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Body (
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) stout.
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, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 4.8 mm), CBM-ZC 17112, showing colouration in life. A, habitus in dorsal view; B, habitus in ventrolateral view. Photos taken by Y. Henmi.
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Carapace (
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) glabrous, not setose. Rostrum 0.2 times as long as carapace, flattened dorsoventrally, directed forward, reaching beyond mid-length of basal article of antennular peduncle, proximally broadened, narrow triangular with acute apex in dorsal view; rostral dorsal carina absent. Frontal margin devoid of supracorneal spines; extracorneal spines acuminate, far falling short of distal corneal margin; infra-corneal spines reduced into low convexity. Pterygostomial margin broadly rounded, not protruding anteriorly. Cardiac notch deep.
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Pleura of pleomeres 14 (
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) rounded, unarmed, while that pleomere 5 (
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) acutely pointed at posteroventral angle. Pleomere 6 (
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) with articulated triangular flap posteroventrally; posterolateral process pointed but not acuminate. Telson (
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) widest at proximal one-fifth, tapering distally, with 2 pairs of dorsolateral spiniform setae; posterior margin medially slightly convex, with 2 pairs of posterolateral spiniform setae, mesial seta almost twice as long as lateral seta.
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Eyes (
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) largely exposed in dorsal and lateral views; cornea well pigmented.
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Antennular peduncle (
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) basal article longer than distal two articles combined, article 2 slightly longer than article 3. Basal article with stylocerite acute, reaching its distal margin; ventromesial carina with well developed, acute spine. Lateral flagellum biramous, fused proximal portion composed of 8 segments, aesthetasc-bearing shorter ramus (left side damaged) composed of 3 segments.
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Antenna (
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) with basicerite bearing small ventrolateral distal spine. Scaphocerite reaching distal end of antennular peduncle, oval, lateral margin straight, distal lamella produced, rounded, distinctly overreaching distolateral spine. Carpocerite exceeding distal margin of scaphocerite by 0.2 length, reaching far beyond distal margin of antennular peduncle.
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<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,820,583,609]" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Mouthparts without specific features, typical for genus.</paragraph>
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Maxilliped 3 (
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) endopod slender, reaching distal margin of scaphocerite by tip of ultimate article. Ultimate article 1.2 times as long as penultimate article, tapering to blunt tip bearing only stiff setae (no spiniform setae). Antepenultimate article slightly sinuous, slightly widened proximally. Coxal plate not strongly produced, rounded. Exopod not reaching distal end of endopod antepenultimate article.
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Left pereopod 1 only bud-like, in process of regeneration (
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). Pereopods 1 coxae (
<figureCitation box="[1179,1264,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1866,1890]" captionTargetBox="[210,1376,193,1833]" captionTargetId="figure-21@6.[202,1386,181,1842]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Athanas exilis n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 4.8 mm), CBM-ZC 17112. A, left maxilliped 3 and pereopod 1 (in process of regeneration), lateral view; B, coxae of chelipeds (pereopods 1) (basal part of right pereopod 2 also shown); C, basis of right cheliped, lateral view; D, right cheliped, lateral view; E, same, mesial view; F, left pereopod 2, lateral view; GI, left pereopods 35, lateral view. Abbreviations: EXP = exopod; P1 = pereopod 1; P2 = pereopod 2" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7889976" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7889976/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
) asymmetrical, right larger than left, suggesting notable asymmetry of pereopods 1. Right pereopod 1 (cheliped) (
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,
<figureCitation box="[151,216,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1100,1124]" captionTargetBox="[156,1432,189,1072]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[151,1436,181,1076]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Athanas exilis n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 4.8 mm), CBM-ZC 17112. A, close up of ventrolateral margin of ischium of right cheliped; B, carpus of right cheliped, extensor view; C, merus and carpus of right cheliped, ventrolateral view; D, chela of right cheliped, extensor view; E, same, ventrolateral view; FH, dactyli of pereopods 35, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7889978" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7889978/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">4BE</figureCitation>
) large, carried flexed, overreaching distal margin of scaphocerite by 0.2 length of merus when extended. Basis (
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) with rudimentary exopod. Ischium elongate, 0.8 times as long as merus; ventral margin with row of numerous spinules and 1 proximal spiniform seta, not particularly projecting; dorsal margin with row of 4 long, slender spiniform setae on proximal half; ventromesial facet clearly delimited, mesial margin with row of spinules; proximomesial face with 2 long spiniform setae. Merus elongate; dorsal, lateral and mesial surfaces smooth; ventral surface deeply excavate to accommodate carpus and proximal part of chela, ventrolateral (
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) and ventromesial margins sharply edged, each with row of widely spaced spinules or granules. Carpus 0.8 length of merus, distally widening, somewhat compressed, without setose area; extensor surface with faint median sulcus; lateral surface smooth, unarmed; mesial surface with 2 irregular longitudinal rows of spinules or granules along flexor margin. Chela also somewhat compressed, distinctly wider than carpus, surface glabrous; mesial margin sinuous with concavity at pollex base; pollex deflexed, terminating in minute clow, with low, rectangular tooth on occlusal margin slightly proximal to midlength; dactylus gradually tapering, crossing fixed finger at tip, 0.7 times as long as palm, occlusal margin with small triangular tooth slightly distal to midlength.
