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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FF6AFCB9FE8DFCC7" box="[151,320,872,894]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Chasmocarcinus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FEA1FCB9FDCDFCC7" author="Rathbun" box="[348,512,872,894]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1898 a) The Brachyura of the biological expedition to the Florida Keys and the Bahamas in 1893. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History, State University of Iowa 4 (3), 250 - 294, pls. 1 - 9." type="journal article" year="1898" yearSuffix="a">Rathbun, 1898a</bibRefCitation>
: 286
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(part); 1918: 54 (part)—
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<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FCD6FCB9FC74FCC7" author="Serene" box="[811,953,872,894]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Serene, R. (1964 a) Goneplacidae et Pinnotheridae recoltes par le Dr. Mortensen. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914 - 1916, part 80. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening I KObenhavn, 126, 181 - 282, pls. 16 - 24." type="journal article" year="1964" yearSuffix="a">Serène 1964a</bibRefCitation>
: 257
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(part).—
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<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FBB8FCB9FAD1FCC7" author="Blow" box="[1093,1308,872,894]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Blow, W. C. &amp; Bailey, R. H. (1992) Chasmocarcinus robertsi, a new crab species from the Miocene of Virginia, with notes on the genus Falconoplax (Crustacea, Decapoda, Goneplacidae). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology, 25 (4), 175 - 185." type="journal article" year="1992">Blow &amp; Bailey 1992</bibRefCitation>
: 176
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[in list] (part).—Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: 799 (part).—Ng
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2008: 76 [in list] (part).—Felder
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FBB5FC58FBB8FC27" box="[1096,1141,904,926]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">et al</emphasis>
. 2009: 1081 [in list] (part).
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<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FEC6FC76FE72FC05" author="Boone" box="[315,447,934,956]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Boone, L. (1927) Crustacea from tropical East American seas. In: Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the &quot; Pawnee &quot; 1925. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 1 (2), 1 - 147." type="journal article" year="1927">Boone, 1927</bibRefCitation>
: 16
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FF6AFC38FEE6FBBB" bold="true" box="[151,299,1001,1026]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Type species</emphasis>
.
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Rathbun, 1898
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FF3AFBDCFEF7FB9F" bold="true" box="[199,314,1037,1062]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Carapace (
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EG;
<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FDB9FBDFFD1DFB9F" author="Boone" box="[580,720,1038,1062]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Boone, L. (1927) Crustacea from tropical East American seas. In: Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the &quot; Pawnee &quot; 1925. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 1 (2), 1 - 147." type="journal article" year="1927">Boone 1927</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 5, as
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FCBFFBDCFBF1FB9F" box="[834,1084,1037,1062]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Hephthopelta superba</emphasis>
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) subtriangular, anterior portion much narrower than posterior portion, globose, 1.01.2 wider than long; front bilobed, with well-defined median cleft; anterolateral margins oblique, smooth, without distinct lobes, teeth or granular ridges (
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EG;
<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FAAEFB87FF1EFB2B" author="Boone" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Boone, L. (1927) Crustacea from tropical East American seas. In: Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the &quot; Pawnee &quot; 1925. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 1 (2), 1 - 147." type="journal article" year="1927">Boone 1927</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 5, as
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FE9DFBA8FDACFB2B" box="[352,609,1145,1170]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Hephthopelta superba</emphasis>
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).
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gently convex.
<location id="7C1D1CFEFFBEFFE6FBB8FBA8FB62FB2B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:F16BFB33FFBEFFE5FF6AFCF1FD12FE14:7C1D1CFEFFBEFFE6FBB8FBA8FB62FB2B" box="[1093,1199,1145,1170]" county="Third" municipality="Eye" name="Epistome" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Epistome</location>
(
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FB38FBA8FAD0FB2B" box="[1221,1309,1145,1170]" captionStart="FIGURE 22" captionStartId="95.[151,250,1819,1841]" captionTargetBox="[170,1406,193,1794]" captionTargetId="figure@95.[170,1406,193,1794]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURE 22. Frontal view of cephalothorax of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Mexico: holotype female 12.4 × 14.4 mm (USNM 21592); B, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Mexico: female 9.2 × 13.0 mm (AMNH 16262, holotype female of Chasmocarcinus ferrugineus Glassell, 1936); C, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype male 5.5 × 6.4 mm (USNM 78785); D, Chasmocarcinus meloi, Brazil: holotype female 5.3 × 6.2 mm (after Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: fig. 8 b); E, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: holotype male 8.3 × 10.4 mm (USNM 64074); F, G, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); H, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272668/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
H) slightly depressed; short, posterior margin with semicircular median lobe with median fissure, lateral margins straight.
