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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3932DC1A4882FE243E964AF1" bold="true" box="[151,448,445,471]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="265">Pseudosesarma glabrum</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3932DC1A4882FDBB3EC9491E" box="[151,415,546,568]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="265">Pseudosesarma edwardsii</emphasis>
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Shet
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2016
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: 8, 12, fig. 2 (not
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De
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)
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. Holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016-1), mangrove forest (mixed mangrove zone with human settlements), Aroor, Cochin estuary, part of Vembanad wetland, RAMSAR site, Kerala, India, coll. V. Rani
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3933DC1B48C6F8BD3E5D4C1D" box="[211,267,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="266">et al.</emphasis>
,
<date id="FFEB56983933DC1B490CF8BA3E804C1A" box="[281,470,1827,1852]" pageId="3" pageNumber="266" value="2016-01-16">16 January 2016</date>
. Paratypes: 1 male (12.2 ×
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) (CUSAT 2016-2), same data as holotype; 1 male (16.5 ×
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) (CUSAT 2016-3), same location as holotype, coll.
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.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3932DC1A4882F8283E5B4CE1" bold="true" box="[151,269,1969,1991]" pageId="2" pageNumber="265">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3932DC1A4A0EF8283D024CE1" bold="true" box="[539,596,1969,1991]" pageId="2" pageNumber="265">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016-1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3933DC1B4882F9E63E464DB3" bold="true" box="[151,272,1663,1685]" pageId="3" pageNumber="266">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3933DC1B4A32F9E63D324DB3" bold="true" box="[551,612,1663,1685]" pageId="3" pageNumber="266">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016-1), India. A, frontal view of cephalothorax; B, outer view of left chela; C, anterior thoracic sternum and pleon.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3933DC1B48D2F8F43E834CA0" bold="true" box="[199,469,1901,1926]" pageId="3" pageNumber="266">Comparative material</emphasis>
. See Ng &amp;
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for material of
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3933DC1B4BFCF8F63B224CA0" box="[1001,1140,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="266">P. edwardsii</emphasis>
(De
<bibRefCitation id="EFC40DA93933DC1B4CADF8F63A6C4CA0" author="Man" box="[1208,1338,1902,1926]" pageId="3" pageNumber="266" refString="Man, J. G. de (1887) Ubersicht der Indo-pacifischen Arten der Gattung Sesarma Say nebst einer Kritik der von W. Hess und E. Nauck in den Jahren 1865 und 1880 beschrieben Decapoden. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abtheilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, 2, 639 - 722." type="journal article" year="1887">Man, 1887</bibRefCitation>
)
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, and
<taxonomicName id="4C550BDB3933DC1B4D92F8F63EB14C8C" authority="(De Man, 1887)" authorityName="De Man" authorityYear="1887" baseAuthorityName="De Man" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Malacostraca" family="Sesarmidae" genus="Pseudosesarma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="3" pageNumber="266" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassimanum">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3933DC1B4D92F8F63E7A4C8F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="266">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
(De
<bibRefCitation id="EFC40DA93933DC1B4971F80B3E884C8C" author="Man" box="[356,478,1938,1962]" pageId="3" pageNumber="266" refString="Man, J. G. de (1887) Ubersicht der Indo-pacifischen Arten der Gattung Sesarma Say nebst einer Kritik der von W. Hess und E. Nauck in den Jahren 1865 und 1880 beschrieben Decapoden. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abtheilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, 2, 639 - 722." type="journal article" year="1887">Man, 1887</bibRefCitation>
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examined.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3933DC1B48D2F82C3E6C4CE8" bold="true" box="[199,314,1973,1998]" pageId="3" pageNumber="266">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Carapace slightly wider than long, width to length ratio 1.151.18 (
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A, B); dorsal surface, including anterior part almost glabrous, without dark setae, with only short, barely visible scattered setae on posterolateral regions (
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B, 3A); frontal margin wide, each frontal lobe gently convex, median concavity separating lobes wide, shallow (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4A1CFF253D184BF2" box="[521,590,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A, B); postfrontal lobes high, prominent, level with each other (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4D27FF253AD54BF2" box="[1330,1411,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
B, 3A); external orbital tooth short, directed anteriorly, not reaching to level of front, separated from rest of margin by deep, V-shaped cleft (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4980FE9D3E8C4A3A" box="[405,474,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A, B); lateral margin with 1 distinct low epibranchial tooth, separated from rest of margin by small U-shaped notch (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4A0FFEBE3D094A66" box="[538,607,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B); posterolateral margins gently sinuous, subparallel (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4CDEFEBE3A594A66" box="[1227,1295,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A, B). Third maxilliped with longitudinally ovate merus, merus longer than ischium (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4BC1FED53B4F4A42" box="[980,1049,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C). Chela short, stout, fingers just shorter than palm (measured along ventral margin); outer surface of palm covered with numerous small rounded granules, ventral margin of fixed finger and distal half of palm straight (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4BC4FE0D3B434A8A" box="[977,1045,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, frontal view of cephalothorax; B, outer view of left chela; C, anterior thoracic sternum and pleon." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847560/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B). Groove between male thoracic sternites 3 and 4 distinct, straight (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4A36FE2E3D314AF6" box="[547,615,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, frontal view of cephalothorax; B, outer view of left chela; C, anterior thoracic sternum and pleon." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847560/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
