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series.
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), dissected and slide mounted in Hoyer's fluid, El Seco (
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), east of
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,
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of UPRM,
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.
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,
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,
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, same data as holotype, one male, two females and one deutonymph dissected and slide mounted (
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCEDDFD71420779DE" bold="true" box="[199,321,715,740]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
(Adults). Idiosoma L &lt;300 µm; first coxal plates fused; medial posterior apodemes of fourth coxae narrow and of moderate length, not extending to posterior margin of genital field; posterior to the genital field two pairs of wheel-like acetabula (
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCFE8FCAF41767816" box="[498,560,789,812]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC54B4CA769FF9BCC23FCAE41FE7816" author="Cook, D. R." box="[569,696,788,812]" firstAuthor="Cook" journalOrPublisher="Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" pagination="259 - 264" part="67" refId="ref2530" refString="Cook, D. R. (1996) A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family. Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia, 67, 259 - 264." title="A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family" type="journal article" year="1996">Cook 1996</bibRefCitation>
) (
<figureCitation id="136F2A38A769FF9BCCCBFCAE40637816" box="[721,805,788,812]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 a k" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1914,1937]" captionTargetBox="[183,1391,194,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[183,1404,169,1895]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 a k. Pontarachna nemethi sp. nov. (a h—male [a, d h—holotype, c paratype]; i—female; j k—deutonymph): a, j = idiosoma, ventral view; b = semidiagramatic illustration of a wheel-like acetabulum; c = genital field; d = ejaculatory complex; e = I-Leg- 5 - 6; f = chelicera; g = palp and capitulum; h, k = palp; i = I-Leg- 4 - 6. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, c k), 40 µm (b)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/282143/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Fig. 1b</figureCitation>
), these on a common platelet on their respective sides. Male: Sclerotized area of genital field with 1012 pairs of setae. Female: Postgenital sclerite with a pair of wheellike acetabula (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC54B4CA769FF9BCF9DFCE64143784E" author="Cook, D. R." box="[391,517,860,884]" firstAuthor="Cook" journalOrPublisher="Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" pagination="259 - 264" part="67" refId="ref2530" refString="Cook, D. R. (1996) A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family. Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia, 67, 259 - 264." title="A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family" type="journal article" year="1996">Cook 1996</bibRefCitation>
) and 24 pairs of pores (
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).
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCEDDFCC5421E78A2" bold="true" box="[199,344,895,920]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCF79FC3A42DB78A2" box="[355,413,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Male</emphasis>
(
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, in parentheses measurements of the
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): Idiosoma L/W 250 (266)/216 (216). Coxal field L/W 135 (140)/194 (208). First coxal plates fused medially. Suture lines of Cx-II/III incomplete, suture line of Cx-III/IV extending onto narrow medial posterior apodemes of Cx-IV. Medial posterior apodemes of Cx-IV of moderate length, not extending to posterior margin of genital field (
<figureCitation id="136F2A38A769FF9BCA18FC5647157F3E" box="[1026,1107,1004,1028]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 a k" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1914,1937]" captionTargetBox="[183,1391,194,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[183,1404,169,1895]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 a k. Pontarachna nemethi sp. nov. (a h—male [a, d h—holotype, c paratype]; i—female; j k—deutonymph): a, j = idiosoma, ventral view; b = semidiagramatic illustration of a wheel-like acetabulum; c = genital field; d = ejaculatory complex; e = I-Leg- 5 - 6; f = chelicera; g = palp and capitulum; h, k = palp; i = I-Leg- 4 - 6. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, c k), 40 µm (b)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/282143/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Fig. 1a</figureCitation>
). Lateral posterior apodemes of Cx-IV short and broad. Genital field (
<figureCitation id="136F2A38A769FF9BCC74FBAA41F97F12" box="[622,703,1040,1064]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 a k" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1914,1937]" captionTargetBox="[183,1391,194,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[183,1404,169,1895]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 a k. Pontarachna nemethi sp. nov. (a h—male [a, d h—holotype, c paratype]; i—female; j k—deutonymph): a, j = idiosoma, ventral view; b = semidiagramatic illustration of a wheel-like acetabulum; c = genital field; d = ejaculatory complex; e = I-Leg- 5 - 6; f = chelicera; g = palp and capitulum; h, k = palp; i = I-Leg- 4 - 6. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, c k), 40 µm (b)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/282143/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Fig. 1c</figureCitation>
