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.
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB7FF8E66A9FD3F6738B7BE" bold="true" box="[199,314,734,761]" pageId="1" pageNumber="376">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Rostrum with 1–3 dorsal and 2 ventral spines; supraorbital and pterygostomial spine present; margin between antennal spine and pterygostomial spine distinctly convex, with concavity below base of antennal spine. Telson with 3 or 4 pairs of dorsolateral spines. Antennular peduncle reaching to distal 0.8 of antennal scale; article 1 with 3 or 4 distolateral dorsal spines; stylocerite reaching base of article 2. Maxilliped 3 exceeding antennal scale by about two-thirds length of ultimate article; ultimate article with 8–10 corneous distodorsal spinules in approximately ovate arrangement. Pereopods 1–3 with mastigobranch and associated setobranch. Pereopod 1 overreaching antennal scale by almost half length of chela; dactylus terminal claws arising at same level; dactylus and pollex terminal claws each with accessory spine at base. Pereopods 3–5 dactylus stout, length about twice height; biunguiculate, proximal unguis triangular, wider than distal unguis; merus with 1 or 2 articulated distoflexor marginal spines.
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB7FF8E66A9FBA1675BB11C" bold="true" box="[199,345,1088,1115]" pageId="1" pageNumber="376">Description.</emphasis>
Body robust, glabrous, integument soft. Rostrum 0.3–0.4 pcl, relatively straight, descending, reaching to about midlength of antennular peduncle article 1, laterally compressed, tapering to simple acute apex; dorsal margin with 1–3 sharp spines; distal half of ventral margin with 2 spines (distalmost apically bifurcate in 
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); with low lateral carina. Carapace dorsal margin convex in lateral view; postrostral median ridge weakly delineated, unarmed, extending posteriorly to anterior one-third of carapace. Supraorbital spine strong, directed anteriorly, ventrally with U-shaped notch. Anterolateral margin between supraorbital notch and suborbital lobe concave. Suborbital lobe narrowly triangular, apex rounded. Antennal spine slender, without carina, slightly overreaching suborbital lobe. Pterygostomial spine minute, not reaching antennal spine. Anterolateral margin between antennal spine and pterygostomial spine distinctly convex, with concavity below base of antennal spine.
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<paragraph id="E6255526FFB7FF8E66A9FA616595B342" blockId="1.[151,1437,485,2038]" pageId="1" pageNumber="376">Abdomen rounded dorsally; somite 2 with shallow transverse dorsal groove, posteriorly forming low ridge; somite 3 posterodorsal margin not produced; pleura 1–4 broadly rounded, unarmed; pleuron 5 with posterolateral spine. Abdominal somite 6 length 1.5 × length of somite 5, 1.6–1.8 × height; with blunt posteroventral angle and strong, triangular, posterolateral projection with minute apical spine.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB7FF8E66A9F9EF677DB3D4" blockId="1.[151,1437,485,2038]" pageId="1" pageNumber="376">Telson length 2.5–2.8 × greatest width, 1.5 × length of somite 6; margins subparallel in anterior one-third, tapering posteriorly to convex posterior margin; surface with proximomedial tuft of setae and shallow, irregular pitting; with 3 or 4 pairs of dorsolateral spines; with 2 pairs of posterolateral spines (inner longer), 8 or 9 plumose setae and several simple setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB7FF8E66A9F97D6556B3BA" blockId="1.[151,1437,485,2038]" pageId="1" pageNumber="376">Thoracic and abdominal sternites unarmed in ovigerous females; in prespawning female thoracic sternites 6–8 and abdominal sternites 1–3 each with transverse pair of median spines, abdominal sternites 4 and 5 each with single median spine, abdominal sternite 6 with low pre-anal tubercle.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB7FF8E66A9F8E666FBB203" blockId="1.[151,1437,485,2038]" pageId="1" pageNumber="376">Eye subglobular, cornea wider and slightly shorter than stalk; nebenauge absent; maximum corneal diameter 0.15 pcl.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB7FF8E66A9F8AC648EB2B1" blockId="1.[151,1437,485,2038]" pageId="1" pageNumber="376">Antennular peduncle reaching to distal 0.8 of antennal scale. Article 1 longer than articles 2 and 3 combined; falling short of midlength of antennal scale; with 3 or 4 distolateral dorsal spines and 1 subdistal ventromesial spine; stylocerite sharp, reaching base of article 2. Article 2 about half-length of article 1; with stout distolateral spine. Article 3 about half-length of article 2; with conical distolateral spine, inclined dorsally. Lateral flagellum with thickened aesthetasc-bearing portion 0.5 pcl.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB4FF8D66F9F8F4670CB269" bold="true" box="[151,270,1813,1838]" pageId="2" pageNumber="377">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB4FF8D6774F8F467F1B26A" box="[282,499,1813,1837]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="377">Paralebbeus pegasus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB4FF8D6794F8F76449B269" bold="true" box="[506,587,1814,1838]" pageId="2" pageNumber="377">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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: A–F, ovigerous female holotype, cl 18.1 mm, pcl 14.2 mm, off Pegasus Bay, New Zealand, NMNZ Cr9841; G, ovigerous female paratype, cl 18.2 mm, pcl 14.3 mm, Canterbury Bight, New Zealand, MNZ Cr9842; H, prespawning female, cl 13.2 mm, pcl 9.8 mm, Tasmania, Australia, NMV 
