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, 421, figs. 1618.
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Based on male,
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large, ovate.
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longer than antenna 2; flagellum longer than peduncle; peduncular article 1 0.92 times as long as article 2, article 3 one fifth of the length of article 2; accessory flagellum 7 articulate (fig. 2, A1).
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half as long as antenna 1, peduncular article 4 1.23 times as long as article 5; flagellum 16 articulate (fig. 2, A2).
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accessory setal row well developed with 9 setae; palp 3 articulate, article 1 with acute distal tooth, article 3 0.43 times longer than article 2 (fig. 2, Md).
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distal margins of outer and inner lobes setose (fig. 2, L).
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inner plate triangular with inner margin setose; outer plate with 8 apical robust setae; palp article 2 apically setose (fig. 2, Mx1).
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inner plate broader than outer plate; outer plate apically setose, inner plate with dense setae on apical and inner margin, dorsomedial surface with an oblique row of setae (fig. 2, Mx2).
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inner plate apically truncate with 11 apical and 4 marginal plumose setae; outer plate with 7 long to medium robust setae on distal margin, 8 small robust setae on inner margin; palp 4 articulate, article 2 and 3 densely setose, article 4 with a long apical robust seta (fig. 2, Mxp).
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coxa anteroventral corner acute with few small setae, few simple setae on ventral margin; basis subequal to carpus, anterior margin bare, posterior margin sparsely setose, posterodistal corner with a tuft of simple setae, ischium smaller than merus, with a tuft of simple setae on posterior margin; merus subrectangular, anterodistal corner acutely produced, posterior margin setose; carpus anterior margin 2.41 times as long as merus, posterior margin densely setose, anterior margin with 3 stout setae and 1 thin simple setae, anterodistal corner with a tuft of simple setae; propodus 0.93 times as long as carpus, ovoidal, anterior margin with 5 small simple setae placed at somewhat equal distance, posterior margin densely setose, palm convex; dactylus subequal to palm (fig. 3, G1).
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asymmetrical.
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larger than right gnathopod 2, coxa subquadrate with produced posterodistal corner, basis 0.6 times as long as propodus, anterior margin bare, posterior margin with few setae, anterodistal corner acutely produced; ischium smaller than merus; merus subrectangular with anterodistal corner acutely produced, carpus triangular, posterodistally setose; propodus large, subovoidal, palm transverse with 3 small to large shelves, one small subquadrate shelf near the hinge of dactylus followed by a V-shaped excavation, a large subquadrate shelf, a large U-shaped excavation and a medium sized triangular shelf, posterodistal corner of the palm concave; dactylus subequal to palm (fig. 3, MG2).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424070EE7444C5F8DAFEB62E1F" bold="true" box="[151,287,1880,1904]" pageId="2" pageNumber="565">FIGURE 1. (</emphasis>
A)
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male, (LFSC.ZRC-214): 10 mm, Shivrajpur; (B)
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424070EE744493F8FEFE022EFB" box="[193,427,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="565">Ceradomaera plumosa</emphasis>
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, male (LFSC.ZRC-215): 10 mm, Zanzmer; (C)
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424070EE744068F8FFFAAB2EFB" box="[1082,1282,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="565">Maera gujaratensis</emphasis>
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,
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male paratype, (LFSC.ZRC-210): 7 mm, Gopnath; (D)
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424070EE7446FAF822FCC42ED7" box="[680,877,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="565">Quadrimaera okha</emphasis>
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,
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male paratype, (LFSC.ZRC-213): 4.5 mm, Shivrajpur, Gujarat, India.
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424071EE7544CAF815FEB32EC0" bold="true" box="[152,282,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="566">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424071EE754570F815FD392EC0" box="[290,656,1943,1967]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="566">Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) alama</emphasis>
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, male (LFSC.ZRC-214): 10 mm, Shivrajpur, (22.3312 N 68.9496 E), Gujarat, India.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424076EE7244CAF815FEBE2EC0" bold="true" box="[152,279,1943,1967]" pageId="4" pageNumber="567">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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, male (LFSC.ZRC-214): 10 mm; female (LFSC. ZRC-214): 7 mm: Shivrajpur, (22.3312 N 68.9496 E), Gujarat, India.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424077EE7344CAF95BFEB32F9E" bold="true" box="[152,282,1753,1777]" pageId="5" pageNumber="568">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424077EE734570F95BFD392F9E" box="[290,656,1753,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="568">Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) alama</emphasis>
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, male (LFSC.ZRC-214): 10 mm, Shivrajpur, (22.3312 N 68.9496 E), Gujarat, India.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424077EE734495F8E5FEE52EEE" box="[199,332,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="568">Pereopod 3</emphasis>
longer than pereopod 4; coxa subquadrate, basis slender, both margins with long simple setae proximally while short robust setae medially and distally; merus 0.62 times as long as basis; carpus and propodus subequal; dactylus 0.42 times as long as propodus (fig. 4, P3).
