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. The generic placement of the new species is uncertain, being close to both
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F069CA25FB509848" box="[1148,1269,541,566]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="94614B76FFD7FFF5F0EECA25FA329849" author="Guinot" box="[1275,1431,541,567]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" refString="Guinot, D. (1967) Recherches preliminaires sur les groupements naturels chez Crustacs Decapodes Brachyoures. II. Les anciens genres Micropanope Stimpson et Medaeus Dana. Bulletin du Musum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris), ser. 2, 39 (2), 345 - 374." type="journal article" year="1967">Guinot, 1967</bibRefCitation>
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, and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F4DFCA7DFEF69820" box="[202,339,581,606]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="94614B76FFD7FFF5F54ECA7DFE5F9821" author="Guinot" box="[347,506,581,607]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" refString="Guinot, D. (1967) Recherches preliminaires sur les groupements naturels chez Crustacs Decapodes Brachyoures. II. Les anciens genres Micropanope Stimpson et Medaeus Dana. Bulletin du Musum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris), ser. 2, 39 (2), 345 - 374." type="journal article" year="1967">Guinot, 1967</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F61DCA7DFD259820" box="[520,640,581,606]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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was established for two species formerly placed in
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F0F9CA7DFAF39820" box="[1260,1366,581,606]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeus</emphasis>
Dana 1852
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:
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F4F4CA55FE2E98F8" box="[225,395,621,646]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. granulosus</emphasis>
(
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)
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(
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species by designation) and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F7F2CA55FBDB98F8" box="[999,1150,621,646]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. neglectus</emphasis>
(
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)
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as well as a new species,
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F558CAADFE4498D0" box="[333,481,661,686]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. edwardsi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="94614B76FFD7FFF5F5FFCAADFD2E98D1" author="Guinot" box="[490,651,661,687]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" refString="Guinot, D. (1967) Recherches preliminaires sur les groupements naturels chez Crustacs Decapodes Brachyoures. II. Les anciens genres Micropanope Stimpson et Medaeus Dana. Bulletin du Musum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris), ser. 2, 39 (2), 345 - 374." type="journal article" year="1967">Guinot, 1967</bibRefCitation>
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. A clear diagnosis of the genus was unfortunately not given. The most important characters she employed in characterizing
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F779CA85FC4098A8" box="[876,997,701,726]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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and separating it from
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F106CA85FA3998A8" box="[1299,1436,701,726]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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, were the relative lengths of the ambulatory legs and cheliped fingers both being shorter in
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.
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Other characters stated were the relative prominence of the carapace regions, the degree to which the thoracic sternum was swollen, the arrangements and sizes of the articles of the antennules and antennae, and the form of the G1, which narrows distally and is quite strongly curved, with sometimes a sub-distal patch of long setae. There have been only two major publications dealing with
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F7FECBBDFBC699E0" box="[1003,1123,901,926]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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since 1967:
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and
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.
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did not discuss the genus at any length and his key (
<bibRefCitation id="94614B76FFD7FFF5F09ACB95FAF799B9" author="Serene" box="[1167,1362,941,967]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" refString="Serene, R. (1984) Crustaces Decapodes Brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Addendum Carpiliidae et Menippidae - A. Crosnier. Faune Tropicale, 24, 1 - 400, pls. 1 - 48." type="journal article" year="1984">Serène 1984: 91</bibRefCitation>
) basically separated
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F558CBEDFE639990" box="[333,454,981,1006]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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from the allied
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and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F748CBEDFC439990" box="[861,998,981,1006]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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by its members possessing relatively lower carapace regions, proportionately more elongated cheliped fingers, the merus of the fifth ambulatory leg being relatively short (about three times longer than broad), a semicircular telson, and a relatively straighter G1.
<bibRefCitation id="94614B76FFD7FFF5F4DFCC75FEC09E19" author="Davie" box="[202,357,1101,1127]" pageId="6" pageNumber="50" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1997) Crustacea Decapoda: Deep water Xanthoidea from the South-Western Pacific and Western Indian Ocean. In: A. Crosnier (editor), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, vol. 18. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 176, 337 - 387." type="book chapter" year="1997">Davie (1997)</bibRefCitation>
described two new species (
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F6ADCC75FCCD9E18" box="[696,872,1101,1126]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. merodontos</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F7B7CC75FBBC9E18" box="[930,1049,1101,1126]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. gemini</emphasis>
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) and provided a new key (
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), but remarked it was difficult to distinguish
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F735CC4DFC3C9EF0" box="[800,921,1141,1166]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F7F5CC4DFBCC9EF0" box="[992,1129,1141,1166]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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because most of the characters used by
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were variable. He noted that the primary reasons why he referred his two new species to
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and not
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F610CCFDFD2B9EA0" box="[517,654,1221,1246]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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were because the meri of their ambulatory legs were relatively shorter and the fingers of the chelipeds are neither long nor incurved.
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F7DCCCD5FBF79F78" box="[969,1106,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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species are known from the western Indian Ocean (
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).
