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<keyLead id="30A300643A3CFF9EFF25FE227494FE73" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">1. Carapace dorsally with submedian gastric carina (immediately to either side of median carina) multidentate, subdivided into row or weakly curved longitudinal arc of short teeth or spines (typically 48)..................................... 2</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30A300643A3CFF9EFF2FFE677494FD94" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">-- Carapace dorsally with submedian gastric carina sometimes marked anteriorly by a tooth, tubercle, abrupt elevation, or medially directed curvature, mostly defined as continuous or nearly continuous crest, sometimes slightly broken or weakly tuberculate ................................................................................................... 6</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30A300643A3CFF9EFF25FDD27494FD23" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">2. Pleonal pleura 24 ventral margins rounded in lateral view, at most with obtuse corner positioned ventrally to posteroventrally...................................................................................... 3</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30A300643A3CFF9EFF2FFD177494FD66" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">-- Pleonal pleura 24 ventral margins subtriangular to subquadrately truncate in lateral view, tapered to acute corner positioned ventrally or posteroventrally............................................................................. 4</keyLead>
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3. Carapace distinctly pitted; major first cheliped merus upper margin armed with multiple spines or spinules................................................................................................
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB73FC817495FC8E" box="[1217,1437,781,803]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis foveolatus</emphasis>
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-- Carapace mostly smooth; major first cheliped merus upper margin armed with single spine (sometimes in addition low denticles distally)............................................................................
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB63FCC77495FCF1" box="[1233,1437,840,861]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis defensus</emphasis>
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4. Pleonal pleura 24 ventral margins truncate, appearing subquadrate laterally, margins of pleura 3 and 4 weakly sloped to posteroventral corner; pleuron 2 broad, height subequal to maximum length in lateral view.....
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB28FC2F7468FC19" box="[1178,1376,928,949]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis kensleyi</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30A300643A3CFF9EFF2FFC3274AAFC5C" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">-- Pleonal pleura 24 ventral margins appearing subtriangular laterally, strongly tapered to acute ventral corner; pleuron 2 narrow, height exceeding maximum length in lateral view........................................................... 5</keyLead>
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5. First pereopod chela densely setose and tuberculate; pleonal pleura 25 lacking strong marginal spine, often with small subacute denticle on anterior margin ..........................................................
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB1AFBBC7494FBEB" box="[1192,1436,1074,1096]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis granulimana</emphasis>
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-- First pereopod chela mostly smooth, not heavily setose or conspicuously tuberculate; pleonal pleura 24 with strong sharp elongate (sometimes weakly hooked, rarely compound) spine on anterior margin...............
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB04FBE17494FB2E" box="[1206,1436,1133,1155]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis spinipleura</emphasis>
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6. Carapace dorsally with submedian carina without anterior tubercle, abrupt elevation, or sharp tooth, anterior end slightly curved medially.............................................................................
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB5BFB497495FB77" box="[1257,1437,1222,1243]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis vicina</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30A300643A3CFF9EFF2FFB6C7494FB54" box="[157,1436,1250,1272]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">-- Carapace dorsally with submedian carina marked anteriorly by tubercle, abrupt elevation, or sharp tooth................ 7</keyLead>
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7. Carapace dorsally with submedian carina terminating anteriorly in a sharp tooth, surface overall appearing smooth, with few sparse setae; uropodal exopod dorsal surface lacking spines along either of weak longitudinal ridges proximal to transverse suture...........................................................................
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB1CFAD77494FAC1" box="[1198,1436,1368,1389]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis gracilimana</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30A300643A3CFF9EFF2FFAFA7494FA0B" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">-- Carapace dorsally with submedian carina terminating anteriorly in a blunt tubercle or abrupt elevation; uropodal exopod dorsal surface with multiple small spines along lateral of two weak longitudinal ridges proximal to transverse suture........... 8</keyLead>
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8. Carapace and pleura of pleon mostly with dense cover of short bristles...........................
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB6FFA417495FA4E" box="[1245,1437,1485,1507]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis hispida</emphasis>
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-- Carapace and pleura of pleon relatively smooth, without dense cover of short bristles.............