) L/W 26 (29)/32 (33) consisting of a sclerotized area with 78 (1012) pairs of setae (regularly visible as setae pores). Due to the oblique position of the genital field in
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, resulting in a difference of shape of the genital field between
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specimen (compare
<figureCitation id="136F2A38A769FF9BCE8DFBC642057FAE" box="[151,323,1148,1172]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 a k" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1914,1937]" captionTargetBox="[183,1391,194,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[183,1404,169,1895]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 a k. Pontarachna nemethi sp. nov. (a h—male [a, d h—holotype, c paratype]; i—female; j k—deutonymph): a, j = idiosoma, ventral view; b = semidiagramatic illustration of a wheel-like acetabulum; c = genital field; d = ejaculatory complex; e = I-Leg- 5 - 6; f = chelicera; g = palp and capitulum; h, k = palp; i = I-Leg- 4 - 6. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, c k), 40 µm (b)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/282143/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Figs. 1a and 1c</figureCitation>
), and because the specimens have been fixed in ethanol, some pores could have been unobserved. Ejaculatory complex (
<figureCitation id="136F2A38A769FF9BCF89FB1A42A37F82" box="[403,485,1184,1208]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 a k" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1914,1937]" captionTargetBox="[183,1391,194,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[183,1404,169,1895]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 a k. Pontarachna nemethi sp. nov. (a h—male [a, d h—holotype, c paratype]; i—female; j k—deutonymph): a, j = idiosoma, ventral view; b = semidiagramatic illustration of a wheel-like acetabulum; c = genital field; d = ejaculatory complex; e = I-Leg- 5 - 6; f = chelicera; g = palp and capitulum; h, k = palp; i = I-Leg- 4 - 6. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, c k), 40 µm (b)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/282143/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Fig. 1d</figureCitation>
) L 47. Posterior to the genital field two pairs of wheel-like acetabula (
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCB02FB1B46107F82" box="[1304,1366,1185,1208]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC54B4CA769FF9BCB45FB1A43957FE6" author="Cook, D. R." firstAuthor="Cook" journalOrPublisher="Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" pagination="259 - 264" part="67" refId="ref2530" refString="Cook, D. R. (1996) A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family. Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia, 67, 259 - 264." title="A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family" type="journal article" year="1996">Cook 1996</bibRefCitation>
), these on a platelet on their respective sides. Excretory pore unsclerotized, near the posterior idiosoma margin. Palp: total L 149 (151), dL: P-1, 19 (19); P-2, 35 (35); P-3, 32 (31); P-4, 49 (51); P-5, 14 (15); dL P-2/P-4 ratio 0.71 (0.69); palp chaetotaxy as shown in
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Figs.
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h
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; capitulum vL 72 (79); chelicere styliform as in
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Fig.
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. Legs: dL of I-Leg-2-6 (
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): 29 (29), 37 (37), 36 (37), 49 (52), 65 (69); claws with ventral and dorsal clawlets; IIILeg-5, IV-Leg-4 and IV-Leg-5 with one swimming setae, respectively.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA769FF9BCEDDFAC246057D52" blockId="1.[151,1437,571,2037]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCEDDFAC2425D7EAA" box="[199,283,1400,1424]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Female</emphasis>
(n = 2): Similar to male, except for the shape of the genital field and postgenital area. Idiosoma L/W 280290/234. Coxal field L 135142, W 207208; medial posterior apodemes of fourth coxae not extending to posterior margin of genital field (
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). Genital field L 50; pregenital and postgenital sclerite 2831 and 3538 wide respectively. Postgenital sclerite with a pair of wheel-like acetabula (
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCDCEFA5F47547EC6" box="[980,1042,1509,1532]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC54B4CA769FF9BCA03FA5E47D37EC6" author="Cook, D. R." box="[1049,1173,1508,1532]" firstAuthor="Cook" journalOrPublisher="Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" pagination="259 - 264" part="67" refId="ref2530" refString="Cook, D. R. (1996) A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family. Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Seria Zoologia, 67, 259 - 264." title="A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family" type="journal article" year="1996">Cook 1996</bibRefCitation>
) and 24 pairs of pores (
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). Posterior to the genital field two pairs of wheel-like acetabula, these on a platelet on their respective sides. Palp: total L 152168, dL: P-1, 1921; P-2, 3740; P-3, 3536; P-4, 4655; P-5, 1516; dL P-2/P-4 ratio 0.8 (0.73); palp as in male; capitulum vL 7882. Legs: dL of I-Leg-2-6 (
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Fig.
