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Species.
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, by original designation. Gender masculine.
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FF74A5DCFEC2FB56" bold="true" box="[151,272,1157,1183]" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Remarks.</emphasis>
Davie (1992) discussed the affinity of
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FD3DA5DCFCA2FB57" box="[734,880,1157,1182]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Alainodaeus</emphasis>
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with
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and
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FB8BA5DCFB23FB57" box="[1128,1265,1157,1182]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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.
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subsequently noted similarities in the form of the carapace, particularly between
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FBB3A5F4FB78FB0F" box="[1104,1194,1197,1222]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">A. nuku</emphasis>
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and another xanthid genus,
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FF0FA58CFE43FB27" box="[236,401,1237,1262]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Nanocassiope</emphasis>
Guinot, 1967
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, as well as other panopeid genera such as
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FBD6A58CFB00FB27" box="[1077,1234,1237,1262]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Micropanope</emphasis>
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,
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Guinot, 1967
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, and
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Guinot, 1967
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. He also commented that the forms of the G1 of
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FF74A47CFEE9FAF7" box="[151,315,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Nanocassiope</emphasis>
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,
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and
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FDF9A47CFD63FAF7" box="[538,689,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Gonopanope</emphasis>
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were too different from the general form in
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, although he notes that
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has “a relatively simpler G1, not unlike that of
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FB41A414FAE6FAAF" box="[1186,1332,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Alainodaeus</emphasis>
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” (
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).
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Two additional features appear to link
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more closely to
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. The presence of welldeveloped endostomial ridges in
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FDFFA49CFD7DFA17" box="[540,687,1477,1502]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Alainodaeus</emphasis>
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(Fig. 3A) is a feature shared with other euxanthine genera such as
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Ng, 1993
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,
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, and
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FCAAA4B4FC3EF9CF" box="[841,1004,1517,1542]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Ladomedaeus</emphasis>
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(cf.
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; Ng 1993; Manuel-Santos &amp; Ng 2007). The form of the G
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FCB7A74CFC34F9E7" box="[852,998,1557,1582]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Alainodaeus</emphasis>
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(e.g., Figs. 4E, F) is most similar to that seen in other euxanthine genera such as
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FD52A764FCE8F99F" box="[689,826,1597,1622]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Crosnierius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FCA7A764FB84F99E" author="Serene" box="[836,1110,1597,1623]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" refString="Serene, R. &amp; C. Vadon (1981) Crustaces Decapodes: Brachyoures. Liste preliminaire, description de formes nouvelles et remarques taxonomiques. Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, I - Philippines (18 - 28 mars 1976), Tome 1. Collection Memoires ORSTOM, 91, 117 - 140, pls. 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1981">Serène &amp; Vadon, 1981</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FB74A764FAE8F99F" box="[1175,1338,1597,1622]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Ladomedaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This is especially so for species such as
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FDFBA73CFD53F9B7" box="[536,641,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">A. akiaki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FD6CA73CFCCAF9B7" box="[655,792,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">A. rimatara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FCB1A73CFC01F9B7" box="[850,979,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">A. filipinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21C51278A627F04FC39A73CFBCFF9B6" box="[986,1053,1637,1663]" pageId="1" pageNumber="54" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
The G
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these crabs is moderate in length, a little more than twice the length of the G2, outwardly and laterally curving, spinulose on the distal half, without any terminal or subterminal setation and, instead, having a distinct lobe or “tongue” at its distal tip (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FEF0A784FDF4F93E" author="Serene" box="[275,550,1757,1783]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" refString="Serene, R. &amp; C. Vadon (1981) Crustaces Decapodes: Brachyoures. Liste preliminaire, description de formes nouvelles et remarques taxonomiques. Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, I - Philippines (18 - 28 mars 1976), Tome 1. Collection Memoires ORSTOM, 91, 117 - 140, pls. 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1981">Serène &amp; Vadon 1981</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FDD5A784FD16F93E" author="Davie" box="[566,708,1757,1783]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Deepwater xanthid crabs from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthoidea). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4 e serie, 14 A (2), 501 - 561, pls. 1 - 13." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie 1993</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FD37A784FCC0F93E" author="Davie" box="[724,786,1757,1783]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1997) Crustacea Decapoda: Deep water Xanthoidea from the south-western Pacific and the western Indian Ocean. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 18. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 176, 337 - 387." type="journal article" year="1997">1997</bibRefCitation>