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Pereopod 2 (
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) slender, overreaching distal margin of scaphocerite by half-length of carpus, without exopod. Ischium slightly shorter than merus. Carpus composed of 5 segments, first segment longer than four others combined; ratio of carpal segments (from proximal to distal) approximately: 6.2: 1: 1: 1.5: 1.6. Chela simple, longer than distal carpal segment, fingers slightly longer than palm.
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Pereopods 35 slender, generally similar. Pereopod 3 (
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) overreaching distal margin of scaphocerite by full length of propodus; ischium with 1 slender spiniform seta at dorsodistal end and 2 spiniform setae on lateral surface ventrally; merus, carpus and propodus unarmed, merus 7.3 times as long as broad; dactylus (
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) 0.6 times as long as propodus, simple, very slender, gently curved, with paired minute setae slightly distal to midlength. Pereopod 4 (
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,
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) overreaching distal margin of scaphocerite by half-length of propodus; ischium with 1 dorsodistal and 1 ventrolateral spiniform setae. Pereopod 5 (
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,
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) overreaching distal margin of scaphocerite by length of dactylus; ischium with 1 dorsodistal spiniform seta, but no ventrolateral spiniform seta; propodus with grooming setae distally.
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<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Gill formula typical for genus: pleurobranchs on thoracomeres 48 (above pereopods 15); podobranch and arthrobranch absent; lobe-like epipods on maxilliped 1 and 2, strap-like epipods on coxae of maxilliped 3 and pereopods 13; setobranchs on coxae of pereopods 14; maxillipeds 1 and 2 each with well-developed, flagellumlike exopod.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,796,1878,1905]" pageId="3" pageNumber="366">Pleopod 25 each with appendix interna on endopod.</paragraph>
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Uropod (
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) with protopod bearing two distally acute lobes. Exopod lateral margin nearly straight, terminating in minute denticle; distolateral spiniform seta minute; diaeresis straight, unarmed. Endopod subovate, subequal in length to exopod.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,273,1876,1900]" pageId="4" pageNumber="367">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 4.8 mm), CBM-ZC 17112.A, carapace and cephalic appendages, left lateral view; B, anterior part of carapace and cephalic appendages, left lateral view; C, same, dorsal view; D, pleon, telson and pleonal appendages, left lateral view; E, posterior part of pleomere 5 and pleomere 6, left lateral view; F, telson, dorsal view; G, left antennal scaphocerite, dorsal view (setae omitted); H, right uropod, dorsal view.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,429,150,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Colouration in life.</emphasis>
Carapace and pleon semitransparent with scattered red dots (sparse on carapace), dorsal surface with yellowish white longitudinal band along midline; yellowish hepatopancreas visible through integument; antennule and antenna semitransparent; cheliped whitish with tinge of pink; pereopods 25 whitish semitransparent; uropods pinkish; eggs red (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,298,293,319]" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Habitat.</emphasis>
The
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of the new species was extracted from muddy sediment collected using a Smith McIntyre grab at a depth of
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The bottom salinity was 34.3‰ and the bottom water temperature was 11.8°C on
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,400,426]" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently known only from Wakasa Bay, the Sea of
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side of Honshu,
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, at a depth of
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,437,463]" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Remarks.</emphasis>
In the
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, the known unique representative of the new taxon, the left cheliped is in the process of regeneration (
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). Nevertheless, the coxae are asymmetrical (right coxa larger than left), indicating that the chelipeds are distinctly unequal and dissimilar. It is assumed that the right cheliped of the
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corresponds to a major cheliped because of the large size and stoutness.
