; Danshuei, northwestern Taiwan) F-H live coloration F-G male (CW 20.6 mm; NCHUZOOL 15553; Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan) H male (CW 23.7 mm; NCHUZOOL 15501; Hong Kong). Scale bars: 2.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343947" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4">4A, E, F</figureCitation>
|
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) subquadrate, 1.36 times broader than long (
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 98, SD = 0.05), mildly convex longitudinally and laterally, region faintly defined; front medially slightly concave; lateral margin nearly parallel, interrupted by four notches (cutting into five teeth), anterior two lateral teeth pronounced, posterior two very indistinct; posterior facet depressed, decorated by two oblique granular ridges, anterior one extended from second notch. Infraorbital ridge (
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888 (A-C NCHUZOOL 15496, male, 12.7 mm), M. longipes Stimpson, 1858 (D-F ZRC 2019.0581, male, 14.9 mm), M. sheni Gordon, 1930 (G-I NCHUZOOL 15466, male, 9.9 mm), and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950 (J-L paratype, ZRC 1964.7.14.4 - 18, 16.2 mm). A, D, G, J, A carapace B, E, H, K left infraorbital ridge C, F, I, L outer view of right cheliped. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343945" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2">Figs 2E</figureCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858. A, E Dorsal view B ventral view C left infraorbital ridge D right cheliped. A-D Male (CW 15.4 mm; ZRC 2019.0581; Hong Kong) E male (CW 24.1; ZRC 1999.0708; Danshuei, northwestern Taiwan) F-H live coloration F-G male (CW 20.6 mm; NCHUZOOL 15553; Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan) H male (CW 23.7 mm; NCHUZOOL 15501; Hong Kong). Scale bars: 2.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343947" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4">4C</figureCitation>
|
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) marked sexually dimorphic: males with 7-13 lobes and tubercles, medial 2 broad, decreasing in breadth laterally, innermost four or five decreasing in size, lateral ones small, isomorphic; females with 16-22 small isomorphic tubercles. Chelipeds (
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888 (A-C NCHUZOOL 15496, male, 12.7 mm), M. longipes Stimpson, 1858 (D-F ZRC 2019.0581, male, 14.9 mm), M. sheni Gordon, 1930 (G-I NCHUZOOL 15466, male, 9.9 mm), and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950 (J-L paratype, ZRC 1964.7.14.4 - 18, 16.2 mm). A, D, G, J, A carapace B, E, H, K left infraorbital ridge C, F, I, L outer view of right cheliped. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343945" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure2">Figs 2F</figureCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858. A, E Dorsal view B ventral view C left infraorbital ridge D right cheliped. A-D Male (CW 15.4 mm; ZRC 2019.0581; Hong Kong) E male (CW 24.1; ZRC 1999.0708; Danshuei, northwestern Taiwan) F-H live coloration F-G male (CW 20.6 mm; NCHUZOOL 15553; Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan) H male (CW 23.7 mm; NCHUZOOL 15501; Hong Kong). Scale bars: 2.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343947" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4">4D</figureCitation>
|
||
) symmetrical, robust, palm 2.3 times as long as broad, length of palm approximately 1.3 times length of dactyl (
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 16), merus denticulate along anterior and posterior margins; chelae surface smooth, pollex and dactylus unarmed of pronounced molars along cutting edge. Ambulatory legs slender, elongated, meri unarmed along anterior margin, proximal half of meri, and propodi of all furnished with setal mats. G1 (
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888 (A-D NCHUZOOL 15496, male, 12.7 mm), right G 1; M. longipes Stimpson, 1858 (E-H ZRC 2019.0581, male, 14.9 mm), right G 1; M. sheni Gordon, 1930 (I-L NCHUZOOL 15466, male, 9.9 mm), right G 1; and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950 (M-P paratype, ZRC 1964.7.14.4 - 18, 16.2 mm), left G 1. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-H, M-P); 0.2 mm (I-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343950" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure7">
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Fig. 7
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="E–H">E-H</normalizedToken>
|
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</figureCitation>
|
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) elongated, relatively stout, almost straight.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343947" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax longipes" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metaplax longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Stimpson, 1858.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A, E</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
|
||
left infraorbital ridge
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
|
||
right cheliped.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="A–D">A-D</normalizedToken>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Male (CW 15.4 mm; ZRC 2019.0581; Hong Kong)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
|
||
male (CW 24.1; ZRC 1999.0708; Danshuei, northwestern Taiwan)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="F–H">F-H</normalizedToken>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
live coloration
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="F–G">F-G</normalizedToken>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
male (CW 20.6 mm; NCHUZOOL 15553; Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H</emphasis>
|
||
male (CW 23.7 mm; NCHUZOOL 15501; Hong Kong). Scale bars: 2.0 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Western Taiwan (including Matsu and Kinmen), China (Jiangsu; Zhejiang; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi), and northern Vietnam (Haiphong) (
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Collection sites (solid symbols) for species of the genus Metaplax used in this study: green rhombus for M. elegans; red circles for M. longipes; blue triangles for M. sheni; and purple squares for M. tredecim. Empty symbols mean the additional records from references (see synonym lists for each species)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343944" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure1">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
|
||
). The record in the Gulf of Thailand (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Naiyanetr, P" journalOrPublisher="Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B53" refString="Naiyanetr, P, 2007. Checklist of Crustacean Fauna in Thailand (Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Anostraca, Myodocopa and Isopoda). Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok" title="Checklist of Crustacean Fauna in Thailand (Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Anostraca, Myodocopa and Isopoda)." year="2007">Naiyanetr 2007</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: 112) requires further verification.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">At Tung Chung Wetland, Hong Kong, where numerous specimens were collected, the habitat of this species is composed of muddy substrates and substantial freshwater influences. Considerable numbers flourish under fringes of mangrove stands, as well as the adjacent more open mudflats.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
The identity of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax longipes" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metaplax longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