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB76FA7D7494F9AA" box="[1220,1436,1521,1543]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis pindatyba</emphasis>
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In addition to distinctions in structural morpology, predominantly orange to reddish orange coloration in
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFF25F9D57076F9DF" box="[151,382,1625,1651]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Paraxiopsis kensleyi</emphasis>
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,
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with minimal patterning (
<figureCitation id="1369BFD43A3CFF9EFD5CF9D67261F9DF" box="[750,873,1625,1651]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1852,1876]" captionTargetBox="[203,1385,181,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-28@6.[203,1385,181,1829]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Paraxiopsis kensley n. sp., male paratype, pocl 8.7 mm (USNM 1548303 = ULLZ 14979), northwestern Gulf of Mexico: A, habitus, dorsal; B, habitus, right side. P. kensleyi n. sp., male holotype (lacking minor cheliped), pocl 15.5 mm (USNM 1638661 = ULLZ 18301), northwestern Gulf of Mexico: C, habitus, left side. Paraxiopsis spinipleura, female, pocl 13.0 mm (USNM 1409793), Dominica: D, habitus, dorsal; E, habitus left side. P. spinipleura, juvenile male, pocl 5.4 mm (USNM 1547855 = ULLZ 14659), Belize: F, habitus, dorsal; G, habitus, left side." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4723231" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4723231/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Fig. 3AC</figureCitation>
), was characteristic of freshly collected specimens of all sizes, and readily distinguishes the species from the closely related species
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB9DF9F175C3F93B" box="[1071,1227,1661,1687]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">P. spinipleura</emphasis>
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(
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). This comparison of mature specimens was enabled only by the fortunate noctural collection of live
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB6DF92D7475F917" box="[1247,1405,1697,1723]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">P. spinipleura</emphasis>
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in
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, where several individuals were netted below a surface light while our vessel was at anchor in
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depth (see Acknowledgements). Immature specimens of the latter species, which represent most collections of it other than the
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, show only early traces of the mature color pattern in life, being primarily a semi-transparent off-white (
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), while the mature adults were uniquely patterned with violet purple to yellow orange. For other western Atlantic species, confirmed color patterns of
<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFCFFF8D975D5F8C3" box="[845,1245,1877,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">
<taxonomicName id="4C52D8D23A3CFF9EFCFFF8D972CAF8C3" authorityName="Kensley" authorityYear="1996" box="[845,962,1877,1903]" class="Malacostraca" family="Axiidae" genus="Paraxiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispida">P. hispida</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C52D8D23A3CFF9EFC63F8D9756CF8C3" baseAuthorityName="Rodrigues &amp; Kensley" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[977,1124,1877,1903]" class="Malacostraca" family="Axiidae" genus="Paraxiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pindatyba">P. pindatyba</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C52D8D23A3CFF9EFBC1F8D975D1F8C3" baseAuthorityName="Coelho &amp; Ramos-Porto" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[1139,1241,1878,1903]" class="Malacostraca" family="Axiidae" genus="Paraxiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="10" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vicina">P. vicina</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFAAEF8D97494F8C3" box="[1308,1436,1877,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">P. defensus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remain unknown, with that suggested by
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, fig. 68D) to perhaps represent
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFB3AF8F5740CF83F" box="[1160,1284,1913,1939]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">P. defensus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remaining of uncertain identity. However, coloration in
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFDCAF81173F5F81B" box="[632,765,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">P. foveolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFCBEF81172BAF81B" box="[780,946,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">P. gracilimana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3CFF9EFC40F81175A8F81B" box="[1010,1184,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">P. granulimana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been documented in specimens from the Gulf of Mexico (
<figureCitation id="1369BFD43A3CFF9EFDEEF84E73DFF877" box="[604,727,1985,2011]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1761,1785]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1737]" captionTargetId="figure-16@7.[151,1436,181,1737]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Paraxiopsis foveata, ovigerous female, pocl 10.3 mm (USNM 1542866 = ULLZ 8402), northwestern Gulf of Mexico: A, habitus, dorsal; ovigerous female, pocl 13.0 mm (USNM 1541111 = ULLZ 5740), northwestern Gulf of Mexico: B, habitus, left side. Paraxiopsis gracilimana, male, pocl 6.7 mm USNM 1547846 = ULLZ 14645), Belize; C, habitus, dorsal; D, habitus, right side, cheliped detached; juvenile female, pocl 5.7 mm (USNM 1545577 = ULLZ 11134), Belize: E, habitus, dorsal. Paraxiopsis granulimana, male, pocl 10.9 mm (USNM 1540500 = ULLZ 4696), northwestern Gulf of Mexico: F, habitus, right side." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4723233" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4723233/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Fig. 4AF</figureCitation>
). In all cases, predominant pigmentation in fresh specimens of these species is shades of reddish orange, though in available examples, this pigment is somewhat more complexly patterned than seen in
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<emphasis id="B9267F433A3DFF9FFE21FF347301FF79" box="[403,521,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="140">P. kensleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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