<collectingMunicipality id="9919D05FFFBEFFE6FA8DFB4FFA51FB0F" box="[1392,1436,1182,1206]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Eye</collectingMunicipality>
peduncle (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FEF6FB10FE91FB63" box="[267,348,1217,1242]" captionStart="FIGURE 22" captionStartId="95.[151,250,1819,1841]" captionTargetBox="[170,1406,193,1794]" captionTargetId="figure@95.[170,1406,193,1794]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURE 22. Frontal view of cephalothorax of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Mexico: holotype female 12.4 × 14.4 mm (USNM 21592); B, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Mexico: female 9.2 × 13.0 mm (AMNH 16262, holotype female of Chasmocarcinus ferrugineus Glassell, 1936); C, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype male 5.5 × 6.4 mm (USNM 78785); D, Chasmocarcinus meloi, Brazil: holotype female 5.3 × 6.2 mm (after Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: fig. 8 b); E, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: holotype male 8.3 × 10.4 mm (USNM 64074); F, G, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); H, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272668/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
H) nearly filling short orbit, proportionally short, longer than cornea, mobile; cornea not reduced.
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maxillipeds (
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Fig.
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I) not filling buccal cavern when closed, leaving wide gap; merus ovate, outer margin strongly curved, anteroexternal angle rounded, flat; ischium rectangular, longer than merus. Chelipeds (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FAD3FAD8FAB6FA9B" box="[1326,1403,1289,1314]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1766,1788]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 5. Overall dorsal view of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015.217); B, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: ovigerous female 4.9 × 6.2 mm (ZRC 2015.217); C, Chasmocarcinus gemmatus n. sp., Costa Rica: male 7.7 × 11.6 mm (SIO C 1205); D, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); E, Deltopelta obliquus, A, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509); F, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba); G, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba, after Boone 1927: fig. 5)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272651/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
E G; 37G) subequal in length; fingers proportionally long, much longer than propodus, dactylus slightly curved; pollex as long as dactylus. Major chela of
<typeStatus id="A679F487FFBEFFE6FD88FA80FD1AFAD3" box="[629,727,1361,1386]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
male (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FCD8FA80FCBBFAD3" box="[805,886,1361,1386]" captionStart="FIGURE 37" captionStartId="110.[151,250,1471,1493]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,202,1449]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1449]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURE 37. Chelae of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, B, Chasmocarcinus meloi, Brazil: holotype male 5.3 × 6.2 mm (after Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: fig. 9 a, b); C, D, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: holotype male 8.3 × 10.4 mm (USNM 64074); E, F, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015.217); G, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272683/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 37</figureCitation>
G) with teeth of varying sizes on cutting margin; small teeth in
<taxonomicName id="BEC231A6FFBEFFE6FECEFAA4FEBBFA37" box="[307,374,1397,1422]" class="Malacostraca" family="Chasmocarcinidae" genus="Camatopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
chela. Inner margin of cheliped carpus with conspicuous tooth (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FBBCFAA4FB4FFA37" box="[1089,1154,1397,1422]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1766,1788]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 5. Overall dorsal view of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015.217); B, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: ovigerous female 4.9 × 6.2 mm (ZRC 2015.217); C, Chasmocarcinus gemmatus n. sp., Costa Rica: male 7.7 × 11.6 mm (SIO C 1205); D, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); E, Deltopelta obliquus, A, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509); F, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba); G, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba, after Boone 1927: fig. 5)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272651/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
EG;
<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FB39FAA7FA9DFA37" author="Boone" box="[1220,1360,1398,1422]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Boone, L. (1927) Crustacea from tropical East American seas. In: Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the &quot; Pawnee &quot; 1925. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 1 (2), 1 - 147." type="journal article" year="1927">Boone 1927</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 5, as
<taxonomicName id="BEC231A6FFBEFFE6FF4AFA48FE7FFA0B" box="[183,434,1433,1458]" class="Malacostraca" family="Chasmocarcinidae" genus="Hephthopelta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="superba">