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. A, habitus, right lateral view; B, anterior cephalothorax, dorsal view; C, left antennular article 1, distal end, mesial view; D, right antenna, ventral view; E, telson and right uropod; F–H, anterior carapace, right lateral view. Scale: A–B = 5.0 mm; C–H = 2.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB5FF8C66F9F9CE670CB30F" bold="true" box="[151,270,1583,1608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="378">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB5FF8C6775F9D167F6B30F" box="[283,500,1584,1608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="378">Paralebbeus pegasus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB5FF8C6794F9D1644EB30F" bold="true" box="[506,588,1584,1608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="378">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, ovigerous female holotype, cl 18.1 mm, pcl 14.2 mm, off Pegasus Bay, New Zealand, NMNZ Cr9841. A, right maxilliped 3; B, right pereopod 1; C, right pereopod 1 dactylus terminal claws, distal end, extensor surface. D, right pereopod 1 chela, flexor view; habitus, right lateral view; E, right pereopod 2; F, right pereopod 2 chela; G–I, right pereopods 3–5, J, right pereopods 2–4 coxae showing mastigobranchs and setobranchs. Scale: A–E, G–J = 2.5 mm; F = 1.25 mm.
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<paragraph id="E6255526FFB5FF8C66A9F8E76331B22F" blockId="3.[151,1436,1797,2041]" pageId="3" pageNumber="378">Antennal scale 0.5 pcl, length 2.5–2.6 × width; lateral margin nearly straight; distolateral spine directed anteriorly, not reaching anteriorly as far as apex of broadly rounded distal margin of blade. Basicerite with slender ventrolateral spine. Carpocerite length 2.5 × width; reaching slightly beyond midlength of antennal scale.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB5FF8C66A9F8936536B2CB" blockId="3.[151,1436,1797,2041]" box="[199,820,1906,1933]" pageId="3" pageNumber="378">Mouthparts not dissected; mandibular palp 2-articulate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB5FF8B66A9F87765C9B590" blockId="3.[151,1436,1797,2041]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,153,1007]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="379" pageId="3" pageNumber="378">Maxilliped 3 with 4 articles; exceeding antennal scale by about two-thirds length of ultimate article (= dactylus + propodus); mastigobranch flattened, arcuate, distally hooked. Ultimate article 0.6–0.7 pcl, 2.8–3.7 × length of penultimate article (= carpus); with transverse tufts of setae; with 8–10 corneous distodorsal spinules in approxi- mately ovate arrangement. Antepenultimate article (= fused merus, ischium and basis) flattened dorsoventrally, setose; 1 distolateral spine; 1 small distal, articulated, ventrolateral spine.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB2FF8B66A9FF006256B494" blockId="4.[151,1437,153,1007]" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">Pereopod 1 stout, overreaching apex of antennal scale by almost half length of chela. Chela 2.0–3.2 × carpus length. Dactylus length 0.3–0.4 × palm length, strongly curved distally, terminating in 2 parallel corneous claws, outer slightly longer, each with slender, corneous, accessory spine at base; occlusal margin entire. Pollex terminating in single corneous claw, with slender, corneous, accessory spine at base; occlusal margin entire. Palm length 3.1–3.2 × height; ovate in cross-section. Carpus half palm length. Merus subcylindrical, obliquely articulated with ischium; surfaces sparsely setose; with low proximodorsal tubercle; length 1.8–2.3 × carpus length and 3.2–3.5 × greatest width. Mastigobranch flattened, arcuate, distally hooked; setobranch present.</paragraph>
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Pereopod 2 slender, overreaching antennal scale by half-length of chela and carpus combined. Chela small; palm subcylindrical; dactylus 0.5–0.6 × palm length, apex simple. Pollex apex simple. Occlusal margins of fingers entire. Carpus 4 × longer than chela, 7-articulate (third article longest), in following proportions from proximal end: 0.16: 0.08: 0.30: 0.12: 0.10: 0.08: 0.17 (
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). Merus 0.6–0.7 × carpus length, 1.1–1.3 × ischium length; merus anteriorly extending beyond pereopod 3 merus. Mastigobranch flattened, arcuate, distally hooked; setobranch present.
