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AF
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, figs. 13;
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, mudflat, yabby pump,
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFDDFF86FF36C9FE710BFE19" bold="true" box="[199,352,391,416]" pageId="7" pageNumber="580">Distribution.</emphasis>
Estero Mulegé, Baja California Sur (
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locality), and Manzanillo, Colima,
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, to Bahía Málaga,
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(
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;
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;
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).
<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFDDFF86FF36C9B67140FE6E" bold="true" box="[199,299,463,488]" pageId="7" pageNumber="580">Ecology.</emphasis>
The specimens were collected on a mudflat, in burrows of unknown hosts.
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFDDFF86FF66CDCA717DFA4E" bold="true" box="[151,278,1459,1481]" pageId="7" pageNumber="580">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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Ríos &amp; Carvacho, 1983
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, female (AD, EMU-8784). A, anterior part of carapace and appendages, dorsal view; B, anterior part of carapace, lateral view; C,
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cheliped, lateral view; D, right uropod and telson.
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Ríos &amp; Carvacho, 1983
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(EF, CNCR-2506); E, female holotype, anterior part of carapace, lateral view; F, male allotype, anterior part of carapace, lateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFDDFF86FF36CE357150F9E3" bold="true" box="[199,315,1612,1637]" pageId="7" pageNumber="580">Remarks.</emphasis>
According to
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,
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and
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are very similar, the later being distinguished from the former mainly by the presence of a small crest on the carapace above each eye, and the shape of the lateral lobe of the uropodal protopod. Although of small size, these crests are very conspicuous in
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, particularly in lateral view (see
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: Fig. 15A, B). A topotypical specimen of
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deposited in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,
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(MNHN Na13624), examined by
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apparently did not have these crests. The
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(female) and the allotype (male) of
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were originally deposited at the Colección Nacional de Crustáceos (CNCR), in
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D.F., but are currently on loan to Darryl L. Felder of the University of Louisiana. On our request, D. L. Felder revised the two
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specimens and provided illustrations of the lateral view of the frontal area of the carapace (
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E, F). These figures show that both
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specimens of
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possess a very low crest above each eye, a character which was not mentioned nor illustrated by
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in their original description of the species.
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reported
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFDDFF86FEBCCFA0718AF876" box="[333,481,2009,2032]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="580">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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from
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, not illustrating these crests in his material (see
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: fig. 1); however, his drawings are rather diagrammatic and may not be accurate. Nevertheless, the presence or absence of the carapacial crests above the eyes can no longer be used as a distinctive character between
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and
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FA74C8C47166FF7E" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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. Unfortunately, the other two
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of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FD06C89873E7FF71" box="[759,908,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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, deposited at the CICESE, Ensenada,
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, are no longer available. The other important characters in distinguishing
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FC24C97C7401FE9A" box="[981,1130,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FB40C97C752DFE9A" box="[1201,1350,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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are the size and shape of the marginal tooth of the uropodal protopod. The material of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FBE5C95074C3FEB9" box="[1044,1192,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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from Estero de Urías (EMU-8784) features two short teeth separated by a shallow concavity (
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D), much similar to what is illustrated by
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for
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FE0FC90872F8FE0E" box="[510,659,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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. Consequently, both characters cited hereabove should no longer be considered valid for separating one species from the other.
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mentioned other morphological differences between
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FC4BC9C07424FE56" box="[954,1103,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FB76C9C07577FE49" box="[1159,1308,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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based on a comparison between his single specimen, a male of
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CL from Chame Bay,
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, and the illustrations provided by
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. He noted that the major cheliped of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FBE7CA7874C6FD9E" box="[1046,1197,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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is stouter than in
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FA74CA787166FDBA" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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, the anterior margin of the antennal scaphocerite of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FC95CA5C7392FDBA" box="[868,1017,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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is less convex than in
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FAF1CA5C75FEFDBA" box="[1280,1429,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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, the first carpal article of the second pereiopod is relatively longer in
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FC5CCA307429FDE6" box="[941,1090,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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, and that the two species also differ in the shape of the lateral tooth of the protopod (cf.
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: fig. 1e and
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: fig.
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). We consider, however, that these characters are very relative and might reflect an intraspecic variation. We are reluctent to include
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FE87CACC7262FD4A" box="[374,521,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. bicristatus</emphasis>
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in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE7FFD2FF89FD01CACC73E8FD4A" box="[752,899,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="581">L. mexicanus</emphasis>
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and, as pointed out by
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, additional material of both nominal species should be collected from the
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localities and within their distribution range, and carefully examined. Additionally, a molecular comparison would be highly desirable.
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