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.—
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(?in part).—
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, fig. 1 (in part).—?
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, fig. 1.—
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, pls I, II.—?Yin
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,, 2013: 363, fig. 2V, VII.—
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, fig. 289 (in part).
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natural-coastal form
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, figs 2, 3.
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(OMNH-Ar-12574),
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, 35, 33, 33, 29,
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(OMNH-Ar-1257512577*, 12578, 12579), and 5 ovigerous females, 34, 32, 27, 27,
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(OMNH-Ar-12580 12584*), same data as holotype. Asterisks indicate specimens for molecular analysis
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.
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<typeStatus id="54948817FF94FF8E7CE5FC43FEEC01CC" box="[199,258,921,947]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Type</typeStatus>
locality:
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coast in
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,
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,
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.
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<subSubSection id="C335653EFF94FF8E7CE5FC67FEF50184" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF94FF8E7CE5FC67FEBC01A8" bold="true" box="[199,338,957,983]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Etymology:</emphasis>
From the Latin
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF94FF8E7E35FC67FDA301A8" box="[535,589,957,983]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">latus</emphasis>
(= broad) + the Greek
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF94FF8E7F4AFC64FC5A01A8" box="[872,948,958,983]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">carpus</emphasis>
, referring to the wide carpus of the male pereopod 1.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C335653EFF94FF817CE5FBDFFB5C047C" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="477" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF94FF8E7CE5FBDFFE590660" bold="true" box="[199,439,1029,1055]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Description of male:</emphasis>
Based on
<typeStatus id="54948817FF94FF8E7E08FBDFFD620660" box="[554,652,1029,1055]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(OMNH-Ar-12571,
<quantity id="4CD79B50FF94FF8E7F51FBDFFC2C0660" box="[883,962,1029,1055]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" unit="mm" value="38.0">38 mm</quantity>
) and
<typeStatus id="54948817FF94FF8E7FDCFBDCFBB0065F" box="[1022,1118,1030,1056]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
(OMNH-Ar-12572,
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) only for right mandible and lower lip.
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<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF94FF8E7CB5F86EFDE7058F" blockId="21.[151,1436,1972,2033]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF94FF8E7CB5F86EFECF05B3" bold="true" box="[151,289,1972,1996]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF94FF8E7D0BF86FFE2D05B3" authority="Ariyama &amp; Hiki, 2024" authorityName="Ariyama &amp; Hiki" authorityYear="2024" box="[297,451,1972,1996]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticarpa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF94FF8E7D0BF86FFE2D05B3" box="[297,451,1972,1996]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF94FF8E7DE9F86FFDF205B2" bold="true" box="[459,540,1973,1997]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF94FF8E7DE9F86FFDF205B2" box="[459,540,1973,1997]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
A, holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); B, paratype, ovigerous female, 32 mm (OMNH-Ar-12581). Scales: 10 mm.
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<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF97FF8D7CB5F84DFE5205AC" blockId="22.[151,1436,1943,2004]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF97FF8D7CB5F84DFECC05D0" bold="true" box="[151,290,1943,1967]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF97FF8D7D08F842FE2B05CF" authority="Ariyama &amp; Hiki, 2024" authorityName="Ariyama &amp; Hiki" authorityYear="2024" box="[298,453,1944,1968]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticarpa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF97FF8D7D08F842FE2B05CF" box="[298,453,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF97FF8D7DEFF842FDF105CF" bold="true" box="[461,543,1944,1968]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF97FF8D7DEFF842FDF105CF" box="[461,543,1944,1968]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571) and paratype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar- 12572) [M]. Scales: 0.5 mm.
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<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF96FF8C7CB5F84DFE2205AC" blockId="23.[151,1437,1943,2004]" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF96FF8C7CB5F84DFEC905D0" bold="true" box="[151,295,1943,1967]" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF96FF8C7D16F842FE3A05CF" authority="Ariyama &amp; Hiki, 2024" authorityName="Ariyama &amp; Hiki" authorityYear="2024" box="[308,468,1944,1968]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="23" pageNumber="474" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticarpa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF96FF8C7D16F842FE3A05CF" box="[308,468,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF96FF8C7DC0F842FDD405CF" bold="true" box="[482,570,1944,1968]" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF96FF8C7DC0F842FDD405CF" box="[482,570,1944,1968]" pageId="23" pageNumber="474" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571). Posterior views (posterolateral to posteromedial). Scales: 1 mm.