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424077EE73470AF82DFC702EA6" box="[856,985,1967,1993]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="568">Pereopod 4</emphasis>
coxa broader than long, basis anteriorly slender, medially broader, merus 1.17 times longer than carpus; propodus 1.1 times longer than carpus; dactylus 0.4 times longer than propodus (fig. 4, P4).
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7046C5FF15FCB229DE" box="[663,795,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Pereopod 5</emphasis>
basis subrectangular, anterior margin lightly undulated, posterior strongly undulated; merus 0.8 times as long as carpus; dactylus 0.33 times longer than propodus (fig. 4, P5).
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE70449FFF5DFEE72997" box="[205,334,222,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Pereopod 6</emphasis>
longer than pereopod 7; basis subrectangular with anterior margin lightly undulated and posterior margin strongly undulated; merus 0.79 times longer than carpus; carpus subequal to propodus; dactylus 0.3 times as long as propodus (fig. 4, P6).
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE70458FFEA5FDF4282E" box="[477,605,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Pereopod 7</emphasis>
basis similar as pereopod 6 but less undulated on both margins; merus 0.65 times as long as carpus; carpus subequal to propodus; dactylus 0.36 times as long as propodus (fig. 4, P7).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE704495FEEDFEB828E6" bold="true" box="[199,273,367,393]" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Pleon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE704544FEEDFE0D28E6" box="[278,420,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Epimera 13</emphasis>
with dorsal, posteroventral and ventral teeth.
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7047C7FEEDFB8D28E6" box="[917,1060,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Epimera 13</emphasis>
with 3, 4 and 5 spines respectively on ventral margin (fig. 2, Ep13).
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE704673FE11FD6028C2" box="[545,713,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Urosomite 12</emphasis>
with dorsal and posteroventral spines.
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7040DAFE11FB5C28C2" box="[1160,1269,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Uropod 1</emphasis>
peduncle 1.17 times as long as outer ramus, with well-developed basofacial seta and long spur at distal margin; outer ramus slightly longer than inner ramus (fig. 4, U1).
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7046CDFE59FCA5289A" box="[671,780,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Uropod 2</emphasis>
peduncle 0.74 times as long as outer ramus; inner ramus slightly shorter than outer ramus (fig. 4, U2).
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7046F1FE7DFCA62B76" box="[675,783,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Uropod 3</emphasis>
peduncle 0.64 times as long as outer ramus; outer ramus slightly longer than inner ramus (fig. 4, U3). Telson deeply cleft, 1.21 times longer than wide, both halves pointed distally, each half with 5 setae on inner margin and 1 long and 1 short robust distal seta, distal long seta reaching between 0.5 to 0.6 times of the telsonic lobes (fig. 4, T).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE704495FD0DFD012BC7" bold="true" box="[199,680,654,681]" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Female (sexually dimorphic characters).</emphasis>
<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7046FDFD0DFCEB2BC6" box="[687,834,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
both similar in shape as male minor gnathopod 2, but one larger and more setose than another (fig. 3, FG2).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE704495FD54FDA12B9F" bold="true" box="[199,520,726,752]" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Geographical distribution.</emphasis>
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The species was so far reported only from its
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locality,
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(
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, and here we have reported this species for the first time from
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.
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE704495FC9DFE922A56" bold="true" box="[199,315,799,825]" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">Remarks.</emphasis>
The specimen examined here agrees with the description and illustrations of
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7040C8FC9DFA9C2A56" box="[1178,1333,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">C. (D.) alama</emphasis>
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given by
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. However, the specimen examined here shows some variations, such as: gnathopod 1 propodus convex (fig. 3, G1) (vs. concave in
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<emphasis id="F8E6BC424074EE7046FAFCE5FCED2AEE" box="[680,836,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="569">C. (D.) alama</emphasis>
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cf.
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: fig. 15 MG1), cone gland reaching nearly half of the peduncular article 3 (fig. 2, A2) (vs. reaching more than half of the peduncular article
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cf.
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: fig. 16, Hd), pereopod 5 posterodistal corner is rounded (fig. 4, P5) (vs. posterodistal corner with a very strong, acute spine in
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cf.
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: fig.18, P5) and Uropod 3 rami are having robust setae on both margins (fig. 5, U3) (vs. robust setae on only one margin in
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: fig. 17, U3). The specimen examined here (
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