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. Carapace subquadrate, broader than long; regions poorly defined; surface smooth, without granules or obvious rugosities, frontal and anterolateral margins covered with numerous soft setae that obscures margins, rest of carapace glabrous, appearing polished (
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); frontal margin with 2 very low lobes, barely separated by faint concavity; lateral lobe not discernible (
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); anterolateral margin convex; external orbital tooth very low, wide; first and second anterolateral teeth low, wide (
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); posterior margin of epistome with wide median triangular lobe with median fissure, separated from lateral part by short fissure, lateral margin almost straight (
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). Merus of third maxilliped quadrate, with auriculiform anteroexternal angle, exopod tip almost reaching distal edge of merus (
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). Chelipeds asymmetrical, relatively short, chela high, pubescence only on dorsal margin, outer surface smooth (
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).P 25 short, stout; surface smooth; margins covered with pubescence, merus without cristae on dorsal margin (
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). Sternopleonal cavity reaching imaginary line connecting submedian part of coxae of chelipeds; sternite 8 exposed when pleon closed (
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,
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,
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); pleon triangular, transversely narrow, somite 1 and 3 wide, reaching to P5 coxae (
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,
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). G1 strongly sinuous, distal part strongly curved (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="18.[151,1437,1369,2008]" lastBlockId="19.[151,1437,151,1149]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="447" pageId="18" pageNumber="446">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,308,1873,1899]" pageId="18" pageNumber="446">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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established this genus for one small-sized species,
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<emphasis box="[1101,1436,1873,1899]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="446">Pseudocryptocoeloma parvus</emphasis>
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, on the basis of the following characters: “Carapace three-quarters as long as it is broad. The posterior portions of the carapace are flat, smooth and shining. The epistome is twice as wide as it is long. The anterior margin of the buccal frame is raised and has an obsolete fissure on each side. The merus of the external maxilliped has the anterolateral angle sub-auriculate. The buccal frame is completely filled by the external maxillipeds.” He did not compare it with allied genera except
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<emphasis box="[572,745,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Cryptocoeloma</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis box="[953,1132,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Heteropilumnus</emphasis>
De
<bibRefCitation author="Man, J. G. de" box="[1182,1307,186,213]" pageId="19" pageNumber="447" pagination="485 - 609" refId="ref16137" refString="Man, J. G. de (1895) Bericht uber die von Herrn Schiffscapitan Storm zur Atjeh, an den westlichen Kusten von Malakka, Borneo und Celebes sowie in der Java-See gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abtheilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, 8, 485 - 609, pls. 12 - 14. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 16084" type="journal article" year="1895">Man, 1895</bibRefCitation>
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. Compared to
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<emphasis box="[181,354,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Cryptocoeloma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, he noted that his new genus differed in that the eyes are visible in dorsal view (versus hidden below the frontal margins, the anterolateral margins are lined with setae of unequal lengths (versus lined with a fringe of setae with interspersed longer setae) and the exposed dorsal surface of the carapace is smooth and polished (versus surface duller, the regions more developed and sculptured on the branchial regions). From
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<emphasis box="[1257,1436,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Heteropilumnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
he commented that
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<emphasis box="[383,632,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Pseudocryptocoeloma</emphasis>
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differed in the anterolateral margin being entire, the wider posterior carapace margin and the structure of the chela.
</paragraph>
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Despite
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choice of the genus name,
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<emphasis box="[797,1046,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Pseudocryptocoeloma</emphasis>
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is actually morphologically very different from
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<emphasis box="[314,487,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Cryptocoeloma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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species
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<emphasis box="[643,915,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Cryptocoeloma haswelli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Rathbun, M. J." box="[922,1089,475,501]" pageId="19" pageNumber="447" pagination="95 - 156" refId="ref18036" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1923) Report on the crabs obtained by the F. I. S. &quot; Endeavour &quot; on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Report on the Brachyrhyncha, Oxystomata and Dromiacea. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F. I. S. &quot; Endeavour &quot;, 1909 - 14, 5 (3), 95 - 156, figs. 1 - 3, pls. 16 - 42." type="journal article" year="1923">Rathbun, 1923</bibRefCitation>
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; cf.
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; Ng
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">et al.</emphasis>
2022). The differences highlighted by
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are valid at the genus level; the fringe of setae mentioned by Ward for
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<emphasis box="[253,426,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Cryptocoeloma</emphasis>
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is in fact very dense and formed by
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of long stiff setae which form a thick brush that completely obscures the frontal and anterolateral margins (cf. Ng 1989; Ng
<emphasis box="[1006,1062,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">et al.</emphasis>
2022). In
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<emphasis box="[1180,1429,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Pseudocryptocoeloma</emphasis>
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, the frontal and anterolateral setae are composed of soft plumose setae, not forming a brush, and the rest of the dorsal surfaces are very smooth and glabrous (
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). The smoothness of the carapace is also unlike that of species of
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<emphasis box="[272,451,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Heteropilumnus</emphasis>
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, which have better defined carapace regions and are not as polished in appearance (cf.
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;
<bibRefCitation author="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Davie, P. J. F." box="[339,541,727,753]" pageId="19" pageNumber="447" pagination="517 - 524" refId="ref17332" refString="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Davie, P. J. F. (1991) The Indo-Pacific Pilumnidae VII. Notes on the taxonomy of Heteropilumnus sasekumari (Serene, 1971) and Cryptolutea Ward, 1936 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 30 (3), 517 - 524." type="journal article" year="1991">Ng &amp; Davie 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
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Yeo
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2004
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;
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;
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Ng
<emphasis box="[985,1041,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">et al.</emphasis>
2018
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). Another allied genus whose identity was only recently clarified is
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<emphasis box="[575,754,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Pseudolitochira</emphasis>
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(
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species
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<emphasis box="[1050,1277,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Carcinoplax integra</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Miers, E. J." box="[1284,1424,763,789]" pageId="19" pageNumber="447" pagination="178 - 322" refId="ref16440" refString="Miers, E. J. (1884) Crustacea. In: Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881 - 1882. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 178 - 322, pls. 18 - 32" type="book chapter" year="1884">Miers, 1884</bibRefCitation>
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), which superficially resembles
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<emphasis box="[500,679,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Heteropilumnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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Ng
<emphasis box="[740,799,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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showed that it can be easily distinguished from
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<emphasis box="[151,330,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Heteropilumnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well as
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<emphasis box="[463,636,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Cryptocoeloma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[695,944,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Pseudocryptocoeloma</emphasis>
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by posterior margin of the epistome being entire, without any fissure or cleft separating the median triangular lobe from the rest of the structure (see also
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). The chela of
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is distinctive, with the chela high and the outer surfaces smooth even though the specimens are small (
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). The male chelae of species of
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<emphasis box="[1047,1167,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Lophoplax</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1218,1397,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Pseudolitochira</emphasis>
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are not enlarged, relatively more slender and with the outer surface covered with small granules (cf. present study;
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). In
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<emphasis box="[366,545,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Heteropilumnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the male chelae of most species are asymmetrical, with the larger chela longer and more slender (cf.
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;
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Yeo
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2004
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Ng
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).
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described a second species,
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<emphasis box="[758,1197,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Pseudocryptocoeloma symmetrinudum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from
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, but it clearly does not belong to this genus and is here referred to
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<emphasis box="[820,940,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="447">Lophoplax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see Remarks under that species).
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