; Ng &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FC90A784FC28F93E" author="Chen" box="[883,1018,1757,1783]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; H. L. Chen (2005) On two species of euxanthine crabs from the South China Sea, including a description of a new species of Crosnierius (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118 (2), 319 - 325." type="journal article" year="2005">Chen 2005</bibRefCitation>
; Manuel-Santos &amp; Ng 2007). The “flange” or crest on the lateral margin noted by Davie (1992, 1997), a feature shared with some species of
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FF74A674FEC2F88F" box="[151,272,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Medaeops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FEABA674FE03F88F" box="[328,465,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Monodaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is also found in
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FD78A674FCF7F88F" box="[667,805,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Crosnierius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A627F04FCBEA674FBD2F88F" box="[861,1024,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="54">Ladomedaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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A few works have cited the occurrence of a strongly differentiated, obliquely oriented tooth on the proximal end of the dactylus of the major chela (see Fig. 3C) in some species of
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A627F04FBF7A624FB78F85E" box="[1044,1194,1917,1943]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Euxanthinae">Euxanthinae</taxonomicName>
, and have alluded to the possibility of some phylogenetic significance in such a structure (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FC5EA6FCFB9AF876" author="Davie" box="[957,1096,1957,1983]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Deepwater xanthid crabs from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthoidea). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4 e serie, 14 A (2), 501 - 561, pls. 1 - 13." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie 1993</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FBB6A6FCFB41F876" author="Davie" box="[1109,1171,1957,1983]" pageId="1" pageNumber="61" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1997) Crustacea Decapoda: Deep water Xanthoidea from the south-western Pacific and the western Indian Ocean. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 18. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 176, 337 - 387." type="journal article" year="1997">1997</bibRefCitation>
; Ng 1993; Ng &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A627F04FAB8A6FCFF07F82E" author="Clark" pageId="1" pageNumber="62" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; P. F. Clark (2003) Three new genera of Indo-West Pacific Xanthidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea). Zoosystema, 25 (1), 131 - 147." type="journal article" year="2003">Clark 2003</bibRefCitation>
; Ng et al. 2008). This specially modified tooth is somewhat similar in structure to the shell-peeling tooth in species of
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FED5A1C1FDE9FF7B" authority="Weber, 1795" authorityName="Weber" authorityYear="1795" box="[310,571,152,178]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FED5A1C1FE49FF78" box="[310,411,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Calappa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FE47A1C1FDE9FF7B" author="Weber" box="[420,571,152,178]" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" refString="Weber, F. (1795) Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicam ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. Chilonii &amp; Hamburgi. 171 pp." type="book" year="1795">Weber, 1795</bibRefCitation>
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, and has been thought to serve a similar purpose. The modified tooth of
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FF74A199FF2EFF10" box="[151,252,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Calappa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is used to peel off the shell of gastropods, exposing the flesh on which they feed (see Ng &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FAC4A199FA45FF13" author="Tan" box="[1319,1431,192,218]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; L. W. H. Tan (1984) The ' shell peeling' structure of the box crab Calappa philargius (L.) and other crabs in relation to mollusc shell architecture. Journal of the Singapore National Academy of Science, 13, 195 - 199." type="journal article" year="1984">Tan 1984</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FF74A1B1FF04FECB" author="Tan" box="[151,214,232,258]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; L. W. H. Tan (1985). ' Right Handedness' in heterochelous calappoid and xanthoid crabs - suggestion for a functional advantage. Crustaceana, 49, 98 - 100." type="journal article" year="1985">1985</bibRefCitation>
). Although there have been no reports of such behaviour in any euxanthine crab thus far, the modified tooth has been noted in genera such as
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<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FD8CA049FCD3FEE0" box="[623,769,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Alainodaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FCF1A049FC4FFEE0" box="[786,925,272,297]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Cranaothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FCF1A049FC4FFEE0" box="[786,925,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Cranaothus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FC4EA049FBE4FEE0" box="[941,1078,272,297]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Crosnierius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FC4EA049FBE4FEE0" box="[941,1078,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Crosnierius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FBA4A049FA45FEE3" authority="Ng &amp; Clark, 2003" authorityName="Ng &amp; Clark" authorityYear="2003" box="[1095,1431,272,298]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Danielea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FBA4A049FB61FEE0" box="[1095,1203,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Danielea</emphasis>