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Pereopods 3–5 long and slender, similar in structure, decreasing in length posteriorly; sparsely setose. Dactylus stout, length about twice height; corneous, biunguiculate, single row of 4 or 5 slender, articulated, corneous spines on flexor margin, proximal unguis triangular, wider than distal unguis; propodus with 2 rows of minute flexor spinules; carpus almost half-length of propodus, unarmed. Merus with 1 or 2 (on pereopod 4 of 
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) articulated distoflexor marginal spines. Ischiobasis half merus length, unarmed. Pereopod 3 overreaching antennal scale by one-third length of propodus; mastigobranch flattened, arcuate, distally hooked; setobranch present. Pereopod 4 reaching anteriorly to apex of antennal scale; mastigobranch absent; setobranch present. Pereopod 5 not reaching anteriorly to apex of antennal scale; propodus with distal brush of grooming setae; mastigobranch and setobranch absent.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B66F9F870670CB2ED" bold="true" box="[151,270,1937,1962]" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
. Global distribution of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B6791F873647DB2ED" box="[511,639,1938,1962]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">Paralebbeus</emphasis>
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: 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B64E3F8726501B2ED" box="[653,771,1938,1962]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">P. jiaolongi</emphasis>
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(♦), 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B6209F87262BDB2ED" box="[1127,1215,1938,1962]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">P. mollis</emphasis>
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(▼), 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B63E4F87266EBB289" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">P. pegasus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B669EF8576743B289" bold="true" box="[240,321,1974,1998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(●), 
<taxonomicName id="219A2EA5FFB2FF8B6719F85664F7B289" authority="Bruce &amp; Chace, 1986" authorityName="Bruce &amp; Chace" authorityYear="1986" box="[375,757,1973,1998]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hippolytidae" genus="Paralebbeus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="379" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zotheculatus">
<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B6719F856640DB289" box="[375,527,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">P. zotheculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(■), 
<taxonomicName id="219A2EA5FFB2FF8B6547F856620BB289" authority="Chace, 1997" authorityName="Chace" authorityYear="1997" box="[809,1033,1973,1998]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hippolytidae" genus="Paralebbeus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="379" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zygius">
<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B6547F8566580B289" box="[809,898,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">P. zygius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB2FF8B65E4F854620BB289" author="Chace, F. A. Jr" box="[906,1033,1973,1998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="379" pagination="1 - 106" refId="ref4818" refString="Chace, F. A. Jr (1997) The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907 - 1910, part 7: families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonellidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 587, i-iv, 1 - 106, figs. 101 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 19436696.391.1" type="journal article" year="1997">Chace, 1997</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(▲). Based on 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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Xu 
<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB2FF8B6546F83A655EB2B5" box="[808,860,2010,2034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="379">et al.</emphasis>
(2016)
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, present study.