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FF4AFA48FE7FFA0B" box="[183,434,1433,1458]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Hephthopelta superba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Ventral surface of cheliped merus with teeth. Ambulatory legs (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FB5CFA48FB28FA0B" box="[1185,1253,1433,1458]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1766,1788]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 5. Overall dorsal view of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015.217); B, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: ovigerous female 4.9 × 6.2 mm (ZRC 2015.217); C, Chasmocarcinus gemmatus n. sp., Costa Rica: male 7.7 × 11.6 mm (SIO C 1205); D, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); E, Deltopelta obliquus, A, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509); F, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba); G, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba, after Boone 1927: fig. 5)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272651/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
G;
<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FAF7FA4BFA55FA0B" author="Boone" box="[1290,1432,1434,1458]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Boone, L. (1927) Crustacea from tropical East American seas. In: Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the &quot; Pawnee &quot; 1925. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 1 (2), 1 - 147." type="journal article" year="1927">Boone 1927</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 5, as
<taxonomicName id="BEC231A6FFBEFFE6FEFCFA6CFE36FA6F" box="[257,507,1469,1494]" class="Malacostraca" family="Chasmocarcinidae" genus="Hephthopelta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="superba">
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FEFCFA6CFE36FA6F" box="[257,507,1469,1494]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Hephthopelta superba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) proportionally long. Meri of extant ambulatory legs unarmed. P5 dactylus gently upcurved (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FEE8FA30FE90FA43" box="[277,349,1505,1530]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1766,1788]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,193,1745]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 5. Overall dorsal view of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015.217); B, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: ovigerous female 4.9 × 6.2 mm (ZRC 2015.217); C, Chasmocarcinus gemmatus n. sp., Costa Rica: male 7.7 × 11.6 mm (SIO C 1205); D, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); E, Deltopelta obliquus, A, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509); F, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba); G, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba, after Boone 1927: fig. 5)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272651/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
G;
<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBEFFE6FE7BFA33FDD4FA43" author="Boone" box="[390,537,1506,1530]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Boone, L. (1927) Crustacea from tropical East American seas. In: Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the &quot; Pawnee &quot; 1925. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 1 (2), 1 - 147." type="journal article" year="1927">Boone 1927</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 5, as
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FD5EFA30FC6EFA43" box="[675,931,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Hephthopelta superba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Fused thoracic sternites 1, 2 (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FAD5FA30FAB2FA43" box="[1320,1407,1505,1530]" captionStart="FIGURE 50" captionStartId="123.[151,250,1748,1770]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@123.[151,1436,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="123" captionText="FIGURE 50. Anterior thoracic sternum and male pleon of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, C, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); B, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype male 5.5 × 6.4 mm (USNM 78785); D, Chasmocarcinus latipes, D, Mexico: male 8.3 × 11.0 mm (SIO C 319); E, Chasmocarcinus meloi, Brazil: holotype male 5.3 × 6.2 mm (after Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: fig. 9 d); F, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: male 7.2 × 8.8 mm (USNM 101082); G, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); H, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272696/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 50</figureCitation>
H) triangular, long; fused thoracic sternites 3, 4 (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FD65F9D4FD3BF9A7" box="[664,758,1541,1566]" captionStart="FIGURE 50" captionStartId="123.[151,250,1748,1770]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@123.[151,1436,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="123" captionText="FIGURE 50. Anterior thoracic sternum and male pleon of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, C, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); B, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype male 5.5 × 6.4 mm (USNM 78785); D, Chasmocarcinus latipes, D, Mexico: male 8.3 × 11.0 mm (SIO C 319); E, Chasmocarcinus meloi, Brazil: holotype male 5.3 × 6.2 mm (after Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: fig. 9 d); F, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: male 7.2 × 8.8 mm (USNM 101082); G, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); H, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272696/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 50</figureCitation>