Ng &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FAEBA049FA45FEE3" author="Clark" box="[1288,1431,272,298]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; P. F. Clark (2003) Three new genera of Indo-West Pacific Xanthidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea). Zoosystema, 25 (1), 131 - 147." type="journal article" year="2003">Clark, 2003</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FF74A061FEF4FE98" box="[151,294,312,337]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Epistocavea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FF74A061FEF4FE98" box="[151,294,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Epistocavea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FED5A061FE7DFE98" box="[310,431,312,337]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Medaeops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FED5A061FE7DFE98" box="[310,431,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Medaeops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FE5CA061FDFBFE98" box="[447,553,312,337]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Medaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FE5CA061FDFBFE98" box="[447,553,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Medaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FDD9A061FC88FE9B" authority="Guinot, 1967" authorityName="Guinot" authorityYear="1967" box="[570,858,312,338]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Miersiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FDD9A061FD60FE98" box="[570,690,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Miersiella</emphasis>
Guinot, 1967
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FC8BA061FC23FE98" box="[872,1009,312,337]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Monodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FC8BA061FC23FE98" box="[872,1009,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Monodaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FBE1A061FACBFE9B" authority="Davie, 1997" authorityName="Davie" authorityYear="1997" box="[1026,1305,312,338]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Palatigum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FBE1A061FBAEFE98" box="[1026,1148,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Palatigum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FB66A061FACBFE9B" author="Davie" box="[1157,1305,312,338]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1997) Crustacea Decapoda: Deep water Xanthoidea from the south-western Pacific and the western Indian Ocean. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 18. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 176, 337 - 387." type="journal article" year="1997">Davie, 1997</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FAC4A061FF1FFEB0" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Paramedaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FAC4A061FF1FFEB0" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Paramedaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FF3CA039FE43FEB0" box="[223,401,352,377]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Paraxanthodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FF3CA039FE43FEB0" box="[223,401,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Paraxanthodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FE33A039FCF9FEB3" authority="Crosnier, 1995" authorityName="Crosnier" authorityYear="1995" box="[464,811,352,378]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Pleurocolpus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FE33A039FDB9FEB0" box="[464,619,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Pleurocolpus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FD94A039FCF9FEB3" author="Crosnier" box="[631,811,352,378]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refString="Crosnier, A. (1995) Pleurocolpus boileaui, genre nouveau et espece nouvelle de Polynesie francaise (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 17 (3 - 4), 245 - 251." type="journal article" year="1995">Crosnier, 1995</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Other euxanthine genera such as
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FB33A039FF06FE6B" authority="Dana, 1851" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1851" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Euxanthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FB33A039FA9EFEB0" box="[1232,1356,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Euxanthus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FAB4A039FF06FE6B" author="Dana" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refString="Dana, J. D. (1851) On the classification of the Cancroidea. American Journal of Science and Arts, 12 (34), 121 - 131." type="journal article" year="1851">Dana, 1851</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FF01A0D1FDFBFE6B" authority="Rathbun, 1897" authorityName="Rathbun" authorityYear="1897" box="[226,553,392,418]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Hypocolpus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FF01A0D1FEBCFE68" box="[226,366,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Hypocolpus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FE94A0D1FDFBFE6B" author="Rathbun" box="[375,553,392,418]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1897) A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 11, 153 - 167." type="journal article" year="1897">Rathbun, 1897</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FDD4A0D1FCA4FE6B" authority="Serene, 1984" authorityName="Serene" authorityYear="1984" box="[567,886,392,418]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Hepatoporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FDD4A0D1FD02FE68" box="[567,720,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Hepatoporus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FD3AA0D1FCA4FE6B" author="Serene" box="[729,886,392,418]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Serene, R. (1984) Crustaces Decapodes Brachyoures de l'ocean Indien occidental et de la mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par A. Crosnier: Carpilidae et Menippidae. Faune tropicale, 24, 1 - 400, pls. 1 - 48." type="journal article" year="1984">Serène, 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FC66A0D1FAB1FE6B" authority="A. Milne-Edwards, 1879" authorityName="A. Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1879" box="[901,1379,392,418]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Glyptoxanthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FC66A0D1FBE2FE68" box="[901,1072,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Glyptoxanthus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FBDAA0D1FAB1FE6B" author="Milne-Edwards" box="[1081,1379,392,418]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Milne-Edwards, A. (1879) Description de quelques Crustaces nouveaux. Bulletin de la Societe philomatique, Paris, 7 (3), 103 - 110, pls. 1 - 2." type="journal article" year="1879">A. Milne-Edwards, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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, and their close relatives do not possess such a tooth. However, this is a character also present in many genera in at least one other xanthid subfamily—Xanthinae, e.g.