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<paragraph id="E6255526FFB3FF8A66A9FF7864A3B5BC" blockId="5.[151,1437,153,1871]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Uropodal protopod acutely produced posterolaterally; rami subequal in length, extending posteriorly slightly beyond telson apex when folded; endopod length about 3 × width; exopod with 1 or 2 small articulated spines mesial to smaller distolateral spine; diaeresis sinuous.</paragraph>
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Egg size: 3.0 × 
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, late “black-eyed” stage.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A66A9FEC8674AB404" bold="true" box="[199,328,297,323]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Etymology</emphasis>
. Derived from the name of the 
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locality, Pegasus Bay; used as a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A66A9FEAC6736B420" bold="true" box="[199,308,333,359]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Remarks</emphasis>
. Species of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A67AFFEAC644DB420" box="[449,591,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus</emphasis>
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were previously recorded from scattered localities in the southwestern Indian Ocean, northwestern 
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, Southeast Asia and the northwestern Pacific including 
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(
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), in each case, associated with deepwater hexactinellid sponges (
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB3FF8A6267FE746290B4E8" author="Chace, F. A. Jr" box="[1033,1170,405,431]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" pagination="1 - 106" refId="ref4818" refString="Chace, F. A. Jr (1997) The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907 - 1910, part 7: families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonellidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 587, i-iv, 1 - 106, figs. 101 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 19436696.391.1" type="journal article" year="1997">Chace 1997</bibRefCitation>
; 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB3FF8A66B1FE58676DB494" author="Komai, T." box="[223,367,441,467]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" pagination="171 - 179" refId="ref5346" refString="Komai, T. (2013) A new species of the hippolytid genus Paralebbeus Bruce &amp; Chace, 1986 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the Coral Seamount, southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3646, 171 - 179. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3646.2.5" type="journal article" year="2013">Komai 2013</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB3FF8A6712FE586424B493" author="Xu, P. &amp; Liu, F. &amp; Ding, Z. &amp; Wang, C." box="[380,550,441,468]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" pagination="119 - 126" refId="ref6421" refString="Xu, P., Liu, F., Ding, Z. &amp; Wang, C. (2016) A new species of the thorid genus Paralebbeus Bruce &amp; Chace, 1986 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the deep sea of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 4085 (1), 119 - 126. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4085.1.5" type="journal article" year="2016">
Xu 
<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A67C9FE5B67E3B494" box="[423,481,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">et al.</emphasis>
2016
</bibRefCitation>
). The discovery of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A656DFE5B6578B494" box="[771,890,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. pegasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
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and 
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represents the first evidence of the genus from the temperate southwestern Pacific, and the southernmost record for the genus worldwide. 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6773FDE06409B75C" box="[285,523,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus pegasus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A647CFDE06469B75C" bold="true" box="[530,619,513,539]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is also apparently associated with sponges, although the specific identity of the host sponge of the 
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was not identified. The occurrence of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A65D2FDC76233B778" box="[956,1073,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. pegasus</emphasis>
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in both 
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and southeastern 
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parallels that of other benthic deep water carideans, such as 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A659EFDAB62EEB724" box="[1008,1260,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Leontocaris alexander</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB3FF8A629CFDA86379B724" author="Poore, G. C. B." box="[1266,1403,585,611]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" pagination="951 - 967" refId="ref5873" refString="Poore, G. C. B. (2009) Leontocaris alexander, a new deepwater hippolytid shrimp from Tasmanian seamounts and a phylogeny of the genus (Decapoda, Caridea). Crustaceana, 82, 951 - 967. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854009 X 427478" type="journal article" year="2009">Poore, 2009</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A63E8FDAB671FB7C0" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">L. amplectipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB3FF8A674AFD8C67B2B7C0" author="Bruce, A. J." box="[292,432,621,647]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" pagination="121 - 130" refId="ref4711" refString="Bruce, A. J. (1990) Leontocaris amplectipes sp. nov. (Hippolytidae), a new deep-water shrimp from southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 51, 121 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.24199 / j. mmv. 1990.51.09" type="journal article" year="1990">Bruce, 1990</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A67D5FD8F645EB7C0" box="[443,604,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">L. yarramundi</emphasis>
Taylor &amp; Poore, 1998
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A650AFD8C6222B7C0" box="[868,1056,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Lipkius holthuisi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB3FF8A6248FD8C62D2B7C0" author="Yaldwyn, J. C." box="[1062,1232,621,647]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" pagination="13 - 53" refId="ref6496" refString="Yaldwyn, J. C. (1960) Crustacea Decapoda Natantia from the Chatham Rise: a deep water bottom fauna from New Zealand. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 4, 13 - 53." type="journal article" year="1960">Yaldwyn, 1960</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6368FD8C66E2B7EC" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Merhippolyte chacei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="820B28D7FFB3FF8A6689FD706454B7EC" author="Kensley, B. &amp; Tranter, H. A. &amp; Griffin, D. J. G." box="[231,598,657,683]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" pagination="263 - 331" refId="ref5247" refString="Kensley, B., Tranter, H. A. &amp; Griffin, D. J. G. (1987) Deepwater decapod Crustacea from eastern Australia (Penaeidea and Caridea). Records of the Australian Museum, 39, 263 - 331. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.39.1987.171" type="journal article" year="1987">Kensley, Griffin &amp; Tranter, 1987</bibRefCitation>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6255526FFB3FF8A66A9FD546279B6E0" blockId="5.[151,1437,153,1871]" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A66A9FD5467B5B788" box="[199,439,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus pegasus</emphasis>