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<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF99FF837CE5FF4DFACE033E" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837CE5FF4DFEEF02CE" box="[199,257,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Body</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF99FF837D30FF4DFE6E02CE" box="[274,384,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1972,1996]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetId="figure-283@21.[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 13. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. A, holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); B, paratype, ovigerous female, 32 mm (OMNH-Ar-12581). Scales: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239725" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239725/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Figs 13A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF99FF837DACFF4DFE4702CE" box="[398,425,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1934,1958]" captionTargetBox="[181,1407,355,1901]" captionTargetId="figure-95@25.[171,1417,345,1911]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 16. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); paratype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12572) [M1]; paratype, male, 33 mm (OMNH-Ar-12576) [M2]; and paratype, male, 28 mm (OMNH-Ar-12579) [M3]. Protopod lost in medial part of Pl4. Scales: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239731" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239731/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">16</figureCitation>
Pt) oblong oval, width 43% of length; dorsal surface granular.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF83785DFF4DFB1802CF" box="[1151,1270,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereonites</emphasis>
17 gradually shorter, sutures indistinct; anterolateral corner of pereonite 1 produced triangularly, lateral margins of pereonites 17 projected posteriorly, with angle progressively sharpened.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837F41FF05FC250286" box="[867,971,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pleonites</emphasis>
1 and 2 short and narrow; pleonites 35 gradually shorter, posterolateral corners of pleonites 35 acutely produced.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837FC3FED9FBB90362" box="[993,1111,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pleotelson</emphasis>
much wider than long; distal margin with indistinct median tooth, pair of small intermediate tooth and pair of triangular lateral tooth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF99FF837CE5FE91FD3801FE" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837CE5FE91FEEA031A" box="[199,260,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Head</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF99FF837D31FE91FE90031A" box="[275,382,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1972,1996]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetId="figure-283@21.[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 13. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. A, holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); B, paratype, ovigerous female, 32 mm (OMNH-Ar-12581). Scales: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239725" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239725/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Figs 13A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF99FF837DABFE91FE48031A" box="[393,422,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[205,1383,191,1910]" captionTargetId="figure-21@22.[196,1392,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 14. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571) and paratype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar- 12572) [M]. Scales: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239727" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239727/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">14</figureCitation>
) relatively narrow, about half of body width; eyes situated anterolaterally, diameter ca. 0.4 times of head width.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837DA5FEB5FE1403F6" box="[391,506,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Antennula</emphasis>
3.3% of BL; article 1 wide, with 3 minute setae at ventrodistal corner and 1 short seta on ventral margin; article 2 slender, ventral margin with 5 setae, distal part of dorsal margin bearing many minute setae, ventrodistal corner with 3 setae, mediodistal margin with 4 short aesthetascs; article 3 small, tip rounded.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837D22FE01FEB3038A" box="[256,349,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Antenna</emphasis>
longer than body (about 1.1 times), tip exceeding pereonite 7; peduncular articles 35 with length ratio of 1:2.45:3.35, laterodistal corners of articles 35 each bearing small robust seta; flagellum with 34 articles (38 articles in right).