C). Male pleon broadly triangular, somite 6 wide with distinctly convex lateral margins (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4943FE453EF14AD2" box="[342,423,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, frontal view of cephalothorax; B, outer view of left chela; C, anterior thoracic sternum and pleon." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847560/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
C, 4A). Male sternopleonal cavity with press-button of pleonal locking mechanism on anterior edge of sternite 5. G1 stout, distal part dilated forming bulbous structure, chitinous tip relatively broad, appearing bifurcated (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C4998FDBD3E86491A" box="[397,464,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1441,1463]" captionTargetBox="[172,1391,649,1403]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,625,1420]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, pleon; B, dorsal view of left G 1; C, ventro-mesial view of left G 1; D, ventral view of left G 1; E, left G 2. Scales: A = 2.0 mm; B E = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847562/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
BD).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA70583934DC1C4882FA383A044EF0" blockId="4.[151,1436,1441,1494]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4882FA383E5A4E91" bold="true" box="[151,268,1441,1463]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C490DFA383D454E91" box="[280,531,1441,1463]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Pseudosesarma glabrum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4A0CFA383D044E91" bold="true" box="[537,594,1441,1463]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016-1), India. A, pleon; B, dorsal view of left G1; C, ventro-mesial view of left G1; D, ventral view of left G1; E, left G2. Scales: A = 2.0 mm; BE = 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA70583934DC1C48D2FA643F8A4D78" blockId="4.[151,1437,1533,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C48D2FA643E4C4D30" bold="true" box="[199,282,1533,1558]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Colour</emphasis>
. In life (
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), the carapace is dark grey with patches of lighter grey. The ambulatory legs are light brown in colour with some parts orange. The merus of the chelipeds is orange with the palm purple and the fingers white.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34F23D33934DC1C48D2F9F03C384D83" pageId="4" pageNumber="267" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BEA70583934DC1C48D2F9F03C384D83" blockId="4.[151,1437,1533,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C48D2F9F03E104DA4" bold="true" box="[199,326,1641,1666]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet,
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4A55F9F03DC94DA7" box="[576,671,1641,1665]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">glabrum</emphasis>
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, is from the Latin word for smooth and hairless; alluding to smooth dorsal carapace surface of the species which has almost no setae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34F23D33934DC1E48D2F9283D634883" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="269" pageId="4" pageNumber="267" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEA70583934DC1D48D2F9283E234A66" blockId="4.[151,1437,1533,2026]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1436,151,320]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="268" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C48D2F9283E624DEC" bold="true" box="[199,308,1713,1738]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Remarks</emphasis>
. With regards to the relatively more transversely rectangular carapace and relatively shorter and wider ambulatory meri,
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C49B1F94F3D4B4DCB" box="[420,541,1749,1773]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">P. glabrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4A31F94C3D344DC8" bold="true" box="[548,610,1749,1774]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
most closely resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C550BDB3934DC1C4B67F94F3B744DCB" baseAuthorityName="De Man" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[882,1058,1750,1773]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sesarmidae" genus="Pseudosesarma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassimanum">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4B67F94F3B744DCB" box="[882,1058,1750,1773]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a species known from
<collectingCountry id="F34230C83934DC1C4D3CF94F3ACE4DC8" box="[1321,1432,1750,1774]" name="Myanmar" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F34230C83934DC1C4882F9603FAB4C34" box="[151,253,1785,1810]" name="Thailand" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Thailand</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F34230C83934DC1C491CF9603E254C34" box="[265,371,1785,1810]" name="Malaysia" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F34230C83934DC1C496BF9603EA64C34" box="[382,496,1785,1810]" name="Singapore" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Singapore</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F34230C83934DC1C4A32F9603DC24C34" box="[551,660,1785,1810]" name="Indonesia" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
(Ng &amp;
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). Records of this species from
<collectingCountry id="F34230C83934DC1C4CFBF9603A0A4C34" box="[1262,1372,1785,1810]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
(e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC40DA93934DC1C4882F8843E794C10" author="Alcock" box="[151,303,1821,1846]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267" refString="Alcock, A. (1900) Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 6. The Brachyura Catometopa or Grapsoidea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 69 (3), 279 - 486." type="journal article" year="1900">Alcock 1900</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC40DA93934DC1C492AF8843D024C10" author="Ingle" box="[319,596,1821,1846]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267" refString="Ingle, R. W. &amp; Fernando, C. H. (1963) On some fresh and brackish water crustaceans from Ceylon. Crustaceana, 6 (2), 101 - 109. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854063 X 00499" type="journal article" year="1963">Ingle &amp; Fernando 1963</bibRefCitation>
) actually belong to an undescribed species (see Ng &amp;
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).
