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Sea, 
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: 
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1968.2.14.7, 
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Fisheries Research Station Cruise 4/64, Stn 26, 97– 105 fms [
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, O. T. Chan, 
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, male holotype (18.1 mm/11.8 mm), Nansha Islands (IOCAS­SSBV25­4). A, dorsal view. B, right lateral view. C, dorsal carapace. D, anterior ventral view.
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Comparative material of 
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:
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AM G5169, 1 ovigerous female (
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/13.0 mm), 
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; AM P3066, ovigerous female (
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/ 
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), Sagami Bay, 
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, 
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; AM P34572, 
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(19.0 mm/ 
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), 2 ovigerous females (18.0/ 
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/ 
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), Okinose, Sagami Bay, 
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, 
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, Mortensen Pacific Expedition, 
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; AM P34573, 
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(18.0/ 
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/ 
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), 1 ovigerous female (
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/14.0 mm), Sagami Bay, 
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, 
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, Mortensen Pacific Expedition, 
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.
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF4FF934162FDA0FE31FDC0" bold="true" box="[312,439,563,589]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Rostral spines appressed medially for almost two­thirds length, slightly inclined dorsally; longer than half postrostral carapace length in males, almost half postrostral carapace length in female. Pereopod 5 merus distinctly longer than postrostral carapace length (1.3–1.4); dactylus sparsely setose.
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF4FF934162FD47FE56FD63" bold="true" box="[312,464,724,750]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Description.</emphasis>
Carapace pyriform, postrostral carapace length longer than width, length 1.29–1.38 times width in males, 1.24 times width in female. Rostral spines 0.6 postrostral carapace length (male) or 0.4 postrostral carapace length (female); appressed for proximal two­thirds, distally divergent; slightly inclined dorsally; with 3 ventral (excluding basal) spines; with strong lateral basal spine and 3–4 smaller spines along lateral margin; orbital margin with series of short spines or acute tubercles, with strong preorbital spine at rostral base; supraorbital, intercalated and postorbital spines slender, widely spaced; dorsal surface covered with upright, slender spines and acute tubercles; with 3 anterior gastric (in transverse row), 1 mesogastric, paired cardiac, paired intestinal, cluster of 3 or 4 hepatic, and 3 spines distributed across anterior and posterior branchial margins, all stouter and standing almost twice as high as surrounding spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF4FF934162FB1FFAA3FB43" blockId="3.[264,1323,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Epistome with spine lateral to antennal gland, and spine midway between antennal gland and anterolateral angle of buccal cavity; anterolateral angle of buccal cavity dentate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF4FF934162FB4FFCA0FACB" blockId="3.[264,1323,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eyestalk with elongate, stiff setae and 2 or 3 small spines on anterior margin; interantennular spine bifurcated in distal third; distal margin of antennular sinus produced to stout, triangular ventrolaterally directed spine.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF4FF934162FAC7FEB3FA6B" blockId="3.[264,1323,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Basal antennular segment with row of 3 spines; basal antennal peduncle segment ventrally and distally spinose; penultimate segment distally and ventrally spinose; ultimate segment with ventral spine at midlength; flagellum extending slightly beyond rostral apices.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF4FF934162FA67FEE7F90B" blockId="3.[264,1323,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Third maxilliped merus as wide as ischium; meral surface spinose, with slender spine on either side of carpal articulation, anterolateral margin triangular with spinose margins; ischium with dentate margins, surface with conic tubercles and shallow longitudinal groove.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF4FF944162F907FC7FFED3" blockId="3.[264,1323,283,1870]" lastBlockId="4.[264,1325,284,1870]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Third sternite of male spinous either side of midline; remaining sternites spinose laterally. Female sternites granulate. Male abdomen with 6 free segments; telson and sixth somite fused, suture not visible; widest at somite 2; all segments distinctly spinose. First pleopod of male gently curving outwards, subdistal papilla on inner margin distinctly longer than margin between papilla base and pleopod apex; obtuse triangular lobe proximal to subdistal papilla. Female abdomen with 6 free segments, surface spinulous; telson and sixth somite fused forming ‘operculum’; widest at somite 6.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF3FF944162FEFFFD67FDAB" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Male and female chelipeds (P1) slender, similar; propodus, carpus and merus covered with well­spaced upright spines and long, stiff setae; distal spines of merus markedly longer than others; occlusal margins of dactylus and pollex dentate, with slight gape; cheliped length 1.6 postrostral carapace length (male), 1.4 postrostral carapace length (females); dactylus 0.6 propodus length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF3FF944162FDA7FD97FCEB" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Walking legs (P2–5) long, slender, descreasing in length posteriorly. P2 about 4 times postrostral carapace length. P2–4 propodus, carpus and merus with short, widely spaced, upright spines and stiff setae, longest and densest ventrally; dactyli of P2–3 with dense stiff setae, 0.6 propodus length; dactylus of P4 with short, soft setae; 0.8 propodus length. P5 merus 1.3–1.4 times postrostral carapace length (male), 1.3 times postrostral carapace length (female), with short, upright spines or acute tubercles; propodus and carpus relatively smooth; dactylus with sparse, short, soft setae; 0.8 propodus length (male), 0.7 propodus length (female).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3256532FFF3FF944162FCE7FA8DFC3B" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF3FF944162FCE7FA8DFC3B" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944162FCE7FE42FC03" bold="true" box="[312,452,884,910]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944277FCE7FD06FC00" box="[557,640,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">stilipes</emphasis>
