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<figureCitation id="131F2A258E367164FE4AFAF0FE372E6B" box="[411,427,1297,1323]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="248">4</figureCitation>
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2001.521), Balicasag Island, Panglao,
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, Visayas,
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, coll.
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[examined by Peter K.L. Ng, photographs received];
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(cw 16.0, cl 14.0 mm) (
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50514), Queensland,
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, coll. W. Goode, 1965 [specimen examined by late Prof. Colin McLay; photographs received].
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E367164FB6FF9B4FA002D2F" box="[1214,1436,1621,1647]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="248">Epigodromia gilesii</emphasis>
(
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)
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:
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, male (
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5621-34/9), Malabar coast, Marine Survey;
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(cw 6.8, cl 6.64; cw 5.8, cl
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) (
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/SS/BRC00/372), FORVSS stn. 34324, Malabar coast, Southeastern Arabian Sea,
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,
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,
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,
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, coll. Ishwarya Gopal,
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.—
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E367164FC1EF920FB422D9B" box="[975,1246,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="248">Epigodromia ebalioides</emphasis>
(
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:
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, male (
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182-3/10), Karachi, Marine Survey. [Note:
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E367164FCB6F907FC572DBF" box="[871,971,1765,1791]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="248">E. gilesii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E367164FC02F904FBF62DBF" author="Alcock, A." box="[979,1130,1765,1791]" pageId="1" pageNumber="248" pagination="123 - 169" refId="ref7644" refString="Alcock, A. (1900) Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 5. Brachyura Primigenia or Dromiacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 68 (II) (3), 123 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15343" type="journal article" year="1900">Alcock, 1900</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E367164FB70F907FAA82DBF" box="[1185,1332,1765,1791]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="248">E. ebalioides</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E367164FA92F904FF4C2C63" author="Alcock, A." pageId="1" pageNumber="248" pagination="123 - 169" refId="ref7644" refString="Alcock, A. (1900) Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 5. Brachyura Primigenia or Dromiacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 68 (II) (3), 123 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15343" type="journal article" year="1900">Alcock, 1900</bibRefCitation>
)
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which are preserved in the
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has been examined by the first author but unable to take the measurements of the specimens due to its fragile condition. The photographs were received upon request from: https://zsifis.nic. in/ImageRequest/GetByCategory/10]
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33E652B8E367164FF16F894FF6D2CBB" pageId="1" pageNumber="248" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E367164FF16F894FED42CCF" bold="true" box="[199,328,1909,1935]" pageId="1" pageNumber="248">Etymology</emphasis>
. This species is dedicated to and named in honour of the late Prof. Colin McLay (University of
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) for his tremendous contribution to the taxonomy and systematics of the brachyuran families, particularly the
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, which has been most helpful in the present study and for his generous mentorship and help to the authors.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E357167FF46F891FE972CC8" bold="true" box="[151,267,1904,1928]" pageId="2" pageNumber="249">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
. Dorsal habitus.A, B,
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E357167FE36F890FD2F2CC9" box="[487,691,1905,1929]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="249">Epigodromia mclayi</emphasis>
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, holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D,
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E357167FD4CF874FCE02CED" box="[669,892,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="249">Epigodromia areolata</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAMC50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F,
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E357167FC9AF858FBB12C91" box="[843,1069,1977,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="249">Epigodromia areolata</emphasis>
(Ihle, 1993)
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, male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FF16FF77FECD2BF0" bold="true" box="[199,337,150,176]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Description</emphasis>
. Carapace wider than long, subcircular, areolate; entire carapace granulated, small granules on anterior region, larger and dense granules posteriorly; grooves between areolae smooth; regions well defined; short frontal groove between rostral and first anterolateral lobe (
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,
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,
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). Cervical and branchial grooves distinct; mesogastric region convex, with prominent, fine granules, three poorly defined protuberances, anterior one small, rounded, followed by two larger protuberances; small oval-shaped protuberances side by side in protogastric region; urogastric region with two equally divided small protuberances; cardiac region broadly convex, nearly triangular, granulated, well defined by grooves (
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).
