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Genus 
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Kroyer
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For a diagnosis see 
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. patches of brown pigment on dorsum of head, pereon segments 2 to 7 and smaller patches of pigment on coxae 3–5 and pleonites 1–3. The dorsal surface of urosomite 1 bears a pair of slender setae. Sternal plate 1 has a transverse fold and sternal plate 2 has a well-developed forward facing process. Head anteroventral margin strongly produced; eyes subovate, with well-developed ring of ommatidia surrounding a dark core. Mandible palp articles in the ratios 7:11:20; article 2 distal end weakly expanded, with setae on inner margin; article 3 posterior margin straight, and setiferous, marginal setae of two distinct lengths. Labium outer plate distal margin with 8 to 12 robust setae. Maxilla 1 palp article 2 with 8 distal robust setae. Antenna 1 peduncle article 1 with a few robust setae on ventral margin; article 1 subequal to 2; article 3, 0.3× article 1; accessory flagellum 6- articulate, terminal article rudimentary; primary flagellum weakly setiferous and with 23-articles, aesthetacs present on articles 18 to 22. Antenna 2 robust and elongate, flagellum 11-articulate with small groups of setae. Male gnathopod 1 coxa strongly produced anterodistally, posteroproximal margin rounded; basis slender, anterior and posterior margin weakly convex; merus slender, 4× as long as broad and tapering distally; carpus elongate, 2.5× as long as broad, ventral margin with strong groups of setae; propodus subequal to length of carpus, anterior margin with groups of setae, posterior margin with strong groups of setae about two-third its length, palm slightly convex close to base of dactylus followed by a deep subquadrate excavation, with a defining tooth with round tip, palmar margin with dense groups of setae; dactylus elongate, greatly overlapping the short palm, inner margin with teeth small or obsolete. Gnathopod 2 coxa subquadrate, distal margin convex; basis slender nearly 4× as long as broad, anterior and posterior margins with short setae at regular intervals, posteroproximal margin with a few long setae; carpus elongate, over 3× as long as broad, posterior margin with dense short setae, anterior margin with a few setae; propodus slender, 2.5× as long as broad and slightly shorter than carpus, propodus anterior and posterior margin with groups of setae; dactylus fitting palm, inner margin with teeth. Pereopods 3–4 coxa subquadrate basis anterior margin and posterior margins with short setae, posteroproximal margin with a long slender setae; dactylus 0.4× propodus. Pereopods 5–7 missing. Pereopods 5 and 6 are described from smaller male of 
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: Pereopod 5 basis 1.6 times as long as broad, anterior margin with robust setae, anterodistal end with a group of slender setae, posterior margin with short setae, posterodistal end sinuous with one deep and one shallow excavation; merus distal end expanded and produced into rounded lobes; propodus slender, distal end with robust setae, dactylus 0.25× length of propodus. Pereopod 6 basis subquadrate, anterior margin with robust setae, posterior margin with short setae; propodus 1.8× carpus; dactylus 0.4× propodus. Epimera 1–3 posterodistal margins notched, with a short seta at notch. Uropod 1 peduncle and rami with robust setae. Uropod 1 interramal process 0.4× length of with well-developed terminal setae. Telson fleshy, entire, with 5 long slender setae on each side and a short seta on posterodistal margin.
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Fig. 17. 
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Appadoo &amp; Myers
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, 
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, 3 y, 7.8 mm, AM P64454, 3 y, 5.2 mm, AM P64455, Roches Noires. Scales: 
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= 0.4 mm (G1x, G2, P3–4, G1y), 
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= 0.2 mm (enlargements of G1x and G1y). Male x unless stated otherwise.
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Female, 
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, ovigerous. Antenna 1 slender; article 2, 1.2× article 1; article 3, 0.3× article 1; peduncular articles moderately setiferous; accessory flagellum long, 9 articulate, terminal article small; primary flagellum 24- articulate. Antenna 2 moderately setose, article 5, 1.1 times article 4; flagellum 8-articulate with a few robust setae. Gnathopod 1 coxa subquadrate, anteroventral margin rounded; basis robust, twice as long as broad; merus subquadrate, ventral margin with strong groups of setae; carpus 1.4× as long as broad; propodus 1.8× carpus, ventral margins with strong groups of setae, palmar margin straight anteriorly followed by a shallow semi-elliptical excavation and a poorly defined blunt tooth; dactylus slightly longer than palm, inner margin toothed. Female gnathopod 2 basis similar to that of male but less elongate; propodus subequal to carpus. Pereopod 5 basis anterior margin straight, anterior margin with robust setae, posterior margin with short setae. Pereopod 6 similar to that of male except merus, carpus and propodus with very long slender setae.