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, derived from the Latin 
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF9443F7FCE7FC6DFC00" box="[941,1003,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">stilus</emphasis>
, stake, pen, and 
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF9444E1FCE7FB64FC00" box="[1211,1250,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">pes</emphasis>
, foot, alluding to the long, slender walking legs in comparison to other members of the genus.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3256532FFF3FF964162FC57FB29FB8B" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF3FF944162FC57FB95FAE3" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944162FC57FE37FC53" bold="true" box="[312,433,964,990]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Remarks.</emphasis>
Of the eight species of 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF9442B6FC57FC0BFC50" box="[748,909,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Pleistacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
recognised by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B48FFF3FF944408FC57FEDFFB8B" author="Griffin" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Griffin, D. J. G. &amp; Tranter, H. A. (1986) The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monograph, 39 (c 4), 1 - 335." type="journal article" year="1986">Griffin &amp; Tranter (1986)</bibRefCitation>
, 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944130FC7FFDECFB88" box="[362,618,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Pleistacantha stilipes</emphasis>
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most closely resembles 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF94445CFC7FFB54FB88" box="[1030,1234,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B48FFF3FF944484FC7FFEC3FBA3" author="Miers" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Miers, E. J. (1879) On a collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H. C. St. John, R. N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas. Part I. Podophthalmia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1879, 18 - 61, pls. 1 - 3." type="proceedings paper" year="1879">Miers, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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, described from 
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, in having the rostral spines medially appressed for the proximal half to two­thirds, in the comparatively long walking legs in which the male P5 merus is longer than the postrostral carapace length, and in the morphology of the first gonopod in bearing the long subdistal papilla. The new species differs subtly but consistently from 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF3FF944152FB27FE53FB40" box="[264,469,1204,1229]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sanctijohannis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944152FB27FE53FB40" box="[264,469,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having generally longer walking legs as measured by the relative length of the P5 merus, in the inflation of the male chela, in having a relatively more elongate carapace, and the length of the rostrum. The P5 merus measures 1.3–1.4 times (male) or 1.3 times (female) postrostral carapace length in 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944335FABFFC66FAC8" box="[879,992,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs 1.2 times (male) or 0.9– 1.0 times (female) postrostral carapace length in 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF3FF94431FFAC7FB8AFAE0" box="[837,1036,1364,1389]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sanctijohannis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF94431FFAC7FB8AFAE0" box="[837,1036,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF3FF944162FAEFFD74F90B" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
The inflation of the chelae is also different between 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF9443CFFAEFFB83FA18" box="[917,1029,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF3FF944467FAEFFA82FA18" box="[1085,1284,1404,1429]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sanctijohannis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944467FAEFFA82FA18" box="[1085,1284,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In both males of 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF9441EAFA37FDA6FA30" box="[432,544,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the chela is slender and uninflated as in females. However, in the smallest male of 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944181FA5FFD21FA68" box="[475,679,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
examined (
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postrostal carapace length, AM P34572), which is only marginally larger than the male 
<typeStatus id="5484881BFFF3FF9443F2FA67FB8BF983" box="[936,1037,1524,1550]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
of 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF3FF944461FA67FB2BF980" box="[1083,1197,1524,1549]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stilipes">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944461FA67FB2BF980" box="[1083,1197,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<quantity id="4CC79B5CFFF3FF9444E5FA67FAADF983" box="[1215,1323,1524,1550]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.28" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mm" value="12.8">12.8 mm</quantity>
postrostral carapace length), the chelae are already distinctly inflated. Whether sexual dimorphism in cheliped size in 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF3FF9442D3F9D7FD7DF9D0" box="[649,763,1604,1629]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stilipes">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF9442D3F9D7FD7DF9D0" box="[649,763,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs at all, or is manifested later than in 
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF94454FF9D7FE3CF908" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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,
</emphasis>
remains to be determined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF3FF944162F907FE71F8C3" blockId="4.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