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Branchial region anteriorly with four fused, prominent protuberances, connected with supraorbital ridge longitudinally and with second anterolateral lobe forms concave surface and deep groove; branchial notch visible with posterolateral node and larger conical tooth; posterior branchial areas convex, evenly granulated with larger granules (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FED4FE1EFE162959" box="[261,394,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Figs. 1A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FE47FE1FFE202959" box="[406,444,510,537]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,906,930]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetId="figure-22@8.[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Micro-computed tomography 3D images. AD, dorsal view; BC, frontal view with chelipeds outer view. A, B, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, male (cw 5.8 mm, cl 6.05 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00372), Malabar coast, southeastern Arabian Sea, India." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346687/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">5A</figureCitation>
). Rostrum tridentate, lateral teeth long, separated by a U-shaped sinus; borders of lateral rostral teeth granulated, concave, median tooth short, pointed, triangular, clearly visible dorsally (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FB35FDC2FAFC297D" box="[1252,1376,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Fig. 1A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FABDFDC2FF312921" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">2A C</figureCitation>
). Anterolateral margin armed with two granulated lobes, first lobe at the level of anterior corner of buccal frame, and separated from it by a concave groove, second lobe smaller, rounded, projected laterally, continuous with posterolateral margin, covered in larger rounded granules; posterior carapace margin distinctly concave (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FAE2FD6EFA0B29E9" box="[1331,1431,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FF46FD52FF42298D" box="[151,222,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">2A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FF3DFD52FE8C298D" box="[236,272,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">4A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FECFFD53FED8298D" box="[286,324,690,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,906,930]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetId="figure-22@8.[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Micro-computed tomography 3D images. AD, dorsal view; BC, frontal view with chelipeds outer view. A, B, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, male (cw 5.8 mm, cl 6.05 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00372), Malabar coast, southeastern Arabian Sea, India." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346687/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">5A</figureCitation>
). Supraorbital border slightly concave, smooth, small pointed tooth followed by post-supraorbital border integration with carapace surface, no orbital fissure, and visible tooth at inner corner (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FB20FD36FAC529B1" box="[1265,1369,727,753]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Figs. 2B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FABBFD37FA0C29B1" box="[1386,1424,726,753]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,906,930]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetId="figure-22@8.[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Micro-computed tomography 3D images. AD, dorsal view; BC, frontal view with chelipeds outer view. A, B, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, male (cw 5.8 mm, cl 6.05 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00372), Malabar coast, southeastern Arabian Sea, India." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346687/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">5A</figureCitation>
). Suborbital lobe triangular, pointed, granular (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FD40FD1AFD762855" box="[657,746,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
). First segment of antenna much wider than long, tuberculate, second segment longer, surface rough, third segment inserted at an angle (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FC02FCFEFBC92879" box="[979,1109,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Figs. 2BC</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FBB0FCFEFB192879" box="[1121,1157,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">4B</figureCitation>
). Subhepatic area deeply concave, densely granulated (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FE32FCA2FDA0281D" box="[483,572,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E347166FF16FC86FCFA2F51" blockId="3.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">
Chelipeds well developed, covered with line of larger, rounded granules; merus long, but shorter than propodus; carpus with two obtuse, distal tubercles; propodus with two tubercles near carpal articulation along anterior and posterior margins, three tubercles at base of fingers; outer surface of movable finger with rounded granules, fixed finger surface smooth, possesses numerous setae; fingers strongly curved with 6 or 7 teeth, meeting at tips, pointed tip of dactylus fitting in the bifid tip of pollex (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FD75FC16FC942F51" box="[676,776,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FCC2FC16FCC62F51" box="[787,858,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">2EH</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E347166FF16FBFAFAFC2FE1" blockId="3.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">