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837DAEFDF9FE140042" box="[396,506,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Upper lip</emphasis>
large and wide, separated into two parts by asymmetrical suture; lower part with fine setae.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837D30FD9DFE66001E" box="[274,392,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Mandibles</emphasis>
stout, both incisors and left lacinia mobilis each with 3 rounded cusps, right lacinia mobilis with a large triangular projection and several minute rounded projections; setal rows composed of ca. 30 long thick setae; molar large, bearing dense fine setae.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837EB6FD55FCED00D6" box="[660,771,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Lower lip</emphasis>
fleshy, with triangular median lobe; several parts covered with dense fine setae.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837DADFD69FE1100B2" box="[399,511,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Maxillura</emphasis>
flattened; outer plate apically with 5 thick and 8 slender robust setae and a slender pectinate seta; inner plate bearing 3 large plumose setae mediodistally.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837F91FD0DFBE4008E" box="[947,1034,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Maxilla</emphasis>
relatively slender; outer plate wide, rounded distally, covered with dense fine setae; inner plate small.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837FB4FD21FBE1016A" box="[918,1039,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Maxilliped</emphasis>
stout; epipod rounded, lateral and distal margins setose; palp partly coalesced with basis, articles 12 and articles 45 separated, but articles 23 and articles 34 partly coalesced, distal end of basis and palp articles 14 with several robust setae; endite reaching palp article 2, with ca. 50 denticles and dense fine setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF99FF837CE5FC51FEAC07BE" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837CE5FC51FEF901DB" box="[199,279,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereon</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF99FF837D0AFC51FE9301DA" box="[296,381,906,933]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="23.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,191,1910]" captionTargetId="figure-17@23.[179,1408,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 15. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571). Posterior views (posterolateral to posteromedial). Scales: 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239729" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239729/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837DB1FC51FDF801DA" box="[403,534,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereopod 1</emphasis>
short; basis parallel-sided; ischium widened distally, about 2/3 length of basis, laterodistal corner bearing 2 long robust setae; merus and carpus wide, almost same length as ischium, ventral margins weakly and strongly swollen, respectively; propodus narrow, anterodistal end with distinct projection; dactylus short.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837D60FC2DFE05066E" box="[322,491,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereopods 2, 3</emphasis>
similar in shape each other, longer than pereopod 1; basis slightly widened distally; ischium widened distally, ca. 0.6 times length of basis, laterodistal corner with 2 long robust setae; merus shorter than ischium, ventral margin weakly swollen; carpus long and broad, about 1.7 times length of merus, ventral margin swollen; propodus narrow, proximal part strongly curved, ventral margin without robust setae; dactylus short.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837CC2FB5DFE8A06DE" box="[224,356,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereopod 4</emphasis>
slightly longer than pereopod 3; basis weakly widened distally, ischium widened distally, ca. 0.6 times as long as basis, laterodistal corner with a long robust seta; merus almost same length as ischium, ventral margin not swollen; carpus slender, about 1.35 times length of merus, ventral margin not swollen; propodus straight and narrow, same length as carpus; dactylus short.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837EE6FB29FC850772" box="[708,875,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereopods 57</emphasis>
similar in shape one another, longer than pereopod 4, pereopods 6, 7 almost same length, longer than pereopod 5; basis expanded at distal 1/5 point of lateral margin; ischium widened distally, ca. 0.70.8 times length of basis, laterodistal corner with a long robust seta; merus shorter than ischium, ventral margin slightly excavated; carpus slender, ca. 1.41.6 times length of merus, ventral margin not swollen; propodus straight and narrow, about 1.2 times length of carpus; dactylus short, with a strap-like seta in pereopods 6, 7.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF99FF837CEDFA11FA77049E" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837CEDFA11FEFE079A" box="[207,272,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pleon</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF99FF837D03FA11FE9B079A" box="[289,373,1483,1509]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1934,1958]" captionTargetBox="[181,1407,355,1901]" captionTargetId="figure-95@25.[171,1417,345,1911]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 16. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); paratype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12572) [M1]; paratype, male, 33 mm (OMNH-Ar-12576) [M2]; and paratype, male, 28 mm (OMNH-Ar-12579) [M3]. Protopod lost in medial part of Pl4. Scales: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239731" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239731/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837DA9FA11FDD8079A" box="[395,566,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Penile papillae</emphasis>