The postrostral carapace length in 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF3FF944297F907FCBBF920" box="[717,829,1684,1709]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stilipes">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944297F907FCBBF920" box="[717,829,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also proportionally greater than in similar sized 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF9441DAF92FFDCCF958" box="[384,586,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, having a slightly more slender appearance that is most pronounced in males. In male 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944216F977FD38F970" box="[588,702,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the postorbital carapace length/width ratio is 1.29– 1.38 and 
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the female, in contrast to 1.14–1.17 for males and 1.13–1.17 for females of 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF3FF944172F8A7FE76F8C0" box="[296,496,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF2FF954152F95CFE0BF96A" bold="true" box="[264,397,1743,1767]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF2FF9541C2F95CFD07F96B" box="[408,641,1743,1766]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Pleistacantha stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, male holotype (18.1 mm/11.8 mm), Nansha Islands (IOCAS­SSBV25­4). A, cephalic region, ventral. B, cephalic region, dorsal. C, interantennular spine, anterior. D, right third maxilliped. E, right chela. F, abdomen. G, left P4 dactylus. H, right P5 dactylus. I, right first gonopod, abdominal view. J, apex of right first gonopod, sternal view. Scale A–G = 2 mm, H–J = 1 mm.
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<paragraph id="8B8036B9FFF1FF964162FE8FFE3AFC3B" blockId="6.[264,1325,284,1110]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Lastly, the length of the rostral spines differs between 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF1FF9643E9FE8FFBA5FEB8" box="[947,1059,284,309]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stilipes">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF9643E9FE8FFBA5FEB8" box="[947,1059,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF964406FE8FFAA5FEB8" box="[1116,1315,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. As observed in 
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF96419BFED7FD89FED0" box="[449,527,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. o r y x</emphasis>
(see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFAE4B48FFF1FF964208FED7FCE0FED3" author="Griffin" box="[594,870,324,350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" refString="Griffin, D. J. G. &amp; Tranter, H. A. (1986) The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monograph, 39 (c 4), 1 - 335." type="journal article" year="1986">Griffin &amp; Tranter 1986</bibRefCitation>
), the rostral length in 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF1FF964430FED7FB5DFED0" box="[1130,1243,324,349]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stilipes">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF964430FED7FB5DFED0" box="[1130,1243,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF1FF96454FFED7FE35FE08" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sanctijohannis">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF96454FFED7FE35FE08" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be sexually dimorphic, being relatively longer in males. In males of 
<taxonomicName id="4C3F4D3AFFF1FF964177FE07FE24FE20" box="[301,418,404,429]" class="Malacostraca" family="Inachidae" genus="Pleistacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stilipes">
<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF964177FE07FE24FE20" box="[301,418,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. stilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the rostral spines are distinctly longer than half the postrostral carapace length and in the female measures almost half the postrostral carapace length. Conversely the rostral spines in 
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are about 0.33–0.40 postrostral carapace length in males and about 
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females. The rostrum of the male 
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of 
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was reported as almost half the postrostral carapace length (
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), and Parisi (1916) reported a rostral length of 0.25–0.50 postrostral carapace length for a series of males and females from 
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. Further study is required to determine the extent of rostral length variation between 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF96421AFD3FFD33FD48" box="[576,693,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. stilipes</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF9642A2FD3FFC43FD48" box="[760,965,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
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. Guinot &amp; Richer de 
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provisionally recognised 
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, described from 
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, as distinct from 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF964216FD6FFC93FC98" box="[588,789,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
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based on the strongly upraised, near vertical inclination of the rostral spines. Irrespective of whether 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF9643FEFCB7FB8CFCB0" box="[932,1034,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. erecta</emphasis>
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is distinct from (Guinot &amp; Richer de 
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) or synonymous with 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF964316FCDFFB91FCE8" box="[844,1047,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. sanctijohannis</emphasis>
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(see 
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), it cannot be regarded as identical to 
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF964350FCE7FCFDFC00" box="[778,891,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. stilipes</emphasis>
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owing to marked differences in rostral inclination.
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Apart from sexual differences already noted, the 
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series is generally uniform. The right P5 of the 
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is shorter than the left P5; it appears to be regenerating.
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<emphasis id="B94BEAABFFF1FF964162FB87FE5EFBA3" bold="true" box="[312,472,1044,1070]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently known only from the Nansha Islands and northern South 
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Sea; 
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on mud or muddy sand.
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