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The important features of
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<emphasis box="[509,671,579,605]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Athanas exilis</emphasis>
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for species differentiation are: the rostrum does not reach the distal margin of the basal article of the antennular peduncle, with a smooth, non-dentate dorsal margin; no infracorneal and supracorneal spines are present on the carapace frontal margin; the antennular peduncle is slender, with the article 2 being distinctly longer than wide; the antennal carpocerite overreaches the distal margin of the scaphocerite; the major cheliped is carried folded; the major cheliped ischium and merus have spinulose ventral margins; the major cheliped fingers are not twisted and devoid of setal brush; the major cheliped carpus is elongate, being longer than the palm; and the pereopods 35 are slender, with simple, noticeably elongate dactyli exceeding 0.5 length of propodi. This combination of characters is seen only in
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.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[199,419,865,891]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Athanas sydnyensis</emphasis>
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is known only by the type series from
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,
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, at depths of
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, consisting of a female
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and
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(
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).
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<emphasis box="[1122,1281,901,927]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Athanas exilis</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis box="[213,364,937,963]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
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in the following particulars: the dorsal surface of the rostrum is devoid of a middorsal carina in
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<emphasis box="[151,241,972,999]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. exilis</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, which is discernible in
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<emphasis box="[583,734,972,999]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
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(cf.
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versus
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: fig. 1B); the lateral margins of the telson are straight in
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, rather than gently convex in
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<emphasis box="[1068,1220,1008,1035]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf.
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versus
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: fig. 1J); the antennular stylocerite reaches the distal margin of the basal peduncular article in
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<emphasis box="[179,268,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. exilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
, while reaching the midlength of the peduncular article
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<emphasis box="[1002,1152,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
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(cf.
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versus
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: fig. 1AC); the distal lamella of the antennal scaphocerite is more strongly produced in
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</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">
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</emphasis>
than in
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<emphasis box="[273,423,1151,1178]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf.
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versus
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: fig. 1B, C); the pereopod 2 is much slenderer in
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[247,310,1187,1213]" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">
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</emphasis>
than in
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<emphasis box="[399,550,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf.
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versus
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: fig. 1H); the ventral armature on the pereopod 1 merus is less developed in
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[683,745,1223,1249]" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">
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</emphasis>
than in
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<emphasis box="[837,988,1223,1249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf.
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versus
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: figs. 1DG, 2A, B). In addition, as mentioned above, the chelipeds are probably unequal and dissimilar in the new species, but they are subequal and similar in
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<emphasis box="[706,857,1294,1320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
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(
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: figs. 1DG, 2A, B).
</paragraph>
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Besides the development of the infracorneal spine on the carapace,
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<emphasis box="[953,1151,1330,1356]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Athanas amazone</emphasis>
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is also similar to the new species. In
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<emphasis box="[277,409,1366,1392]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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, the infracorneal spine is usually present, but occasionally absent (
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).
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<emphasis box="[151,350,1401,1427]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Athanas amazone</emphasis>
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has been reported from the eastern Atlantic, i.e.,
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(
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),
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,
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(
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),
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(Türkay 1982),
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(
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), and throughout the Mediterranean Sea (
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;
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;
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Koukouras
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;
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;
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Atkinson
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;
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; dUdekem
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;
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).
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,
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and
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noted some variation in the relative length of the stylocerite (compared to the distal margin of the first segment of the antennular peduncle); the length of the carpocerite (compared to the scaphocerite); and the shape of the chelipeds.
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stated: “It shows that some features, e.g., the length of the carpocerite, the shape of the merus and the chela of the major cheliped, and the slenderness of the minor cheliped, may indeed be sexually dimorphic and/or age-dependent. However, more material with information on colour patterns and ecology is needed to conclude about the taxonomic status of
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<emphasis box="[254,386,1759,1785]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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.” Considering the possible sexual dimorphism and the possibility that more than one species might be confounded under
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<emphasis box="[473,605,1795,1821]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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, the following comparison is limited to the accounts mentioning females (
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;
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).
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<emphasis box="[610,767,1830,1856]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">Athanas exilis</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis box="[982,1113,1830,1856]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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as follows: the distal lamella of the antennal scaphocerite is more strongly produced in
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<emphasis box="[835,929,1866,1892]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. exilis</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis box="[1110,1245,1866,1892]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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(
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versus
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: fig. 23c); the major cheliped merus is less expanded in
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than in
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<emphasis box="[1196,1328,1902,1928]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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(
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versus
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: fig. 23e); the pereopod 2 is much more slenderer in
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<emphasis box="[1001,1091,1937,1964]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. exilis</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis box="[1246,1377,1938,1964]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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(
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versus
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: fig.
