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(
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,
<figureCitation id="C699AEA42D2FFF01FE61CA37FE44D815" box="[472,486,1863,1886]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[136,172,2063,2084]" captionTargetBox="[147,1463,1037,1998]" captionTargetId="figure-8@4.[125,1476,1022,2024]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig. 5. Ethusina alcocki, new species. Holotype female, 8.2 by 9.8 mm (NTOU). A, carapace; B, left orbit, antenna and antennule; C, right P2; D, right P5; E, left chela. Scales: A-C = 5.0 mm; D, E = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4619349" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4619349/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">5</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D2FFF01FFC8CAF6FEFAD8D0" box="[113,344,1926,1947]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Ethusina investigatoris</emphasis>
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Chen &amp; Xu, 1991: 60,
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(not
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D2FFF01FD62CAF6FEBED8F1" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">E. investigatoris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3A33CFD02D2FFF01FE9DCAD5FE09D8F1" author="Alcock, A" box="[292,427,1957,1978]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" pagination="134 - 296" refId="ref6213" refString="Alcock, A., 1896. Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 2. The Brachyura Oxystoma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 65 (2): 134 - 296, pls 6 - 8." type="journal article" year="1896">Alcock, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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2000,
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. “Fishery Researcher 1”,
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Fig. 4.
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D2FFF01FCC1CA84FBB9D742" box="[888,1051,2036,2057]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Ethusina alcocki</emphasis>
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,
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. A, B, holotype female, 8.2 by 9.8 mm (NTOU); C, female, 8.8 by 9.5 mm (IOCAS). A, C, overall view; B, carapace.
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FF31CDB2FEBADF91" bold="true" box="[136,280,194,218]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Etymology. </emphasis>
This species is named after A. Alcock, whose contributions to Indian carcinology have not been rivalled.
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FF31CC52FE1CDE71" box="[136,446,290,314]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FF31CC52FEA6DE71" bold="true" box="[136,260,290,314]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Remarks. </emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="99A2C9A22D28FF06FEB2CC53FE1CDE71" authority="Ng &amp; Ho, 2003" authorityName="Ng &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2003" box="[267,446,291,314]" class="Malacostraca" family="Ethusidae" genus="Ethusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alcocki" status="sp. nov.">Ethusina alcocki</taxonomicName>
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,
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, is rather close to
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FF31CC33FE9EDE11" box="[136,316,323,346]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. investigatoris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3A33CFD02D28FF06FEFCCC32FE79DE12" author="Alcock, A" box="[325,475,322,345]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" pagination="134 - 296" refId="ref6213" refString="Alcock, A., 1896. Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 2. The Brachyura Oxystoma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 65 (2): 134 - 296, pls 6 - 8." type="journal article" year="1896">Alcock, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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, but three characters argue against its inclusion there. In
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FE69CC13FD23DE31" box="[464,641,355,378]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. investigatoris</emphasis>
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, the median frontal teeth are more prominent, with the inner margin more convex, the supraorbital margin is relatively narrower, and the dactylus of the P2 and P3 is about one-third shorter and relatively broader (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="3A33CFD02D28FF06FE21CC92FD26DEB2" author="Alcock, A" box="[408,644,482,505]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" pagination="134 - 296" refId="ref6213" refString="Alcock, A., 1896. Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 2. The Brachyura Oxystoma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 65 (2): 134 - 296, pls 6 - 8." type="journal article" year="1896">Alcock, 1896: 295</bibRefCitation>
; Alcock &amp; MacGilchrist, 1905: Pl. 72 fig. 3).