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. In younger males, one can observe the different degree of elongation of the anteroventral margin of coxa 1. In these males, the carpus of the gnathopod 1 is not very long and the propodus is about 1.4× the length of carpus (e.g., in male of 
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). The excavation in the palmar margins of gnathopod 1 is shallower, the dactylus only slightly overlaps the palm and the inner margin is strongly toothed. The posterior margin of the basis of pereopod 5 shows intermediate stages of excavation.
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Fig. 18. 
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Appadoo &amp; Myers
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, 
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, 3, 7.8 mm (A1–2, L, Mx1, Mdp, Mxp), AM P64454, 3, 5.2 mm (P5–6), AM P64454, Roches Noires. Scales: 
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= 0.4 mm (A1–2, P6), 
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= 0.2 mm (L, Mdp, Mxp), 
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= 0.1 mm (Mx1), 
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= 0.2 mm (P5).
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. 
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.
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FFDBF99174E1F9B9" bold="true" box="[121,209,1543,1567]" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Habitat</emphasis>
. 
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was collected at depths of less than 
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from a sheltered site on the north coast and a waveexposed site on the east coast of the island. This species lived mostly among 
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sp.
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FFDBF90574D2F90D" bold="true" box="[121,226,1683,1707]" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Remarks</emphasis>
. 
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superficially resembles 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FD15F90574FBF96E" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aora gracilis</emphasis>
(
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as figured and described by 
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, fig. 74), in having an excavation on the posterodistal margin of one of the pereopods of the male. However, in the present species, the excavation is on pereopod 5 whereas in 
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it is on pereopod 6. Another striking difference between the two species is the very long merus in the male gnathopod 1 of 
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compared to the short merus in 
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.
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resembles
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? 
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</emphasis>
of 
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described from a single male (size 
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) by having of 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FC94FA257795FA6C" box="[822,933,1459,1482]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">A. inermis</emphasis>
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as illustrated for 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FBFDFA25711EFA6C" box="[1119,1326,1459,1482]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aorcho curvipalma</emphasis>
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: fig. 22, in part). Other differences include the convex male gnathopod 2 palmar margin (palm excavate in 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FAD4FA7B77A4F984" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">A. curvipalma</emphasis>
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), more robust basis in pereopod 5 and pereopod 6, the presence of a well-developed interramal process in uropod 1 (absent in 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FC51F9D370BDF9FA" box="[1011,1165,1605,1628]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">A. curvipalma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the presence of dense groups of setae on the telson in 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FBD2F9F570CDF9DC" box="[1136,1277,1635,1658]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aora inermis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(few setae in 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FCB8F91677DAF931" box="[794,1002,1664,1687]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aorcho curvipalma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="224CF426FF83FF87FC9AF90B771EF8C2" blockId="19.[794,1422,1370,1892]" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">
In lacking a produced, distally free merus on male gnathopod 1, this species differs from all other described species of 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FC2DF94E77F4F949" box="[911,964,1752,1775]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aora</emphasis>
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. However, it agrees with the diagnosis of 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FCB8F963777FF8AA" box="[794,847,1781,1804]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aora</emphasis>
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in all other respects and the diagnosis of 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FAA8F963710FF8AA" box="[1290,1343,1781,1804]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aora</emphasis>
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should be modified to accommodate this new species. 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FAA6F88571BDF88C" box="[1284,1421,1811,1834]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Aora inermis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from described species of 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FB24F8A670E5F8E1" box="[1158,1237,1840,1863]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Bemlos</emphasis>
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in its acute coxa 1.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6AE9A7ADFF83FF87FCB8F81677D6F875" pageId="19" pageNumber="350" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="224CF426FF83FF87FCB8F81677D6F875" blockId="19.[794,1421,1920,2003]" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">
<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FCB8F81677A6F83E" bold="true" box="[794,918,1920,1944]" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species is named from the Latin 
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<emphasis id="10872834FF83FF87FA9EF81771BDF83E" box="[1340,1421,1921,1944]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="350">inermis</emphasis>
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meaning unarmed as the male gnathopod 1 merus is not strongly produced.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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