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); the major chela is longer than the carpus in
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<emphasis box="[1033,1123,1973,2000]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. exilis</emphasis>
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, whereas shorter than the carpus in
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<emphasis box="[301,432,2010,2036]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="368">A. amazone</emphasis>
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(
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versus
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e).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,275,1866,1890]" pageId="6" pageNumber="369">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[282,424,1866,1890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="369">Athanas exilis</emphasis>
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, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 4.8 mm), CBM-ZC 17112. A, left maxilliped 3 and pereopod 1 (in process of regeneration), lateral view; B, coxae of chelipeds (pereopods 1) (basal part of right pereopod 2 also shown); C, basis of right cheliped, lateral view; D, right cheliped, lateral view; E, same, mesial view; F, left pereopod 2, lateral view; GI, left pereopods 35, lateral view. Abbreviations: EXP = exopod; P1 = pereopod 1; P2 = pereopod 2
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,274,1100,1124]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[280,422,1100,1124]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">Athanas exilis</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 4.8 mm), CBM-ZC 17112. A, close up of ventrolateral margin of ischium of right cheliped; B, carpus of right cheliped, extensor view; C, merus and carpus of right cheliped, ventrolateral view; D, chela of right cheliped, extensor view; E, same, ventrolateral view; FH, dactyli of pereopods 35, lateral view.
</paragraph>
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A partial fragment of the 16S rRNA gene (542 bp) was sequenced for the
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of the present new species. Sequences of the16S rRNA gene are available for eight species (nine sequences) of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1814" box="[1085,1177,1278,1304]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Athanas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1085,1177,1278,1304]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">Athanas</emphasis>
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in the GenBank (
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), although no sequence data is available for
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anker &amp; Ahyong" authorityYear="2007" box="[678,831,1314,1341]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Athanas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sydnyensis">
<emphasis box="[678,831,1314,1341]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. sydnyensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[889,1022,1315,1341]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. amazone</emphasis>
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, mentioned above. The interspecific K2P genetic divergence among the nine
<taxonomicName box="[601,780,1350,1376]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">
<emphasis box="[601,693,1350,1376]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">Athanas</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
is high, ranging from 14.0 to 40.4% (
<tableCitation box="[1199,1286,1350,1377]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,239,151,175]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="TABLE 2. Genetic divergences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene among nine species of Athanas (10 sequences) based on Kimura 2-parameter model. Standard error estimate(s) are shown above the diagonal. The rate variation among sites was modeled with a gamma distribution (shape parameter = 1). There were a total of 531 bp in the final dataset." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF78661ACC639D6DEEA7FF7DFACE3585" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" tableUuid="DF78661ACC639D6DEEA7FF7DFACE3585">Table 2</tableCitation>
). The genetic divergence between
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<emphasis box="[381,539,1386,1412]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">Athanas exilis</emphasis>
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and the other eight species ranges from 21.1 to 33.4%. It should be noted that the identity of the voucher specimen of the sequence KU312972 with
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<emphasis box="[978,1112,1423,1449]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. nitescens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Leach, W. E." box="[1118,1256,1422,1449]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="383 - 437" refId="ref6948" refString="Leach, W. E. (1813 - 1814) Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D., The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. A. Balfour, Edinburgh, pp. 383 - 437." type="book chapter" year="1813">Leach, 1813</bibRefCitation>
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is questionable, because the sequence closely matches MZ661664 referred to
<taxonomicName authority="Coutiere, 1911" authorityName="Coutiere" authorityYear="1911" box="[844,1152,1458,1485]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Athanas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="glimardii">
<emphasis box="[844,979,1458,1485]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. glimardii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Coutiere, H." box="[986,1152,1458,1485]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="1 - 7" refId="ref5980" refString="Coutiere, H. (1911) Sur les Alpheidae du genre Athanas Leach, provenant des collections de S. A. S. le Prince de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique, 197, 1 - 7." type="journal article" year="1911">Coutiére, 1911</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(K2P genetic divergence 0.8%), rather than to MZ661665 referred to
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<emphasis box="[646,780,1495,1521]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. nitescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(K2P genetic divergence 14.8%).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[151,1437,1242,1881]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">
Of the 13 species known from
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, 10 species are widely distributed in the tropical or subtropical Indo-West Pacific (