had long remained unclear since the publication of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Sakai, 1939. The confusion between the two nominal species was mainly caused by two crucial morphological features used for species identification: the number of tubercles and lobes along the male infraorbital ridge, and the number of teeth on the lateral margin of the carapace.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Originally described from Hong Kong by
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51447" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="93 - 110" refId="B79" refString="Stimpson, W, 1858. Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars V. CrustaceaOcypodoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 93 - 110" title="Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars V. CrustaceaOcypodoidea." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51447" volume="10" year="1858">Stimpson (1858</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 240" refId="B80" refString="Stimpson, W, 1907. Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 49: 1 - 240" title="Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853 - 1856." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" volume="49" year="1907">1907</bibRefCitation>
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), type material(s) of
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 (
|
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936700770391" author="Evans, AC" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="399 - 411" refId="B19" refString="Evans, AC, 1967. Syntypes of Decapoda described by William Stimpson and James Dana in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History). Journal of Natural History 1: 399 - 411" title="Syntypes of Decapoda described by William Stimpson and James Dana in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History)." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936700770391" volume="1" year="1967">Evans 1967</bibRefCitation>
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). Illustrations based on material from Hong Kong were eventually presented by
|
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B35">Koelbel (1897</bibRefCitation>
|
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: pl. 1(5-6)), and further records from Hong Kong and elsewhere in South China include those by
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Gee, NG" journalOrPublisher="Lingnaam Agricultural Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="156 - 166" refId="B23" refString="Gee, NG, 1926. Tentative list of Chinese decapod Crustacea. Lingnaam Agricultural Review 3: 156 - 166" title="Tentative list of Chinese decapod Crustacea." volume="3" year="1926">Gee (1926)</bibRefCitation>
|
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,
|
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" author="Gordon, I" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="525 - 558" refId="B25" refString="Gordon, I, 1931. Brachyura from the coasts of China. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 38: 525 - 558" title="Brachyura from the coasts of China." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" volume="38" year="1931">Gordon (1931)</bibRefCitation>
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,
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (Zoology)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="69 - 104" refId="B68" refString="Shen, CJ, 1940a. On the collections of crabs of South China. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (Zoology) 10: 69 - 104" title="On the collections of crabs of South China." volume="10" year="1940 a">Shen (1940a</bibRefCitation>
|
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,
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="211 - 242" refId="B69" refString="Shen, CJ, 1940b. The brachyuran fauna of Hong Kong. Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station 1: 211 - 242" title="The brachyuran fauna of Hong Kong." volume="1" year="1940 b">b</bibRefCitation>
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) and
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B70" refString="Shen, CJ, Dai, AY, 1964. Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II). Science Press, Beijing" title="Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II)." year="1964">Shen and Dai (1964)</bibRefCitation>
|
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. Morphology of the infraorbital ridge in males serves as a good taxonomic character (
|
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" author="Tesch, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Hydrobiologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B82" refString="Tesch, JJ, 1918. . https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" year="1918">Tesch 1918</bibRefCitation>
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); delimitations provided in various work under the name
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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range from 7 to 10:
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“seven-lobed”">"seven-lobed"</normalizedToken>
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(
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 240" refId="B80" refString="Stimpson, W, 1907. Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 49: 1 - 240" title="Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853 - 1856." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" volume="49" year="1907">Stimpson 1907</bibRefCitation>
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), "fogak
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<normalizedToken originalValue="száma">szama</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="összesen">oesszesen</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="tehát">tehat</normalizedToken>
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kilencz" (= total number of nine teeth;
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B35">Koelbel 1897</bibRefCitation>
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), "number of lobules or teeth
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="…">...</normalizedToken>
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7
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–9”">-9"</normalizedToken>
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(
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" author="Tesch, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Hydrobiologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B82" refString="Tesch, JJ, 1918. . https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10267" year="1918">Tesch 1918</bibRefCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" author="Gordon, I" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="525 - 558" refId="B25" refString="Gordon, I, 1931. Brachyura from the coasts of China. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 38: 525 - 558" title="Brachyura from the coasts of China." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" volume="38" year="1931">Gordon 1931</bibRefCitation>
|
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), and "9 to 10 tubercles" (
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B70" refString="Shen, CJ, Dai, AY, 1964. Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II). Science Press, Beijing" title="Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II)." year="1964">Shen and Dai 1964</bibRefCitation>
|
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Interpretations of
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B13" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, Song, YZ, Chen, GX, 1986. Crabs of the China seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China seas." year="1986">Dai et al. (1986)</bibRefCitation>
|