simple, narrowed distally, lateral margins bearing fine setae.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF8378CDFA11FA8C079A" box="[1263,1378,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pleopod 1</emphasis>
with reniform exopod, endopod roundly projected mediodistally, medial and posterior margins setose.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF83789EFA35FAC20476" box="[1212,1324,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pleopod 2</emphasis>
, protopod with oblong outer branch; exopod oval, attached ventrally on protopod, anteriormedialposterior margins weakly setose; endopod slender, lengthened posteriorly, article 2 about 1.75 times length of exopod; appendix masculina with minutely spinous swelling on lateral surface and rounded projection on dorsolareral (left) or dorsomedial (right) surface, distal margin appearing bilobed.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837E90F9A5FCE604E6" box="[690,776,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Uropod</emphasis>
very long, about 0.7 times of BL; peduncle slender, medial margin bearing 11 robust setae, distal margin with lateral projection and a medial robust seta; inner ramus very slender, ca. 1.8 times as long as peduncle, tip with slightly curved second article; outer ramus also slender, tip lost.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837CE5F930FE2B057B" bold="true" box="[199,453,1770,1796]" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Description of female</emphasis>
[based on
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(OMNH-Ar-12574,
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);
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF99FF837FCDF931FBB9057A" box="[1007,1111,1771,1797]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1972,1996]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetId="figure-283@21.[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 13. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. A, holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); B, paratype, ovigerous female, 32 mm (OMNH-Ar-12581). Scales: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239725" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239725/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Figs 13B</figureCitation>
,
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]:
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF8378B4F931FB3E057A" box="[1174,1232,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Body</emphasis>
wider than that of male, width 47% of length; sutures fully present on pereonites 24, partly present on pereonites 1, 5.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF8378D3F8D5FAA00556" box="[1265,1358,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Antenna</emphasis>
longer than body (about 1.1 times), flagellum with 35 articles in left and 36 articles in right.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF83784EF8E9FB010532" box="[1132,1263,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereopod 1</emphasis>
, basis parallel-sided; ischium widened distally, ca. 0.65 times length of basis, laterodistal corner bearing 2 long robust setae; merus longer than ischium, weakly widened distally, ventral margin slightly swollen; carpus shorter than merus, relatively wide, ventral margin not swollen; propodus slender, anterodistal end lacking projection; dactylus short.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF99FF837CB5F819FED305A2" box="[151,317,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Pereopods 2, 3</emphasis>
similar in shape each other, longer than pereopod 1; basis slightly widened distally; ischium widened distally, ca. 0.55 times length of basis, laterodistal corner with a long robust seta; merus longer than ischium, ventral margin straight; carpus short and narrow, about 0.850.9 times length of merus, ventral margin not swollen; propodus slender, proximal part not curved; dactylus short.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF98FF827F60FF05FC590286" box="[834,951,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Pleopod 2</emphasis>
, exopod oval, with margins bearing dense setae; endopod small, roundly projected mediodistally.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF98FF827F22FED9FCB80362" box="[768,854,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Uropod</emphasis>
about 0.6 times of BL. Other parts almost similar to those of male except for penile papillae and oostegites.
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF98FF827CB5F854FEF105D9" bold="true" box="[151,287,1934,1958]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">FIGURE 16.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF98FF827D07F855FE5005D9" box="[293,446,1934,1958]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF98FF827DE6F854FDFA05D9" bold="true" box="[452,532,1934,1958]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF98FF827DE6F854FDFA05D9" box="[452,532,1934,1958]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); paratype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12572) [M1]; paratype, male, 33 mm (OMNH-Ar-12576) [M2]; and paratype, male, 28 mm (OMNH-Ar-12579) [M3]. Protopod lost in medial part of Pl4. Scales: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF9BFF817CB5FB84FB1E0609" blockId="26.