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Family
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Corophiidae
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB0C0FE177DFB62F0" bold="true" box="[151,475,401,427]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Laticorophium bifurcatum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB1B6FE147E1B62F0" bold="true" box="[481,571,402,427]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="54C98878FFB7FFCBB0C0FE7A7CF2614E" box="[151,210,508,533]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Type</typeStatus>
material.
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Male
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,
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(
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2015. 3143), samples from rock and associated seaweeds and hydroids on sides of concrete north tidal gate, within Sea City waterways,
<date id="FFCC101AFFB7FFCBB38DFDA678A96163" box="[986,1161,543,568]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410" value="2014-03-17">17 March 2014</date>
, D.K. Raja.
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,
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,
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(
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2015. 31443153), same data as
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.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090FDE17DA261DB" bold="true" box="[199,386,615,640]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Other material.</emphasis>
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,
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(
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2015. 31543163), from tunicates attached to concrete sides of north tidal gate in phase A3 Sea City,
<date id="FFCC101AFFB7FFCBB233FD0A7F2561FF" box="[612,773,652,677]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410" value="2014-04-20">20 April 2014</date>
, D.K. Raja;
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,
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(
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2015. 3164 3173), from sponges growing on concrete sides of North Tidal Gate, phase A3, Sea City,
<date id="FFCC101AFFB7FFCBB428FD3679316193" box="[1151,1297,687,712]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410" value="2014-04-08">8 April 2014</date>
, D.K. Raja.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090FD527D7961B6" bold="true" box="[199,345,724,749]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Description.</emphasis>
Based on male
<typeStatus id="54C98878FFB7FFCBB25CFD527E4D61B6" box="[523,621,724,749]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
<quantity id="4C8A9B3FFFB7FFCBB223FD527EED61B7" box="[628,717,724,748]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2" pageId="9" pageNumber="410" unit="mm" value="2.2">2.2 mm</quantity>
.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFB7FFCBB090FD71790A60B3" blockId="9.[151,1437,508,1685]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090FD717D2E604B" bold="true" box="[199,270,759,784]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Head.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB140FD717D73604B" box="[279,339,759,784]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Head</emphasis>
with short triangular rostrum;
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB2EDFD7F7ECF604B" box="[698,751,761,784]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Eyes</emphasis>
subround.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB326FD7E7FC6604B" box="[881,998,760,784]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Antenna 1</emphasis>
peduncular articles 1 and 2 subequal, article 1 with two robust setae on the posterior proximal margin, the basal one recurved and two robust setae on the inner proximal margin; article 3 short; peduncular articles clothed with long fine setae; flagellum short, with three articles.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB0A2FCE27D466027" box="[245,358,868,892]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Antenna 2</emphasis>
grossly enlarged; peduncular article 4 subrectangular with two strong spines on the posterodistal margin, a short inner one and a longer, recurved outer one; article 5 much more slender and about two thirds length of article 1, posterodistal margin with one spine, sub-distal margin with one spine; flagellum composed of two stout, setose articles.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB1D2FC497DDF60B3" box="[389,511,975,1000]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Maxilliped</emphasis>
palp well developed, palp article 2 extending beyond end of outer plate.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090FC727D026756" bold="true" box="[199,290,1012,1037]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Pereon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB179FC727DE66757" box="[302,454,1012,1037]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
, dactyl bifid, tip exceeding short, oblique palm.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB444FC72788B6757" box="[1043,1195,1012,1037]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
, carpus short, deep, posterodistal margin setose; propodus lacking palm; dactylus short, bidentate.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB440FB9178E1676B" box="[1047,1217,1047,1072]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Pereopods 34</emphasis>
short; basis broad; segment 4 broadened distally, slightly overhanging short article 5.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB3DDFBBA7812670E" box="[906,1074,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Pereopods 56</emphasis>
short, similar in form but bases unequal in size; segment 5 short, with 2 posterolateral clusters of short hook spines.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB413FBD978E5672C" box="[1092,1221,1119,1144]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Pereopod 7</emphasis>
not elongate; basis medium broad; dactyl short.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFB7FFCBB090FB2178CF6676" blockId="9.[151,1437,508,1685]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090FB217D31679B" bold="true" box="[199,273,1191,1216]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Pleon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB14DFB2F7DA0679B" box="[282,384,1193,1216]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Urosome</emphasis>
segments 13 fused, plate-like.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB2A3FB217F41679B" box="[756,865,1191,1216]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Uropod 1</emphasis>
peduncle broad elongate, rami much shorter than peduncle, inner ramus longer than outer, both rami with robust setae.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB3FEFB4A783567BF" box="[937,1045,1228,1253]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Uropod 2</emphasis>
peduncle stout, short; outer ramus shorter than peduncle rounded, with robust and fine setae, inner ramus slender, subequal with peduncle with robust setae.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB08AFA927D686677" box="[221,328,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Uropod 3</emphasis>
peduncle short with large outer lobe; ramus short subround.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB3A6FA9278166676" box="[1009,1078,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Telson</emphasis>
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small, rounded.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFB7FFCBB090FAB17EC066C3" blockId="9.[151,1437,508,1685]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090FAB17D3E660B" bold="true" box="[199,286,1335,1360]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Female</emphasis>
up to 3.0 mm (sexually dimorphic characters).
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB369FABE7F92660B" box="[830,946,1336,1360]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Antenna 2</emphasis>
peduncular article 4 much less robust than that of male, inner margin with one basal, one medio-distal and one distal robust seta; article 5 shorter and more slender than article 4, lacking spines or robust setae.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFB7FFCBB090FA227845652B" blockId="9.[151,1437,508,1685]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090FA227D1B66E6" bold="true" box="[199,315,1444,1469]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB115FA227E4966E6" box="[322,617,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Laticorophium bifurcatum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB226FA227EEB66E6" bold="true" box="[625,715,1444,1469]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is very close to
<taxonomicName id="4C724D59FFB7FFCBB3D2FA23789F66E7" authority="Shoemaker, 1934" authorityName="Shoemaker" authorityYear="1934" box="[901,1215,1444,1469]" class="Malacostraca" family="Corophiidae" genus="Laticorophium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="baconi">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB3D2FA237FCF66E6" box="[901,1007,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">L. baconi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B2BFFB7FFCBB3A0FA22789F66E7" author="Shoemaker" box="[1015,1215,1444,1469]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410" refString="Shoemaker, C. R. (1934) Two new species of Corophium from the west coast of America. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 24 (8), 256 - 360." type="journal article" year="1934">Shoemaker, 1934</bibRefCitation>
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. It differs in having the male antenna 2 with a strong spine on the posterior margin of article 5. In this respect it superficially resembles
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB0C0FA6A7DB6655F" box="[151,406,1516,1541]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Apocorophium acutum</emphasis>
(
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but unlike that species (and genus) it has a notched urosome, a bidentate dactylus on gnathopod 2 and a strongly lobate peduncle of uropod 3. It also differs from
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB4DBF99778D76573" box="[1164,1271,1551,1576]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">L. baconi</emphasis>
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in having two robust setae inserted on a swollen posteroproximal region of article 4 of the male antenna 2 as well as having the posterodistal spine on article 4 of the male antenna 2 divergent as opposed to recurved.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFB7FFCBB090F9FA7D4065CE" bold="true" box="[199,352,1660,1685]" pageId="9" pageNumber="410">Distribution.</emphasis>
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