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): 32, 39, 3739, 5152, 6667.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA769FF9BCEDDF9CE42487DC2" blockId="1.[151,1437,571,2037]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCEDDF9CE42107DB6" box="[199,342,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Deutonymph</emphasis>
(collected together with adults of
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCCC6F9CE40967DB6" box="[732,976,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Pontarachna nemethi</emphasis>
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and suspected to represent this species): Similar to adults, but lacking a genital field and Cx-I separated medially (
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). Idiosoma L/W 180/150; palp (
<figureCitation id="136F2A38A769FF9BCE85F90643B67DEE" box="[159,240,1724,1748]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 a k" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1914,1937]" captionTargetBox="[183,1391,194,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[183,1404,169,1895]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 a k. Pontarachna nemethi sp. nov. (a h—male [a, d h—holotype, c paratype]; i—female; j k—deutonymph): a, j = idiosoma, ventral view; b = semidiagramatic illustration of a wheel-like acetabulum; c = genital field; d = ejaculatory complex; e = I-Leg- 5 - 6; f = chelicera; g = palp and capitulum; h, k = palp; i = I-Leg- 4 - 6. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, c k), 40 µm (b)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/282143/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Fig. 1k</figureCitation>
) total L 110, dL: P-1, 12; P-2, 25; P-3, 23; P-4, 38; P-5, 12; dL P-2/P-4 ratio 0.66; dL of I-Leg: 23, 22, 27, 25, 37, 49.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34E6536A769FF9BCEDDF8BE47537C7B" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA769FF9BCEDDF8BE47537C7B" blockId="1.[151,1437,571,2037]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCEDDF8BE42087C26" bold="true" box="[199,334,1796,1820]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after Michael Nemeth, a Tri-Mix Rebreather diver who collected many mesophotic samples for the third author during the DeepCres research program.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34E6536A769FF99CEDDF8F642717C36" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="66" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA769FF9BCEDDF8F642B27CCF" blockId="1.[151,1437,571,2037]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCEDDF8F6427D7C5E" bold="true" box="[199,315,1868,1892]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCF59F8F641707C5E" box="[323,566,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Pontarachna nemethi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCC24F8F641D47C5E" bold="true" box="[574,658,1868,1892]" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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can easily be distinguished as adults from all other members of the genus
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCEFAF8CA42347CB2" box="[224,370,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Pontarachna</emphasis>
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by the possession of fused first coxae, a character which has not been reported for this genus previously. It is worth noting that in
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCC51F82F418E7C97" box="[587,712,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">Litarachna</emphasis>
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four species have fused first coxal plates, two of these, i.e.,
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCB9FF82C43BE7CEB" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">L. degiustii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC54B4CA769FF9BCF1AF80342C27CEB" author="Cook, D. R." box="[256,388,1977,2001]" firstAuthor="Cook" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" pagination="19 - 22" part="60" refId="ref2491" refString="Cook, D. R. (1958) A new species of Litarachna from the British West Indies (Acarina: Pontarachnidae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 60, 19 - 22." title="A new species of Litarachna from the British West Indies (Acarina: Pontarachnidae)" type="journal article" year="1958">Cook, 1958</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCFA4F800417C7CEB" box="[446,570,1977,2001]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">L. caribica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC54B4CA769FF9BCC58F80340817CEB" author="Pesic, V. &amp; Chatterjee, T. &amp; Schizas, N" box="[578,967,1977,2001]" firstAuthor="Pesic" journalOrPublisher="Cahiers de Biologie Marine" pageId="1" pageNumber="64" pagination="253 - 259" part="49" refId="ref2739" refString="Pesic, V., Chatterjee, T. &amp; Schizas, N (2008) Marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from the Caribbean Sea, with description of one new species. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 49, 253 - 259." title="Marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from the Caribbean Sea, with description of one new species" type="journal article" year="2008">Pešiċ, Chatterjee &amp; Schizas, 2008</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, are known only from the Caribbean Sea (