<bibRefCitation author="Miya, Y. &amp; Miyake, S." box="[246,502,1566,1593]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="129 - 162" refId="ref7153" refString="Miya, Y. &amp; Miyake, S. (1968) Revision of the genus Athanas of Japan and the Ryukyu Islands, with description of a new species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae). Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyushu University, 1, 129 - 162." type="journal article" year="1968">Miya &amp; Miyake 1968</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Banner, D. M. &amp; Banner, A. H." box="[517,788,1567,1593]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="291 - 382" refId="ref5652" refString="Banner, D. M. &amp; Banner, A. H. (1973) The alpheid shrimp of Australia, part I: the lower genera. Records of the Australian Museum, 28, 291 - 382. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.28.1973.407" type="journal article" year="1973">Banner &amp; Banner 1973</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Chace, F. A. Jr." box="[802,941,1566,1593]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="1 - 99" refId="ref5842" refString="Chace, F. A. Jr. (1988) The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907 - 1910, part 5: Family Alpheidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 466, i - v + 1 - 99. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 19436696.391.1" type="journal article" year="1988">Chace 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Hayashi, K. - I." box="[955,1129,1566,1593]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="2 - 6" refId="ref6490" refString="Hayashi, K. - I. (1995 a) Prawns, shrimps and lobsters from Japan (81), Family Alpheidae - Genus Athanas 2. Aquabiology, 96, 2 - 6. [in Japanese]" type="journal article" year="1995">Hayashi 1995a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Sha, Z. &amp; Wang, Y. &amp; Cui, D." box="[1143,1323,1566,1593]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" refId="ref7384" refString="Sha, Z., Wang, Y. &amp; Cui, D. (2019) The Alpheidae from China Seas. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, 323 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 981 - 15 - 0648 - 2 _ 2" type="book" year="2019">
Sha
<emphasis box="[1194,1253,1566,1592]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">et al.</emphasis>
2019
</bibRefCitation>
), whereas three species, including the present new species, are so far restricted to temperate areas in East Asian waters:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. squillophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally described from Ishikari Bay,
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,
<collectingCountry box="[917,981,1639,1665]" name="Japan" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">Japan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Hayashi, K. - I." box="[995,1155,1638,1665]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="395 - 403" refId="ref6572" refString="Hayashi, K. - I. (2002) A new species of the genus Athanas (Decapoda, Caridea, Alpheidae) living in the burrows of a mantis shrimp. Crustaceana, 75, 395 - 403. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854002760095462" type="journal article" year="2002">Hayashi 2002</bibRefCitation>
), and later recorded from the Yellow Sea coast of northern
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Sha, Z. &amp; Wang, Y. &amp; Cui, D." box="[609,785,1674,1701]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" refId="ref7384" refString="Sha, Z., Wang, Y. &amp; Cui, D. (2019) The Alpheidae from China Seas. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, 323 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 981 - 15 - 0648 - 2 _ 2" type="book" year="2019">
Sha
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2019
</bibRefCitation>
);
<taxonomicName authority="Marin, 2017" authorityName="Marin" authorityYear="2017" box="[805,1153,1674,1701]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Athanas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alpheusophilus">
<emphasis box="[805,1007,1674,1701]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. alpheusophilus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Marin, I. N." box="[1014,1153,1674,1701]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" pagination="50 - 62" refId="ref7020" refString="Marin, I. N. (2017) Athanas alpheusophilus sp. nov. (Decapoda: Alpheidae) - a new Alpheus - associated shrimp from the Russian coast of the Sea of Japan. Zootaxa, 4324 (1), 50 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4324.1.3" type="journal article" year="2017">Marin, 2017</bibRefCitation>
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was originally described from Posjeta Bay, Far Eastern
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(Sea of
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); and
<taxonomicName authority="Komai &amp; Henmi, 2023" authorityName="Komai &amp; Henmi" authorityYear="2023" box="[776,864,1710,1737]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Athanas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="370" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exilis" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis box="[776,864,1710,1737]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. exilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[869,930,1711,1737]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">
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</emphasis>
is so far known only from Wakasa Bay,
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, although its real distribution remains clarified. The
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of
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<emphasis box="[859,949,1746,1773]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">A. exilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[956,1018,1747,1773]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">
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</emphasis>
was collected from the sea bottom of the temperature 11.8°C (see above), suggesting that the new species is adapted to the temperate environment.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1819,1845]" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">Etymology.</emphasis>
From the Latin
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<emphasis box="[516,575,1818,1844]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="370">exilis</emphasis>
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(= slender) in reference to the slender, elongate dactyli of the pereopods
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the new species.
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