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is unique in the genus for having movable distolateral spines on the pereopod 3–5 meri (
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, 
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G–I); these meri are unarmed in all other species of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6532FD3865E8B7B4" box="[860,1002,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The rostrum of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A62C9FD3B631FB7B4" box="[1191,1309,730,755]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. pegasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also distinctive in its more extensive spination: 1–3 dorsal and 2 ventral spines (
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, F–H). In other species of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6357FD1C66C8B67C" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus</emphasis>
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, the rostrum is unarmed dorsally and ventrally (
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6480FCC36594B67C" box="[750,918,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. zotheculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="219A2EA5FFB3FF8A65CBFCC3620AB67C" authorityName="Chace" authorityYear="1997" box="[933,1032,802,827]" class="Malacostraca" family="Hippolytidae" genus="Paralebbeus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="380" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zygius">
<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A65CBFCC3620AB67C" box="[933,1032,802,827]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. zygius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), has a single ventral spine only (
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A63E6FCC366FEB618" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. jiaolongi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or has a single dorsal and ventral spine (
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6486FCA7654BB618" box="[744,841,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. mollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The rostral armature seemingly differs between 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A63E6FCA766F3B6C4" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. pegasus</emphasis>
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and 
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(1–3/2 versus 1/1), but given the range of variation exhibited by the former, similar variation could be expected in the latter, perhaps resulting in meristic overlap between the species.
</paragraph>
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Despite its geographical proximity to 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A641BFC53651CB68C" box="[629,798,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. zotheculatus</emphasis>
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(in northern 
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) (
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), 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A62E1FC536304B68C" box="[1167,1286,946,971]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. pegasus</emphasis>
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most closely resembles 
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,
</emphasis>
also a southern hemisphere high latitude species, in having dorsal and ventral rostral spines (albeit in greater number), the strongly convex anterolateral margin of the carapace with a distinct concavity below the antennal spine (
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, F–H), similar distal spination on maxilliped 3 with 8–10 corneous spines arranged in near oval pattern (
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), and in the paired corneous claws of the pereopod 1 dactylus in which the bases are in-line (
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). Aside from the pereopod 3–5 meral spination, 
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, further differs from 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A629BFB876357B138" box="[1269,1365,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. mollis</emphasis>
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in the minute (versus prominent) pterygostomial spine (Fig. 
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, F–H) and proportionally longer pereopod 
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which the merus, when extended forwards, overreaches the end of the pereopod 3 merus (versus reaching the end) (
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). In addition, the apical claws of both fingers of pereopod 1 have a slender, moveable accessory spine (
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), as in 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A66BCFB17677BB048" box="[210,377,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. zotheculatus</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A67DEFB176413B048" box="[432,529,1270,1295]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. zygius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
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: fig. 24p, q). 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6507FB146240B048" box="[873,1090,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus mollis</emphasis>
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apparently lacks the accessory spine on the terminal claw of the pereopod 1 pollex (
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) and the condition in 
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remains to be confirmed given the rudimentary figures of the pereopod 1 of the 
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(
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Xu 
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2016
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). As discussed by 
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, most diagnostic distinctions between 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A64F8FA8064F1B03C" box="[662,755,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Lebbeus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, and 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A65AAFA806250B03C" box="[964,1106,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
identified by 
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are not valid, with the single distinguishing feature being the absence of postrostral carapace spines in the latter. The discovery of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A67CEFA4B6417B084" box="[416,533,1450,1475]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">P. pegasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with pereopod 3–5 meral spines (absent in other species of 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A62C1FA48633FB084" box="[1199,1341,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Paralebbeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; usually present in 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A6762FA2C676BB0A0" box="[268,361,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Lebbeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) further reinforces the morphological overlap between 
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<emphasis id="D4EE8934FFB3FF8A65B8FA2C6231B0A0" box="[982,1075,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Lebbeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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.