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While most of the species now included in
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F6C6CD05FCE99F28" box="[723,844,1341,1366]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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appear to be related, there is no suite of existing characters that are really shared by all species. The
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species,
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F798CD5DFB939F00" box="[909,1078,1381,1406]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. granulosus</emphasis>
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, is the most widespread member of the genus and is actually the easiest species to diagnose. It is the only member of the genus with distinctly carinate ambulatory legs, especially along the margins of the meri, and its G1 is the stoutest, with the proximal two-thirds straight and stout, and the distal third more slender and lined with long setae nearer the tip (
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). The other species of
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F6BBCE3DFC839C60" box="[686,806,1541,1566]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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have the meri of their ambulatory legs granulated or serrated, but never carinate. The G1s of
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F678CE15FCA69C38" box="[621,771,1581,1606]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. neglectus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F72ECE15FC689C38" box="[827,973,1581,1606]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. edwardsi</emphasis>
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are also relatively stout with long setae on the distal-most parts, but they do not have the characteristic form of the G1 of
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F045CE6DFB5C9C10" box="[1104,1273,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. granulosus</emphasis>
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, being gradually tapering throughout their length (
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). The G1s of
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F020CE45FB429CE8" box="[1077,1255,1661,1686]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. merodontos</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F131CE45FA399CE8" box="[1316,1436,1661,1686]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. gemini</emphasis>
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are very slender (closely resembling that of the new species described here,
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F005CE9DFB2E9CC0" box="[1040,1163,1701,1726]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. serenei</emphasis>
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) and gently tapering to a sharp tip, with the distal-most parts having scattered short setae at best (
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:
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Figs.
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g, h;
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, h).
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it stands, it would be more parsimonious to restrict
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F6F1CECDFCF89D70" box="[740,861,1781,1806]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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to
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F791CECDFB8B9D70" box="[900,1070,1781,1806]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. granulosus</emphasis>
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. This of course begs the question as to what to do with the remaining
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F664CF25FD4C9D48" box="[625,745,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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species.
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In general carapace form, the other
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F66FCF7DFD569D20" box="[634,755,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Medaeops</emphasis>
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species (
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,
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F004CF7DFB009D20" box="[1041,1189,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. edwardsi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F0A2CF7DFACF9D20" box="[1207,1386,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. merodontos</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F169CF7DFF429DF8" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. gemini</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F531CF55FE059DF8" box="[292,416,1901,1926]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. serenei</emphasis>
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,
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) are actually closer to
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F74DCF55FC449DF8" box="[856,993,1901,1926]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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species.
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noted by
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,
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,
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and
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, the fingers of the chelipeds of
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F106CFADFA399DD0" box="[1299,1436,1941,1966]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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species are generally very long and curved, although this is not always the case, those of
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD7FFF5F0C1CF85FA399DA8" box="[1236,1436,1981,2006]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="43">M. tuberculidens</emphasis>
(
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)
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are relatively short as well (see
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: Pl. 2C). Similarly, the proportions of the legs are also not a reliable generic character as it does vary (see
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). While
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F4F2C8D0FEDA9B7F" box="[231,383,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">M. neglectus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F5AEC8D0FDEB9B7F" box="[443,590,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">M. edwardsi</emphasis>
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may be included in
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F750C8D0FC6B9B7F" box="[837,974,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">Monodaeus</emphasis>
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, this is not the case for the other three species.
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F4E9C928FDA39B57" box="[252,518,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">Medaeops merodontos</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F603C928FD2A9B57" box="[534,655,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">M. gemini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="37F04D04FFD6FFF4F6DEC928FCE39B57" box="[715,838,272,297]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Medaeops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="serenei">
<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F6DEC928FCE39B57" box="[715,838,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">M. serenei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can easily be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="37F04D04FFD6FFF4F0CFC928FAC69B57" box="[1242,1379,272,297]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Monodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F0CFC928FAC69B57" box="[1242,1379,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">Monodaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in the form of the G1: long and slender, with the distal-most margins possessing short setae versus relatively stouter with a stocky basal part and numerous long setae on the distal-most margins in
<taxonomicName id="37F04D04FFD6FFF4F0CFC958FAC69B07" box="[1242,1379,352,377]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Monodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F0CFC958FAC69B07" box="[1242,1379,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">Monodaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F04F3687FFD6FFF4F4D3C9B0FB38983C" blockId="7.[151,1437,152,578]" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">
Even though the present new species significantly broadens the generic boundaries of
<taxonomicName id="37F04D04FFD6FFF4F0A6C9B0FA899BDF" box="[1203,1324,392,417]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Medaeops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F0A6C9B0FA899BDF" box="[1203,1324,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">Medaeops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
even further, especially with regards to its relatively long ambulatory legs, we choose to include the new species in this genus rather than in
<taxonomicName id="37F04D04FFD6FFF4F5A8C9E0FDE39B8F" box="[445,582,472,497]" class="Malacostraca" family="Xanthidae" genus="Monodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C284EA95FFD6FFF4F5A8C9E0FDE39B8F" box="[445,582,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="44">Monodaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A future revision of these two genera should clarify the characters that are more reliable. While morphological characters are needed for the identification of the species, molecular characters may be more helpful in finding natural generic groups among these xanthids.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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