[151,1264,1118,1143]" box="[151,1264,1118,1143]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CB5FB84FECE0609" bold="true" box="[151,288,1118,1142]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817D04FB85FE510608" box="[294,447,1119,1143]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817DE7FB85FDF80608" bold="true" box="[453,534,1119,1143]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF9BFF817DE7FB85FDF80608" box="[453,534,1119,1143]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Paratype, ovigerous female, 32 mm (OMNH-Ar-12574). Scales: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF9BFF817CE5FB7FFAAD0754" blockId="26.[151,1437,1189,2043]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CE5FB7FFEAF06C0" bold="true" box="[199,321,1189,1215]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Variation:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817D6BFB7FFE5106C0" box="[329,447,1189,1215]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Pleotelson</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF9BFF817DEDFB7FFDD306C0" box="[463,573,1189,1215]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1934,1958]" captionTargetBox="[181,1407,355,1901]" captionTargetId="figure-95@25.[171,1417,345,1911]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 16. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. Holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); paratype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12572) [M1]; paratype, male, 33 mm (OMNH-Ar-12576) [M2]; and paratype, male, 28 mm (OMNH-Ar-12579) [M3]. Protopod lost in medial part of Pl4. Scales: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239731" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239731/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Fig. 16M</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF9BFF817E1FFB7FFDA806C0" box="[573,582,1189,1215]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1708,1732]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1684]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1684]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 1. Map showing collecting sites of the examined specimens. A, Misaki Town in Osaka Prefecture; B, Nishinomiya City in Hyogo Prefecture; C, Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture; D, Lake Shinji in Shimane Prefecture." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239701" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239701/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">1</figureCitation>
-Pt), dorsal margin with distinct median tooth.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF81787AFB7FFB5B06C0" box="[1112,1205,1189,1215]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Antenna</emphasis>
ca. 1.01.1 times of BL, flagellum with 3341 articles.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817E03FB13FD0E069C" box="[545,736,1225,1251]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Male pereopod 1</emphasis>
, ventral margin of carpus weakly swollen in most individuals.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CB5FB37FEA60778" box="[151,328,1261,1287]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Male pleopod 2</emphasis>
, appendix masculina (
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<figureCitation id="13142A30FF9BFF817E92FB37FD500778" box="[688,702,1261,1287]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1861,1885]" captionTargetBox="[246,1343,465,1807]" captionTargetId="figure-152@7.[215,1372,450,1837]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 2. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA nucleotide sequences of Ligia species. Ligia hawaiensis and L. perkinsi were used as the outgroups. Values at nodes represent bootstrap values/Bayesian posterior probabilities. Vertical bars represent assignments by species delimitation analyses, including ASAP, bPTP and mPTP. The scale bar represents the number of nucleotide substitutions per site. The complete list of used nucleotide sequences is shown in Table S1. The detailed phylogenetic tree is shown in Fig. S2." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239703" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239703/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">2</figureCitation>
-AM, M3-AM) with a rounded projection always on dorsomedial surface.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CD4FACBFEA20754" box="[246,332,1297,1323]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Uropod</emphasis>
with variable length (about 0.40.8 times of BL), tip of outer ramus lost in all individuals.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF9BFF817CE5FAEFFEC907C4" blockId="26.[151,1437,1189,2043]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CE5FAEFFE7C0730" bold="true" box="[199,402,1333,1359]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Coloration in life</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13142A30FF9BFF817D83FAEFFE1F0730" box="[417,497,1333,1359]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1972,1996]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetId="figure-283@21.[151,1435,1115,1948]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 13. Ligia laticarpa sp. nov. A, holotype, male, 38 mm (OMNH-Ar-12571); B, paratype, ovigerous female, 32 mm (OMNH-Ar-12581). Scales: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11239725" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11239725/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817E2AFAEFFDAC0730" box="[520,578,1333,1359]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Male</emphasis>
: antenna light brown, eyes black; body and uropod orangish light brown, but median part of body dark brown, scattered with many blue spots.