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The most significant variation in the present series of 
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is in rostral armature, with fewer spines in the 
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(
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) and the largest number in the 
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<figureCitation id="7EA149A3FFB3FF8A653BF9F465ADB368" box="[853,943,1557,1583]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1813,1838]" captionTargetBox="[156,1429,194,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,179,1785]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Paralebbeus pegasus sp. nov.: A–F, ovigerous female holotype, cl 18.1 mm, pcl 14.2 mm, off Pegasus Bay, New Zealand, NMNZ Cr9841; G, ovigerous female paratype, cl 18.2 mm, pcl 14.3 mm, Canterbury Bight, New Zealand, MNZ Cr9842; H, prespawning female, cl 13.2 mm, pcl 9.8 mm, Tasmania, Australia, NMV J58059. A, habitus, right lateral view; B, anterior cephalothorax, dorsal view; C, left antennular article 1, distal end, mesial view; D, right antenna, ventral view; E, telson and right uropod; F–H, anterior carapace, right lateral view. Scale: A–B = 5.0 mm; C–H = 2.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363707/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Fig. 1G</figureCitation>
). The distalmost ventral rostral spine in the Australian specimen is bifid (
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). The basal antennular article has four distodorsal spines in the 
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(
<figureCitation id="7EA149A3FFB3FF8A6301F9D866BAB330" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1813,1838]" captionTargetBox="[156,1429,194,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,179,1785]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Paralebbeus pegasus sp. nov.: A–F, ovigerous female holotype, cl 18.1 mm, pcl 14.2 mm, off Pegasus Bay, New Zealand, NMNZ Cr9841; G, ovigerous female paratype, cl 18.2 mm, pcl 14.3 mm, Canterbury Bight, New Zealand, MNZ Cr9842; H, prespawning female, cl 13.2 mm, pcl 9.8 mm, Tasmania, Australia, NMV J58059. A, habitus, right lateral view; B, anterior cephalothorax, dorsal view; C, left antennular article 1, distal end, mesial view; D, right antenna, ventral view; E, telson and right uropod; F–H, anterior carapace, right lateral view. Scale: A–B = 5.0 mm; C–H = 2.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363707/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
), three in the other specimens. A row of four dorsolateral telson spines is present on both sides in the 
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<figureCitation id="7EA149A3FFB3FF8A66CEF96066F6B3DC" box="[160,244,1665,1691]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1813,1838]" captionTargetBox="[156,1429,194,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,179,1785]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Paralebbeus pegasus sp. nov.: A–F, ovigerous female holotype, cl 18.1 mm, pcl 14.2 mm, off Pegasus Bay, New Zealand, NMNZ Cr9841; G, ovigerous female paratype, cl 18.2 mm, pcl 14.3 mm, Canterbury Bight, New Zealand, MNZ Cr9842; H, prespawning female, cl 13.2 mm, pcl 9.8 mm, Tasmania, Australia, NMV J58059. A, habitus, right lateral view; B, anterior cephalothorax, dorsal view; C, left antennular article 1, distal end, mesial view; D, right antenna, ventral view; E, telson and right uropod; F–H, anterior carapace, right lateral view. Scale: A–B = 5.0 mm; C–H = 2.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363707/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="380">Fig. 1E</figureCitation>
), three in the 
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, and in the Australian specimen, three on one side and four on the other.
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The 
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and 
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of 
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are both ovigerous, and the Australian specimen is a prespawning female as indicated by the less arched carapace, shorter abdominal pleura and spinose abdominal and thoracic sterna. The embryos carried by the ovigerous females are comparatively large (3.0 × 
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), apparently yolky and at a late stage, with thoracic and abdominal appendages, and stalked, pigmented eyes. Development in 
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is possibly abbreviated, with potentially limited larval dispersal ability.
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