<bibRefCitation id="3A33CFD02D28FF06FDBECF72FD72DD52" author="Chen, H" box="[519,720,514,537]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" pagination="118 - 139" refId="ref6649" refString="Chen, H. - L., 1986 b. Studies on the Dorippidae (Crustacea, Brachyura) of Chinese waters. Transactions of the Chinese Crustacean Society, 1: 118 - 139." type="journal article" year="1986">Chen (1986b: 135</bibRefCitation>
,
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) referred a male specimen from
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to
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FDEDCF53FCA2DD71" box="[596,768,547,570]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. investigatoris</emphasis>
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, and this seems to be correct. Chen &amp; Xu (1991: 60,
<figureCitation id="C699AEA42D28FF06FD07CF32FD5CDD12" box="[702,766,578,601]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[113,149,2064,2085]" captionTargetBox="[114,1452,367,1906]" captionTargetId="figure-49@7.[783,1452,367,1137]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 9. Ethusina macrospina, new species. A, paratype female, 8.6 by 9.2 mm (ZRC); paratype female, 9.4 by 10.7 mm (NTOU); C, paratype female, 10.7 by 11.2 mm (ZRC); D, paratype female, 9.8 by 10.1 mm (NTOU)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4619357" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4619357/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
) subsequently reported
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FECCCF13FD83DD31" box="[373,545,611,634]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. investigatoris</emphasis>
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from the South
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Sea, but the external orbital spine of the male specimen she figured is relatively shorter with the median frontal teeth subequal in length (rather than with the outer tooth longer). Recently, through the courtesy of H.-L. Chen, the first author had an opportuinity to examine a second specimen from the South
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Sea which had been identified as “
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FD57CE53FEB9DC11" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. investigatoris</emphasis>
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” and is almost identical to that described by Chen &amp; Xu (1991). We have no doubt that this specimen is conspecific with what is here identified as
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FD33CEF3FCA2DCD1" box="[650,768,899,922]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. alcocki</emphasis>
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. Unfortunately, the original specimens described in Chen (1986) and Chen &amp; Xu (1991) could not be located for direct comparisons as the IOCAS is currently moving its catalogued collections to a new building and the material is not available for study (H.-L. Chen, pers. comm.,
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="3A33CFD02D28FF06FCFACC19FB83DECB" author="Alcock, A" box="[835,1057,361,384]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" pagination="134 - 296" refId="ref6213" refString="Alcock, A., 1896. Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 2. The Brachyura Oxystoma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 65 (2): 134 - 296, pls 6 - 8." type="journal article" year="1896">Alcock (1896: 285)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FB26CC19FAF5DECB" box="[1183,1367,361,384]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. investigatoris</emphasis>
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from the
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Sea and Bay of Bengal, in the Indian Ocean, noting that the elongated external orbital spine is “needlelike” but “falls considerably short of the tips of the rather long acute frontal spines” (see also Alcock &amp; MacGilchrist, 1905: Pl. 72 fig. 3), and felt that it was very close to
<taxonomicName id="99A2C9A22D28FF06FA12CF7FFBC5DD03" authority="(Miers, 1886)" baseAuthorityName="Miers" baseAuthorityYear="1886" class="Malacostraca" family="Ethusidae" genus="Ethusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilipes">
<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FA12CF7FFC14DD03" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. gracilipes</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="3A33CFD02D28FF06FC73CF41FBFDDD03" author="Miers, E" box="[970,1119,561,584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" pagination="1 - 362" refId="ref7554" refString="Miers, E. J., 1886. Report on the Brachyura collected by H. M. S. ' Challenger' during the years 1873 - 1876. In: Report on the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H. M. S. ' Challenger', Zoology, Part 49, 17: 1 - 362, 29 pls." type="book chapter" year="1886">Miers, 1886</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FBCECF41FA99DD03" box="[1143,1339,561,584]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Ethusina alcocki</emphasis>
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, however, differs from
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<emphasis id="6CD66E332D28FF06FC6ECF22FBCADD22" box="[983,1128,594,617]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. gracilipes</emphasis>
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in having the external orbital spine relatively longer, reaching to the tip of the frontal spines (not falling short of it), and the inner median teeth are also lower and are not spiniform.
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