H; 89J) relatively narrow. Male pleon (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FB50F9D4FAC7F9A7" box="[1197,1290,1541,1566]" captionStart="FIGURE 50" captionStartId="123.[151,250,1748,1770]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@123.[151,1436,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="123" captionText="FIGURE 50. Anterior thoracic sternum and male pleon of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, C, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); B, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype male 5.5 × 6.4 mm (USNM 78785); D, Chasmocarcinus latipes, D, Mexico: male 8.3 × 11.0 mm (SIO C 319); E, Chasmocarcinus meloi, Brazil: holotype male 5.3 × 6.2 mm (after Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: fig. 9 d); F, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: male 7.2 × 8.8 mm (USNM 101082); G, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); H, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272696/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 50</figureCitation>
H, 57E) with quadrate somite 6, outer margins of fused somites 35 straight; telson proportionally short, narrow; postero-lateral regions flat as in rest of somite. Sterno-pleonal cavity deep, press-button for pleonal holding as small, short tubercle posterior to thoracic sternal suture 4/5 near edge of sterno-pleonal cavity. Male thoracic sternite 8 (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FA92F9A0FF7EF917" captionStart="FIGURE 57" captionStartId="130.[151,250,1225,1247]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1204]" captionTargetId="figure@130.[151,1436,301,1204]" captionTargetPageId="130" captionText="FIGURE 57. Thoracic sternites 7 and 8 and male pleon of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); B, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype male 5.5 × 6.4 mm (USNM 78785); C, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: holotype male 8.3 × 10.4 mm (USNM 64074); D, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); E, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272703/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 57</figureCitation>
E) short, quadrate; “supplementary plate” subtriangular, proportionally long at exterior margin, wider along margin bordering episternite 7; structures tightly appressed with most of penis concealed. G1, G2 of adult male unknown. Sterno-pleonal cavity of female (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FD83F90CFD02F94F" box="[638,719,1757,1782]" captionStart="FIGURE 89" captionStartId="162.[151,250,1784,1806]" captionTargetBox="[234,1352,221,1751]" captionTargetId="figure@162.[234,1352,221,1751]" captionTargetPageId="162" captionText="FIGURE 89. Vulvae of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Chasmocarcinus typicus, Trinidad: paratype female 6.5 × 6.8 mm (USNM 6901); B, Chasmocarcinus arcuatus, Brazil: female 4.4 × 6.2 mm (ZRC 2015.222); C, Chasmocarcinus chacei, Gulf of Mexico: female 7.8 × 9.5 mm (USNM 61489); D, Chasmocarcinus cylindricus, Puerto Rico: female 6.9 × 9.2 mm (USNM 24551); E, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Mexico: holotype female 12.4 × 14.4 mm (USNM 21592); F, C. latipes, Mexico: female 9.2 × 13.0 mm (AMNH 16262, holotype female of Chasmocarcinus ferrugineus Glassell, 1936); G, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype female 5.6 × 6.8 mm (USNM 78785); H, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: female 9.6 × 12.4 mm (USNM 150090); I, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: ovigerous female 4.9 × 6.2 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); J, Deltopelta obliquus, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of Hephthopelta superba)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272735/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 89</figureCitation>
J) moderately shallow, vulvae conspicuously close together.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="31D819AEFFBEFFE6FF3AF8D0FD56F8DB" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="797D4A25FFBEFFE6FF3AF8D0FD56F8DB" blockId="29.[151,1437,1001,2034]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FF3AF8D0FE8BF8A3" bold="true" box="[199,326,1793,1818]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Etymology</emphasis>
. From
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FE65F8D0FE1DF8A3" box="[408,464,1793,1818]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">delta</emphasis>
, the Greek capital letter (Δ), which is shaped like a triangle, alluding for the triangular shape of the carapace, and
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FE3AF8F4FE32F887" box="[455,511,1829,1854]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">pelta</emphasis>
, which is derived from the generic name
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FC2BF8F4FBA3F887" box="[982,1134,1829,1854]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Hephthopelta</emphasis>
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, the original generic name of the only species included in the new genus.