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;
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Pešiċ
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA769FF9BCF76F86442E27CCF" box="[364,420,2013,2037]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="64">et al.</emphasis>
2008
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA76AFF98CE8DF8C046DB7CEC" blockId="2.[151,1437,1914,2006]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76AFF98CE8DF8C0427A7CAA" bold="true" box="[151,316,1914,1937]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">FIGURE 1ak.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76AFF98CF58F8C1415D7CAB" box="[322,539,1915,1937]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">Pontarachna nemethi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76AFF98CC3BF8C1412D7CAA" bold="true" box="[545,619,1915,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="65">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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(ah—male [a, dh—holotype, c paratype]; i—female; jk—deutonymph): a, j = idiosoma, ventral view; b = semidiagramatic illustration of a wheel-like acetabulum; c = genital field; d = ejaculatory complex; e = I-Leg-5-6; f = chelicera; g = palp and capitulum; h, k = palp; i = I-Leg-4-6. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, ck), 40 µm (b).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA76BFF99CE8DF9B840907D02" blockId="3.[151,1436,1538,1592]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76BFF99CE8DF9B8427C7D22" bold="true" box="[151,314,1538,1561]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">FIGURE 2ab.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76BFF99CF5AF9B9415C7D23" box="[320,538,1539,1561]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Pontarachna nemethi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76BFF99CC3AF9B9412D7D22" bold="true" box="[544,619,1539,1560]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, female: a = idiosoma, ventral view; b = detail of postgenital sclerite illustrating one of the wheel-like acetabula and two pores. Scale bar = 100 µm (a), 40 µm (b).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA76BFF99CEDDF93242717C36" blockId="3.[151,1436,1672,2020]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Additional diagnostic characters of the new species include: medial posterior apodemes of fourth coxae narrow and of moderate length, not extending to posterior margin of genital field, the sclerotized area around the genital field in male with 712 pairs of setae, and postgenital sclerite in female with a pair wheel-like acetabula and 24 pairs of pores.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34E6536A76BFF9ECEDDF8A2408F7BEE" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="3" pageNumber="66" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA76BFF99CEDDF8A241B77C0A" blockId="3.[151,1436,1672,2020]" box="[199,753,1816,1841]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76BFF99CEDDF8A242267C0B" bold="true" box="[199,352,1816,1841]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Distribution.</emphasis>
Only known from the
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locality.
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<paragraph id="8BEB36BDA76BFF9ECEDDF886408F7BEE" blockId="3.[151,1436,1672,2020]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,151,212]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B920EAAFA76BFF99CEDDF886426C7C6F" bold="true" box="[199,298,1852,1877]" pageId="3" pageNumber="66">Habitat.</emphasis>
The mites were collected from
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depth. The greatest depth at which pontarachnid mites have been recorded previously was reported by
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&amp; Morselli (1983)
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who found
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Walter
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occurring down to a depth of
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, although most specimens were found between 3 and
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.
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The finding of new species from a mesophotic coral ecosystem near Vieques Island of
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remarkably extended the potential area of the world ocean occupied by the
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. We do not know the exact microhabitat (loose rubble or sediment) of
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or if it is associated with a specific macroalgae/sponge/coral species because these substrata have not been separated in the present collection.
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