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4882F8D83EF84C7F" box="[151,430,1857,1881]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Pseudosesarma glabrum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C49A3F8D83EA14C7C" bold="true" box="[438,503,1857,1882]" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, however, can easily be separated by the median cleft of the frontal margin being relatively more shallow (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C49BAF8FC3EA44C58" box="[431,498,1893,1918]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A, B) (deeper in
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4AA5F8FF3C374C5B" box="[688,865,1894,1917]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
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; cf. Ng &amp;
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: figs. 2C, 8); the anterior part of the dorsal surface of the carapace is almost glabrous except for a few very small scattered setae on the posterolateral regions (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3934DC1C49B2F8343EAB4CE0" box="[423,509,1965,1990]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1418,635,1946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype: male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, overall dorsal view; B, dorsal view of carapace; C, left third maxilliped." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847558/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
B, 3A) (most of surface covered with scattered but distinct stiff setae in
<taxonomicName id="4C550BDB3934DC1C4D92F8373E7A4CCF" baseAuthorityName="De Man" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Malacostraca" family="Sesarmidae" genus="Pseudosesarma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassimanum">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3934DC1C4D92F8373E7A4CCF" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="267">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; cf. Ng &amp;
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: figs. 2C, D, 8); the ventral margin of the fixed finger and distal half of the palm of the adult chela is almost straight (
<figureCitation id="136E6CDD3935DC1D4A79FF0E3DFB4B96" box="[620,685,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,195,1641]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Pseudosesarma glabrum n. sp., holotype male (13.8 × 12.0 mm) (CUSAT 2016 - 1), India. A, frontal view of cephalothorax; B, outer view of left chela; C, anterior thoracic sternum and pleon." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/847560/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B) (distinctly concave in
<taxonomicName id="4C550BDB3935DC1D4BDCFF003B2F4B89" baseAuthorityName="De Man" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[969,1145,152,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Sesarmidae" genus="Pseudosesarma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassimanum">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3935DC1D4BDCFF003B2F4B89" box="[969,1145,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; cf. Ng &amp;
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: figs. 1D, 9); the male pleon is relatively wider (
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C, 4A) (relatively narrower in
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3935DC1D4C65FF243A754BF2" box="[1136,1315,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
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; cf. Ng &amp;
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: fig. 10); and the distal chitinous process is relatively shorter, wider and appears bifurcated (
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BD) (distal chitinous process beak-like, longer and narrower in
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3935DC1D4B9BFE9C3B164A3A" box="[910,1088,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
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; cf. Ng &amp;
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: fig. 11BF, HL, OR).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3935DC1D4882F8B63E5B4C63" bold="true" box="[151,269,1839,1861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
. Colour in life.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3935DC1D4ABAF8B63DBF4C63" bold="true" box="[687,745,1839,1861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, paratype male (16.5 × 14.5 mm) (CUSAT 2016-3), India. A, dorsal overall view; B, frontal view showing cephalothorax and chelae.