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and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B12" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, 1991. Crabs of the China Seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China Seas." year="1991">Dai and Yang (1991)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
brought much confusion. These authors illustrated two forms of infraorbital ridges based on specimens from South China (Guangdong to Zhejiang), one bearing 17 lobes and tubercles, and the other bearing nine (fig. 288(1) in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B13" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, Song, YZ, Chen, GX, 1986. Crabs of the China seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China seas." year="1986">Dai et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B12" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, 1991. Crabs of the China Seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China Seas." year="1991">Dai and Yang 1991</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). It appeared very likely that their material was composite (also see Remarks under
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. tredecim" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tredecim">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tredecim</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Anyhow, this
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="“shift”">"shift"</normalizedToken>
|
||
in the number of tubercles was subsequently followed by various authors: "with 15-17 lobules and teeth" (
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14">Davie 1992</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and "about 9-17 tubercles" (
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B43">Lee and Leung 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Reflecting this confused situation, the dichotomous key to the
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metaplax</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species provided by
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14">Davie (1992</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: 352), which differentiated "
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
" (15 to 17 lobules and teeth) from "
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
" (9 teeth), was problematic. Following diagnoses given by
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51447" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="93 - 110" refId="B79" refString="Stimpson, W, 1858. Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars V. CrustaceaOcypodoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 93 - 110" title="Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars V. CrustaceaOcypodoidea." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51447" volume="10" year="1858">Stimpson (1858</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 240" refId="B80" refString="Stimpson, W, 1907. Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 49: 1 - 240" title="Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853 - 1856." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" volume="49" year="1907">1907</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), and authors such as
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" author="Gordon, I" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="525 - 558" refId="B25" refString="Gordon, I, 1931. Brachyura from the coasts of China. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 38: 525 - 558" title="Brachyura from the coasts of China." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb02365.x" volume="38" year="1931">Gordon (1931)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Shen, CJ" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B70" refString="Shen, CJ, Dai, AY, 1964. Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II). Science Press, Beijing" title="Illustrations of Animals in China (Crustacea part II)." year="1964">Shen and Dai (1964)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, only those with around 9 lobes or tubercles, should be considered as the true
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Without accessing any material of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from South China,
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B65">Sakai (1939)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
described a similar form named
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on one male specimen from Tansui (= Danshuei), northwestern Taiwan, after the naturalist and collector, Sadae Takahashi (or Sadae Takahasi in another translation). The species was subsequently reported elsewhere in China, including Guangdong and Fujian (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B13" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, Song, YZ, Chen, GX, 1986. Crabs of the China seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China seas." year="1986">Dai et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Dai, AY" journalOrPublisher="China Ocean Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B12" refString="Dai, AY, Yang, SL, 1991. Crabs of the China Seas. China Ocean Press, Beijing" title="Crabs of the China Seas." year="1991">Dai and Yang 1991</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and Hong Kong (
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14">Davie 1992</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Regarding the correct spelling of the species epithet, "
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">takahasii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
" (original as in
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B65">Sakai 1939</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), instead of "
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="takahashii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahashii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">takahashii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
" as in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Sakai, T" journalOrPublisher="Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B67" refString="Sakai, T, 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo" title="Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas." year="1976">Sakai (1976)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, should be maintained (ICZN 1999: Article 32.2).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Nevertheless,
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described with an infraorbital ridge composed of 8 tubercles and the lateral margin of the carapace cut into five teeth. Considering the original descriptions of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 240" refId="B80" refString="Stimpson, W, 1907. Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 49: 1 - 240" title="Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853 - 1856." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51448" volume="49" year="1907">Stimpson 1907</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B65">Sakai 1939</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, respectively), holotypes of the two (CW 15.5 mm and 14.2 mm, respectively) differ by the numbers of lateral carapace teeth (four vs. five) of the carapace and the infraorbital lobes and tubercles (seven vs. eight). The number of infraorbital tubercles of both forms overlap might be explained by variation between intraspecific individuals (see "Note on the number of infraorbital tubercles and lobes";
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. The number of infraorbital tubercles and lobes plotted as a function of carapace width (CW) of Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888, M. longipes Stimpson, 1858, M. sheni Gordon, 1930, and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343951" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure8">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