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817FA4FA83FC34070C" box="[902,986,1369,1395]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Female</emphasis>
: antenna light brown, eyes black; body and uropod light brown, but median part of body brown, with several light brown marks and many indistinct light brown spots.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF9BFF817CE5FA1FFB5C047C" blockId="26.[151,1437,1189,2043]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CE5FA1FFD0107A1" bold="true" box="[199,751,1476,1503]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Diagnostic molecular characters (16S rRNA):</emphasis>
A distinguishing nucleotide position for
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF9BFF8178E5FA1CFA9C07A0" authority="Ariyama &amp; Hiki, 2024" authorityName="Ariyama &amp; Hiki" authorityYear="2024" box="[1223,1394,1477,1503]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticarpa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF8178E5FA1CFA9C07A0" box="[1223,1394,1477,1503]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817959FA1FFF2D047C" bold="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF9BFF817959FA1FFF2D047C" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is found at position 63, where the nucleotide is G, contrasting with A in the other species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C335653EFF9BFF807CE5F9D7FDDB0286" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="478" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF9BFF817CE5F9D7FD3705F0" blockId="26.[151,1437,1189,2043]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CE5F9D7FED30458" bold="true" box="[199,317,1549,1575]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Remarks:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF9BFF817D64F9D4FE1F0458" authority="Ariyama &amp; Hiki, 2024" authorityName="Ariyama &amp; Hiki" authorityYear="2024" box="[326,497,1549,1575]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticarpa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817D64F9D4FE1F0458" box="[326,497,1549,1575]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817DD8F9D7FDBB0458" bold="true" box="[506,597,1549,1575]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF9BFF817DD8F9D7FDBB0458" box="[506,597,1549,1575]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is very similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF9BFF817F0BF9D4FC760458" authority="Ariyama &amp; Hiki, 2024" authorityName="Ariyama &amp; Hiki" authorityYear="2024" box="[809,920,1549,1575]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="furcata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817F0BF9D4FC760458" box="[809,920,1549,1575]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. furcata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817F83F9D7FC120458" bold="true" box="[929,1020,1549,1575]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26857DCFF9BFF817F83F9D7FC120458" box="[929,1020,1549,1575]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in many characters (e.g., number of articles in the antenna flagellum and shapes of the pereopods 2,
<quantity id="4CD79B50FF9BFF817FA3F9EBFC410434" box="[897,943,1585,1611]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.62" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" unit="in" value="3.0">3 in</quantity>
both sexes). However,
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF8178E3F9E8FAA60434" box="[1217,1352,1585,1611]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817D54F98CFE080410" box="[374,486,1621,1647]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. furcata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in (1) the male pereopod 1 with strongly or weakly swollen carpus, and with notfurcate projection of propodus, (2) the appendix masculina with a rounded projection on dorsomedial surface (only left appendix masculina of the
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has a dorsolateral projection, probably owing to twisting), and (3) the female pereopod 1 with weakly widened merus. This new species also resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF9BFF81781AF918FB2304A4" authorityName="Roux" authorityYear="1828" box="[1080,1229,1730,1755]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exotica">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF81781AF918FB2304A4" box="[1080,1229,1730,1755]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Ligia exotica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; however, both
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF8179A4F918FF100480" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817D17F93CFE4D0480" box="[309,419,1765,1791]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. furcata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF9BFF817E0FF93CFD720480" authorityName="Roux" authorityYear="1828" box="[557,668,1766,1791]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exotica">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817E0FF93CFD720480" box="[557,668,1766,1791]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. exotica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in (1) the right lacinia mobilis with a large triangular projection and several small rounded projections, (2) the appendix masculina with projection, and (3) the slender carpus of the female pereopods 2, 3. In
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF9BFF817D99F8F4FD8A0538" authorityName="Ariyama &amp; Hiki" authorityYear="2024" box="[443,612,1837,1863]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticarpa">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817D99F8F4FD8A0538" box="[443,612,1837,1863]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Ligia laticarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the dorsal margin of the pleotelson varies and the tip of the uropod outer ramus is always lost. These states are estimated to be caused by friction. The blue spots on the dorsal surface of the adult male are unique among the species examined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF9BFF807CE5F843FEDA02AA" blockId="26.[151,1437,1189,2043]" lastBlockId="27.[151,1436,151,321]" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="478" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