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On the basis of geography, the records of “
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” from the west coast of India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala and probably parts of Tamil Nadu) by Kathirasan (2000: 193),
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Dev
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: 143, pl. 4 fig. 5), Dev Roy (2008: 131),
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Dev
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: 497),
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Dev Roy
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3935DC1D4BAFF8403CA54CD6" box="[954,1011,2008,2032]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">et al.</emphasis>
(2009
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: 103),
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Haragi
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3935DC1D4CCAF8403A4E4CD6" box="[1247,1304,2008,2032]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="268">et al.</emphasis>
(2010
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: 10),
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Pati
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E48DFFF003E544B96" box="[202,258,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">et al.</emphasis>
(2012
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: 383),
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Dev
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: 155) and
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Shet
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4AEFFF003C654B96" box="[762,819,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">et al.</emphasis>
(2016
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: 8, 12, fig. 2) may belong to
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4CD1FF003A694B96" box="[1220,1343,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">P. glabrum</emphasis>
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as well. Their material, however, must now be checked to confirm this. The material from other parts of India will certainly need to be re-examined to ascertain if they are really
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4AE8FF783CD34BDE" box="[765,901,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">P. edwardsii</emphasis>
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(sensu Ng &amp;
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),
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4CFCFF783ACD4BD1" box="[1257,1435,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">P. crassimanum</emphasis>
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(sensu Ng &amp;
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) or otherwise.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E48D2FEBE3E724A66" bold="true" box="[199,292,295,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Ecology</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4920FEB13D184A66" box="[309,590,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Pseudosesarma glabrum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4A4DFEBE3DCC4A66" bold="true" box="[600,666,295,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">n. sp.</emphasis>
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is a semi-terrestrial crab inhabiting the intertidal mixed mangrove zones of Aroor (
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,
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), a location on the southern part of the
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estuary in
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. The habitat is spread over an approximate area of 68 hectares, the lower areas being densely covered by old mangrove trees with high litter fall and heavy crab activity. The species is usually abundant during post monsoon period (OctoberJanuary) in sites with salinities along the mixo-mesohaline range (5±18 ppt). The waters measured 15 ppt when the crabs were collected.
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4B0FFE453C0F4AD3" bold="true" box="[794,857,476,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">n. sp.</emphasis>
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was observed to occur together with the sesarmids
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4882FD983EC1493E" box="[151,407,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Parasesarma plicatum</emphasis>
(Latreille, 1803)
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and
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4A87FD993C83493E" box="[658,981,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Neosarmatium malabaricum</emphasis>
(Henderson, 1893)
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. The species is very active during bright days, usually in the afternoon. It occurs in mixed mangrove vegetation dominated by
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4D38FDBD3E514946" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Avicennia officinalis</emphasis>
Linnaeus
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, and
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E49ABFDD13D924946" box="[446,708,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Rhizophora mucronata</emphasis>
Lamarck
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, with more freshwater inflow and low tidal activity. Other mangroves in the area include
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4A54FDF53C4A49A2" box="[577,796,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Acanthus ilicifolius</emphasis>
Linnaeus
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4B8EFDF43BF049A2" box="[923,1190,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Bruguiera gymnorrhiza</emphasis>
(Linnaeus) Lamarck
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,
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4882FD093EDE498E" box="[151,392,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Bruguiera cylindrica</emphasis>
(Linnaeus) Blume
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4A63FD093C62498E" box="[630,820,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Kandelia candel</emphasis>
(Linnaeus) Druce
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,
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4C09FD093A41498E" box="[1052,1303,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Sonneratia caseolaris</emphasis>
(Linnaeus) Engler
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,
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E48F9FD2D3EB649EA" box="[236,480,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Rhizophora apiculata</emphasis>
Blume
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C550BDB3936DC1E4A55FD2D3CC149EB" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" box="[576,919,692,717]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Pteridaceae" genus="Acrostichum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polypodiales" pageId="6" pageNumber="269" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aureum">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4A55FD2D3C7F49EA" box="[576,809,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Acrostichum aureum</emphasis>
Linnaeus
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C550BDB3936DC1E4BB1FD2C3A5A49EB" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1759" box="[932,1292,692,717]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Excoecaria" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="6" pageNumber="269" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="agallocha">
<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4BB1FD2C3BCD49EA" box="[932,1179,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Excoecaria agallocha</emphasis>
Linnaeus
</taxonomicName>
, and the rare
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<emphasis id="B921AC4A3936DC1E4882FD413ED049D6" box="[151,390,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Bruguiera sexangula</emphasis>
(de Loureiro) Poiret. The
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habitat is muddy to clay-silty, the pH of the sediment generally ranged from 67 and the average redox potential from -125 to -250mV. The litter-fall in this area was very high (average 2413.36 ±873.72; cf.
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)) and is a major source of food for the sesarmid species there. The total carbon of the sediment is very high compared to other sites in
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, exceeding
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/ kg. The gut content of the species showed more than 80% mangrove litter, suggesting it has a major role in the crablitter-fall interaction and carbon cycling in the ecosystem.
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