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<subSubSection id="31D819AEFFBEFFE5FF3AF8BCFE7FFE31" lastPageId="30" lastPageNumber="31" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="797D4A25FFBEFFE5FF3AF8BCFBDAFF6C" blockId="29.[151,1437,1001,2034]" lastBlockId="30.[151,1437,151,429]" lastPageId="30" lastPageNumber="31" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBEFFE6FF3AF8BCFEF9F83F" bold="true" box="[199,308,1901,1926]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Remarks</emphasis>
. The subtriangular shape of the carapace is unique among chasmocarcinids and sharply contrasts with the subtrapezoidal carapace of other members of the family. Other important differences are a male pleon which is proportionately more narrower, with nearly straight sides of the fused somites 35 (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBEFFE6FB34F864FAD3F877" box="[1225,1310,1973,1998]" captionStart="FIGURE 57" captionStartId="130.[151,250,1225,1247]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1204]" captionTargetId="figure@130.[151,1436,301,1204]" captionTargetPageId="130" captionText="FIGURE 57. Thoracic sternites 7 and 8 and male pleon of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, Chasmocarcinus latipes, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941 - 10668); B, Chasmocarcinus longipes, Colombia: paratype male 5.5 × 6.4 mm (USNM 78785); C, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: holotype male 8.3 × 10.4 mm (USNM 64074); D, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015. 217); E, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272703/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 57</figureCitation>
E), and the posterior portion not conspicuously wider than the anterior portion, or T-shaped as in other genera; the presence of teeth along the ventral surface of each cheliped merus (smooth in other genera); and a complete, non-reduced cornea, which is reduced to varying degrees in the remaining chasmocarcinines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="797D4A25FFBDFFE5FF3AFF0EFE7FFE31" blockId="30.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
The chela of
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBDFFE5FEA3FF30FE1AFF41" box="[350,471,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">D. obliqua</emphasis>
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is relatively delicate but of particular interest because the base of the dactylar finger has a stout and gently curved tooth that fits into a concavity at the base of the pollex when closed (
<figureCitation id="E1F956A0FFBDFFE5FB13FED5FA8CFEA5" box="[1262,1345,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 37" captionStartId="110.[151,250,1471,1493]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,202,1449]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1449]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURE 37. Chelae of species of Chasmocarcinus, Amboplax n. gen. and Deltopelta n. gen. A, B, Chasmocarcinus meloi, Brazil: holotype male 5.3 × 6.2 mm (after Coelho &amp; Coelho 1998: fig. 9 a, b); C, D, Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis, Gulf of Mexico: holotype male 8.3 × 10.4 mm (USNM 64074); E, F, Amboplax peresi, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015.217); G, Deltopelta obliquus, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/272683/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Fig. 37</figureCitation>
G). This is not unlike the condition seen in many species of
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and some
<taxonomicName id="BEC231A6FFBDFFE5FC2CFEF6FB80FEF9" box="[977,1101,295,320]" class="Malacostraca" family="Portunidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Portunidae</taxonomicName>
, and is probably used to open small gastropods (see Ng &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBDFFE5FE05FE9CFDA6FEDD" author="Tan" box="[504,619,332,356]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Tan, L. W. H. (1984) The`shell peeling' structure of the box crab Calappa philargius (L.) and other crabs in relation to mollusc shell architecture. Journal of the Singapore National Academy of Science, 13, 195 - 199." type="journal article" year="1984">Tan 1984</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="1D5337D4FFBDFFE5FD80FE9DFD74FEDC" author="Tan" box="[637,697,332,357]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Tan, L. W. H. (1985)`Right Handedness' in heterochelous calappoid and xanthoid crabs suggestion for a functional advantage. Crustaceana, 49, 98 - 100." type="journal article" year="1985">1985</bibRefCitation>
). Such a “shell-peeling” structure is not known in any other
<taxonomicName id="BEC231A6FFBDFFE5FF6AFEBEFE9EFE31" box="[151,339,367,392]" class="Malacostraca" family="Chasmocarcinidae" genus="Chasmocarcinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBDFFE5FF6AFEBEFE9EFE31" box="[151,339,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Chasmocarcinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species.
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<emphasis id="4BB69637FFBDFFE5FF3AFE45FE94FE14" bold="true" box="[199,345,404,429]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Distribution</emphasis>
. Tropical
<collectingRegion id="BB0684C7FFBDFFE5FE31FE44FDEAFE15" box="[460,551,405,428]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Western" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Western</collectingRegion>
Atlantic region.
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