|
||
), whereas the posterior-most notch along the lateral margin, however, can be very indistinct and often obscured by a layer of sediment-laden setae and easily omitted (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Davie, PJF" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="379 - 386" refId="B15" refString="Davie, PJF, Nguyen, VX, 2003. A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 379 - 386" title="A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam." volume="51" year="2003">Davie and Nguyen 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; see Remarks under
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. tredecim" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tredecim">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tredecim</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
below). This led
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Davie, PJF" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="379 - 386" refId="B15" refString="Davie, PJF, Nguyen, VX, 2003. A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 379 - 386" title="A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam." volume="51" year="2003">Davie and Nguyen (2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: 384) to the view that
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is "almost certain(ly)
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="…">...</normalizedToken>
|
||
a senior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahashii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahashii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahashii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
". In enumerating Chinese species of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Varunidae" genus="Metaplax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaplax" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metaplax</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B94">Yang et al. (2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: 803), probably following
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Davie, PJF" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="379 - 386" refId="B15" refString="Davie, PJF, Nguyen, VX, 2003. A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 379 - 386" title="A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam." volume="51" year="2003">
|
||
Davie and
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Nguyen’s">Nguyen's</normalizedToken>
|
||
(2003)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
suggestion, listed
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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without further elaboration. In our material referred to
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, the number of infraorbital tubercles and lobes varies from 7-13 for males and 14-22 in females (Table
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<tableCitation captionStartId="T2" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/2CCAB3CE4375FA31438947C2ED9CEA7C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableUuid="2CCAB3CE4375FA31438947C2ED9CEA7C">2</tableCitation>
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;
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. The number of infraorbital tubercles and lobes plotted as a function of carapace width (CW) of Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888, M. longipes Stimpson, 1858, M. sheni Gordon, 1930, and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343951" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure8">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
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)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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In the present study, we compared specimens from Hong Kong (identified as
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) and various lots from Taiwan main island (originally labeled as
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: see Materials examined above) with morphological and molecular approaches. As noted by
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Davie, PJF" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="379 - 386" refId="B15" refString="Davie, PJF, Nguyen, VX, 2003. A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 379 - 386" title="A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam." volume="51" year="2003">Davie and Nguyen (2003</bibRefCitation>
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; also see above), the number of notches (hence teeth) on the lateral margin of the carapace is easily underestimated unless the surface is carefully denuded. This aspect is well-illustrated in the case of
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. tredecim" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tredecim">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tredecim</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(as discussed below), and also between specimens of
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipes">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from Hong Kong (
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858. A, E Dorsal view B ventral view C left infraorbital ridge D right cheliped. A-D Male (CW 15.4 mm; ZRC 2019.0581; Hong Kong) E male (CW 24.1; ZRC 1999.0708; Danshuei, northwestern Taiwan) F-H live coloration F-G male (CW 20.6 mm; NCHUZOOL 15553; Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan) H male (CW 23.7 mm; NCHUZOOL 15501; Hong Kong). Scale bars: 2.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343947" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
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) and "
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takahasii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="takahasii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. takahasii</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
" from Danshuei, Taiwan (
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858. A, E Dorsal view B ventral view C left infraorbital ridge D right cheliped. A-D Male (CW 15.4 mm; ZRC 2019.0581; Hong Kong) E male (CW 24.1; ZRC 1999.0708; Danshuei, northwestern Taiwan) F-H live coloration F-G male (CW 20.6 mm; NCHUZOOL 15553; Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan) H male (CW 23.7 mm; NCHUZOOL 15501; Hong Kong). Scale bars: 2.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343947" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure4">Fig. 4E</figureCitation>
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), the two being identical. Molecular analyses also support only one clade of specimens from various localities of China and Taiwan (Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStartId="T1" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/5865DFD56E4B011219F4349711740938" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableUuid="5865DFD56E4B011219F4349711740938">1</tableCitation>
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;
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. A Bayesian inference (BI) tree for Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888, M. longipes Stimpson, 1858, M. sheni Gordon, 1930, and M. tredecim Tweedie, 1950, and the outgroups, based on the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Probability values at the nodes represent support values for BI and maximum likelihood (ML). For haplotype names, see Table 1." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/343952" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.877.38300.figure9">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
|
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).
|
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</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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