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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA9FFD5B0C0F9787D4F6443" bold="true" box="[151,367,1790,1816]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Maera irregularis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557B3FFA9FFD5B121F9787DF36443" box="[374,467,1790,1816]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(
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)
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material.
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Male
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, 5.0 mm (
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2015. 3237), Seagrass, Sea City,
<collectingCountry id="F365764AFFA9FFD5B419F8EF788364D9" box="[1102,1187,1897,1922]" name="Kuwait" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Kuwait</collectingCountry>
,
<date id="FFCC101AFFA9FFD5B4E7F8EC795064D9" box="[1200,1392,1897,1922]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424" value="2014-10-20">20 October 2014</date>
, M. Nithyanandan; male
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(
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2015. 3238), same data as
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.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA9FFD5B090F8377DA36491" bold="true" box="[199,387,1969,1994]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Other material.</emphasis>
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(
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2015. 32393240), soft benthos, Sea City,
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,
<date id="FFCC101AFFA9FFD5B4F9F83479506491" box="[1198,1392,1969,1994]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424" value="2012-10-24">24 October 2012</date>
, M. Nithyanandan.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFA6FFDAB0C0F98B7FAB6578" blockId="24.[151,907,1549,1571]" box="[151,907,1549,1571]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB0C0F98B7D3F6579" bold="true" box="[151,287,1549,1571]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">FIGURE 19.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C724D59FFA6FFDAB172F9887DFC6578" box="[293,476,1549,1571]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Maera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="irregularis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB172F9887DFC6578" box="[293,476,1549,1571]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Maera irregularis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557B3FFA6FFDAB1B5F98B7E126579" box="[482,562,1549,1570]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB1B5F98B7E126579" bold="true" box="[482,562,1549,1570]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, male, 5.0 mm, Sea City, Kuwait.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB090F9CC7D6E6538" bold="true" box="[199,334,1610,1635]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named after the irregular formation of the male gnathopod 2 palm.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFA6FFDAB090F9E87EF865DD" blockId="24.[151,1437,1610,2031]" box="[199,728,1646,1671]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB090F9E87D7965DC" bold="true" box="[199,345,1646,1671]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Description.</emphasis>
Based on male
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, 5.0 mm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFA6FFDAB090F9147921644C" blockId="24.[151,1437,1610,2031]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB090F9147D2E65F0" bold="true" box="[199,270,1682,1707]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Head.</emphasis>
Eye lobe rounded,
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB1B2F9157E2A65F1" box="[485,522,1683,1706]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">eye</emphasis>
large, ovate, with loose ommatidea.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB3F4F915783565F0" box="[931,1045,1683,1707]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Antenna 1</emphasis>
peduncle elongate; article 2 longer than article 1; article 3 short, a little over one third length of article 2; accessory flagellum elongate with 5 articles; primary flagellum shorter than peduncle with 16 articles.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB36AF95D7F9365A8" box="[829,947,1755,1779]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Antenna 2</emphasis>
much shorter than antenna 1; peduncular article 5 shorter than article 4; flagellum subequal in length with peduncular article 5, with 6 articles.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFA6FFDAB090F8A4792F64B4" blockId="24.[151,1437,1610,2031]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB090F8A47D3B6460" bold="true" box="[199,283,1826,1851]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Pereon</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB17FF8A47D9A6460" box="[296,442,1826,1851]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
coxa weakly produced forward; basis moderately stout; carpus and propodus subequal in length; carpus with notch on anterior margin; propodus palm evenly convex; dactylus fitting palm.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA6FFDAB550F8C079BC6404" box="[1287,1436,1862,1887]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
enormous, basis stout, excavate on anterior margin for reception of carpus and propodus when folded; carpus short, cup-shaped; propodus four times length of carpus, subrectangular, palm irregular, with two proximal humps separated by a v-shaped excavation, followed by a sloping palp delineated by a small spine, followed by a stout spine; dactylus stout, curved, fitting palm, with long setae on anterior margin. Pereopods 37 missing.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB0C0F9207D0065E7" bold="true" box="[151,288,1702,1724]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB172F9207DD065E7" box="[293,496,1702,1724]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Dulichiella fresnelii</emphasis>
(Audouin)
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, male, 6.5 mm, Sea City, Kuwait.
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</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCD36DAFFA7FFDBB090F9627E136433" blockId="25.[151,1437,1764,2005]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB090F9627D3165A6" bold="true" box="[199,273,1764,1789]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Pleon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB14CF9637D9065A7" box="[283,432,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Epimera 12</emphasis>
with small posterodistal spine;
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB373F9637F8565A7" box="[804,933,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">epimeron 3</emphasis>
with larger, triangular spine.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB557F96279B565A7" box="[1280,1429,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Uropods 12</emphasis>
, rami subequal, longer than peduncle.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB26FF8817E83647B" box="[568,675,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Uropod 3</emphasis>
large; peduncle short; rami twice length of peduncle, flattened, leaflike with numerous long setae marginally and distally.
<taxonomicName id="4C724D59FFA7FFDBB357F8AA7F65641E" box="[768,837,1836,1861]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Telsidae" genus="Telson" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilostomatoida" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB357F8AA7F65641E" box="[768,837,1836,1861]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Telson</emphasis>
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almost completely divided, terminally notched, with three short robust setae on each side.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB090F8F27D3E64D6" bold="true" box="[199,286,1908,1933]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Female</emphasis>
(sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB090F81E7D1B64EA" bold="true" box="[199,315,1944,1969]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Remarks.</emphasis>
M
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aera
<taxonomicName id="4C724D59FFA7FFDBB1CBF81E7E3464EA" box="[412,532,1944,1969]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Maera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="irregularis" status="sp. nov.">irregularis</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB248F81E7E5564EA" bold="true" box="[543,629,1944,1969]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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has a male gnathopod 2 superficially similar in the shape to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C724D59FFA7FFDBB0C0F83B7E1B648F" authority="Krapp-Schickel, 2004" authorityName="Krapp-Schickel" authorityYear="2004" box="[151,571,1980,2005]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Maera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lucinae">
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA7FFDBB0C0F83B7D1D648E" box="[151,317,1980,2005]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Maera lucinae</emphasis>
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from the Gulf of
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. In that species, however, the shape of the palm is subtly different. Also in
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA4FFD8B1E3FF1F7E0F63EB" box="[436,559,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">M. lucinae</emphasis>
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, antenna 1 and 2 are subequal in length, the peduncle of uropod 3 is much longer and the
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has very long robust setae. It shows some similarity to
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA4FFD8B447FF3B78BD638E" box="[1040,1181,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">M. edwardsi</emphasis>
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from
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and the Canary Islands and
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA4FFD8B20BFF677E5363A3" box="[604,627,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA4FFD8B2D5FF597EDC63A3" box="[642,764,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">hirondellei</emphasis>
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from the Azores, but in both those species the male gnathopod palm is a different shape and in
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA4FFD8B2B6FE837F4C6246" box="[737,876,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">M. edwardsi</emphasis>
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the epimera 12 lack spines.
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<emphasis id="B906EAC8FFA4FFD8B090FEA17D40621B" bold="true" box="[199,352,295,320]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Distribution.</emphasis>
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.
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