The morphological characters of this new species quite agree with those of
<taxonomicName id="4C2F4D36FF9BFF817FDCF840FA7205CC" authority="sensu Yamanishi (2011)" authorityName="sensu Yamanishi" authorityYear="2011" box="[1022,1436,1945,1971]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ligiidae" genus="Ligia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exotica">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817FDCF840FB6105CC" box="[1022,1167,1946,1971]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Ligia exotica</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE4B44FF9BFF8178F5F843FA7205CC" author="Yamanishi, R." box="[1239,1436,1945,1971]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" pagination="1 - 8" refId="ref18842" refString="Yamanishi, R. (2011) Morphological characters of Ligia cinerascens Budde-Lund, 1885 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Ligiidae) newly recorded from Osaka Bay, the Inland Sea of Japan, compared with those of L. cinerascens from Hokkaido and of L. exotica Roux, 1828 from Osaka Bay. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History, 65, 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="2011">Yamanishi (2011)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and “
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817CF7F864FEAB05A8" box="[213,325,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. exotica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
natural-coastal form” in
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE4B44FF9BFF817E47F867FCDC05A8" author="Yamanishi, R." box="[613,818,1981,2007]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" pagination="164 - 168" refId="ref18912" refString="Yamanishi, R. (2021) Two forms of Ligia exotica Roux, 1828 (Isopoda: Ligiidae) in Osaka Bay, central Japan. Nanki Seibutsu, 63, 164 - 168. [in Japanese]" type="journal article" year="2021">Yamanishi (2021)</bibRefCitation>
. In the foreign
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817FC6F864FBBB05A8" box="[996,1109,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">L. exotica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex, specimens from
<collectingCountry id="F3387625FF9BFF817CF7F83BFEF60584" box="[213,280,2017,2043]" name="China" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">China</collectingCountry>
have a relatively similar appendix masculina (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE4B44FF9BFF817F03F83BFC4E0584" author="Chen, G. - X." box="[801,928,2017,2043]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" pagination="8 - 11" refId="ref14306" refString="Chen, G. - X. (1987) The description of two Ligia species. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 22 (2), 8 - 11. [in Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1987">Chen 1987</bibRefCitation>
; Yin
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9BFF817FF8F838FBF70584" box="[986,1049,2017,2043]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">et. al.</emphasis>
2013). Although they are possibly this new species, detailed morphological comparison in addition to the appendix masculina is needed for precise identification.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9AFF807CE5FF04FEC20287" bold="true" box="[199,300,222,248]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Habitat:</emphasis>
Supralittoral, on rocks.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C335653EFF9AFF807CE5FED8FB3F033E" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B9036B5FF9AFF807CE5FED8FB3F033E" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,321]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9AFF807CE5FED8FE8F0363" bold="true" box="[199,353,258,284]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3387625FF9AFF807D44FED9FE440362" box="[358,426,259,285]" name="Japan" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Japan</collectingCountry>
: Hannan City in
<collectingRegion id="49EBF857FF9AFF807E40FED9FCCF0362" box="[610,801,259,285]" country="Japan" name="Osaka" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Osaka Prefecture</collectingRegion>
to
<collectingRegion id="49EBF857FF9AFF807F60FED9FC500362" box="[834,958,259,285]" country="Japan" name="Wakayama" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Wakayama</collectingRegion>
City in
<collectingRegion id="49EBF857FF9AFF807837FED9FAE30362" box="[1045,1293,259,285]" country="Japan" name="Wakayama" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Wakayama Prefecture</collectingRegion>
, and Sumoto City in
<collectingRegion id="49EBF857FF9AFF807CC9FEFDFE5F033E" box="[235,433,295,321]" country="Japan" name="Hyogo" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Hyogo Prefecture</collectingRegion>
(
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; present study).?
<collectingCountry id="F3387625FF9AFF807F1EFEFDFC6F033E" box="[828,897,295,321]" name="China" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">China</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE4B44FF9AFF807FB2FEFDFBE1033E" author="Chen, G. - X." box="[912,1039,295,321]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" pagination="8 - 11" refId="ref14306" refString="Chen, G. - X. (1987) The description of two Ligia species. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 22 (2), 8 - 11. [in Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1987">Chen 1987</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE4B44FF9AFF80783BFEFDFB2B033E" author="Yin, J. &amp; Pan, D. &amp; He, C. &amp; Wang, A. &amp; Yan, J." box="[1049,1221,295,321]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" pagination="362 - 376" refId="ref18952" refString="Yin, J., Pan, D., He, C., Wang, A. &amp; Yan, J. (2013) Morphological and molecular data confirm species assignment and dispersal of the genus Ligia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Ligiidae) along northeastern coastal China and East Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 169, 362 - 376. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / zoj. 12068" type="journal article" year="2013">
Yin
<emphasis id="B95BEAA7FF9AFF80786BFEFDFB6F033E" box="[1097,1153,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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