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FCE8A081FBE3FE3B" authority="Rathbun, 1897" authorityName="Rathbun" authorityYear="1897" box="[779,1073,472,498]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Xanthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FCE8A081FCA1FE38" box="[779,883,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Xanthias</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FC9CA081FBE3FE3B" author="Rathbun" box="[895,1073,472,498]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1897) A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 11, 153 - 167." type="journal article" year="1897">Rathbun, 1897</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FBA1A081FB34FE38" box="[1090,1254,472,497]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Nanocassiope" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FBA1A081FB34FE38" box="[1090,1254,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Nanocassiope</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FB1AA081FEAFFDD3" authority="Garth &amp; Kim, 1983" authorityName="Garth &amp; Kim" authorityYear="1983" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Euryxanthops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FB1AA081FA4EFE38" box="[1273,1436,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Euryxanthops</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FF74A359FEAFFDD3" author="Garth" box="[151,381,512,538]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refString="Garth, J. S. &amp; H. S. Kim (1983) Crabs of the family Xanthidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters based largely on collections of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross in 1908 - 1909. Journal of Natural History, 17, 663 - 729." type="journal article" year="1983">Garth &amp; Kim, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FE6AA359FD1CFDD3" authority="Odhner, 1925" authorityName="Odhner" authorityYear="1925" box="[393,718,512,538]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Paraxanthias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FE6AA359FDF5FDD0" box="[393,551,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Paraxanthias</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FDCDA359FD1CFDD3" author="Odhner" box="[558,718,512,538]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Odhner T. (1925) Monographierte Gattungen der Krabben-familie Xanthidae. I. Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar 29 (1), 1 - 92." type="journal article" year="1925">Odhner, 1925</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(see Ng et al. 2008). In addition, Ng &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FB7EA359FACCFDD3" box="[1181,1310,512,538]" pageId="2" pageNumber="62" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; L. W. H. Tan (1985). ' Right Handedness' in heterochelous calappoid and xanthoid crabs - suggestion for a functional advantage. Crustaceana, 49, 98 - 100." type="journal article">Tan (1985)</bibRefCitation>
also noted that the peeling tooth is also present in some eriphioids.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE4304E8A617F07FF25A309FA5DFC33" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1018]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">
Prior to the discovery of the new species (
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FD5FA309FCECFDA0" box="[700,830,592,617]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Alainodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="filipinus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FD5FA309FCECFDA0" box="[700,830,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">A. filipinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the westernmost extent of the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FAEAA309FA4EFDA0" box="[1289,1436,592,617]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Alainodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FAEAA309FA4EFDA0" box="[1289,1436,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Alainodaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was in the Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea, between the eastern coast of
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and the main island of
<collectingCountry id="F34C70DE8A617F07FF74A3F9FE83FD73" box="[151,337,672,698]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
, as represented by
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FDD6A3F9FD6DFD70" box="[565,703,672,697]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Alainodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rimatara">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FDD6A3F9FD6DFD70" box="[565,703,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">A. rimatara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Its northernmost extent was in the Marquesas Islands, in the central Pacific, less than 10 degrees south of the Equator, as represented by
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FBFBA391FBA0FD28" box="[1048,1138,712,737]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Alainodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nuku">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FBFBA391FBA0FD28" box="[1048,1138,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">A. nuku</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The ocurrence of
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FAB0A391FE81FCC0" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Alainodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="filipinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FAB0A391FE81FCC0" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Alainodaeus filipinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FEBFA3B6FE72FCC0" bold="true" box="[348,416,751,777]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21C51278A617F07FEBFA3B6FE72FCC0" box="[348,416,751,777]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in the central
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has extended the range of the genus northward to about 10 degrees beyond the Equator and westward, beyond
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and Oceania, into Asia. In a similar extension of range, the monotypic genus
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FE0EA219FCC8FC93" authority="Davie, 1993" authorityName="Davie" authorityYear="1993" box="[493,794,832,858]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Epistocavea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FE0EA219FDAEFC90" box="[493,636,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Epistocavea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCA4DBF8A617F07FD65A219FCC8FC93" author="Davie" box="[646,794,832,858]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Deepwater xanthid crabs from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthoidea). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4 e serie, 14 A (2), 501 - 561, pls. 1 - 13." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, originally described from the Tuamotu Archipelago, was reported by Mendoza &amp; Ng (in press) from the Bohol Sea, in the central
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. Another similar distributional pattern is seen in
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FE0CA2C9FCB8FC63" authority="Ng, 1993" authorityName="Ng" authorityYear="1993" box="[495,874,912,938]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Cranaothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deforgesi">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FE0CA2C9FD3DFC60" box="[495,751,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Cranaothus deforgesi</emphasis>
Ng, 1993
</taxonomicName>
, originally from the Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea and
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; and in the goneplacoid crab,
<taxonomicName id="4C5B4BCD8A617F07FCA4A2E1FA4AFC1B" authority="Ng &amp; Manuel-Santos, 2007" authorityName="Ng &amp; Manuel-Santos" authorityYear="2007" box="[839,1432,952,978]" class="Malacostraca" family="Vultocinidae" genus="Vultocinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anfractus">
<emphasis id="B92FEC5C8A617F07FCA4A2E1FBE9FC18" box="[839,1083,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="55">Vultocinus anfractus</emphasis>
Ng &amp; Manuel-Santos, 2007
</taxonomicName>
, which occurs both in the central
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and northern
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(see Ng 1993; Ng &amp; Manuel-Santos 2007).
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