Ambulatory legs, first two pairs shorter than chelipeds, tuberculate, largely granulated, with rounded nodules and few short bristles; dactyli as long as propodi, inner margins with 57 tiny spines of similar size; P45 reduced, tuberculate, granulated, with short and long setae, outer surfaces of propodi with 3 spines of similar size, inner posterior end with single spine opposed to dactyli, dactyli of both legs deeply curved (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FB8CFB66FB5D2FE1" box="[1117,1217,1159,1185]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FB1DFB66FB632FE1" box="[1228,1279,1159,1185]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">2IJ</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FADAFB66FACF2FE1" box="[1291,1363,1159,1185]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">4DG</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E347166FF16FB4AFEBB2E15" blockId="3.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">
Male pleon with six free somites; telson wider than long, lateral margins with minor acute spine; uropod plates large, visible externally; median ridge strongly developed; outer surface covered with dense, smaller granules; somites 26 with two transverse rows of granulated lobules: upper one with continuous lobe and lower one divided into two lobes; somites 2 and 3 with transverse lobules ornamented with continuous flattened granules (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FAE3FAF6FA0B2E71" box="[1330,1431,1303,1329]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1444,1468]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. AE, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; FJ, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993) male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, male pleon, ventral view; B, F, G, left G1, pleonal view; C, H, I, left G1, sternal view; D, G, I, magnified view of distal part of G1; E, J, left G2 pleonal view; Scale bars: AC, E, F, H, J = 1.0 mm; D, G, I = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346683" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346683/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Figs. 3A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FF46FADAFF202E15" box="[151,188,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">4H</figureCitation>
,
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G1 semi-rolled, setose with a pointed lobe, G2 needle-like, pointed tip (
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,
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FF16FA62FE3E2EDC" bold="true" box="[199,418,1410,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Fresh colouration.</emphasis>
Brownish in colour with red spots on the carapace.
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FF16FA46FEA72E81" bold="true" box="[199,315,1447,1473]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FE94FA46FDB12E81" box="[325,557,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Epigodromia mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FDE6FA46FD0F2E81" bold="true" box="[567,659,1447,1473]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E347166FDE6FA46FD0F2E81" box="[567,659,1447,1473]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, fits well within the genus as defined by
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,
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) and
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, particularly in the following characters: wider, subcircular carapace, areolate, anterolateral margin with two broad granulated lobes; rostrum with three lobes with short median lobe, pointed, triangular, bluntly rounded, lateral lobes; coxae of third maxillipeds separated by a gap by triangular shape plate with the sternum; much larger cheliped in males with proximal tooth along the cutting edge; last two ambulatory legs reduced; male pleon having six free somites by a strongly granulated median ridge with transverse lobes.
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Among the 10 species of
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FE3CF99EFD1C2DD9" box="[493,640,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">Epigodromia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
currently recognized (
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;
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Ng
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. 2008
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;
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),
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FF36F942FECD2DFD" box="[231,337,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">E. mclayi</emphasis>
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, is morphologically most similar to
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FC9BF942FC5B2DFD" box="[842,967,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">E. areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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locality: Timor Island, South
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Sea), particularly in the general outline of the carapace and the division of the anterolateral margin whereby second lobe is exceptional with 59 distinct blunt teeth, and has a concave margin with anterior margin of the buccal frame, and third lobe continues with posterolateral margin, one large granulated conical tooth and covered in larger rounded granules (
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), and number of spines in the dactylus of ambulatory legs (
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).
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Some consistent morphological features, however, distinguish the two species: (1) the carapace is wider than long and subcircular, areolate, outline is more rounded and granular, posterolateral margin with more rounded granules, posterior carapace margin is distinctly concave in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FCFDF87EFCA12CF8" box="[812,829,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FC9BF87EFC092CF9" box="[842,917,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E347166FC4BF87EFC6F2CF9" bold="true" box="[922,1011,1951,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">
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</emphasis>
(
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,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FB5CF87EFB2D2CF9" box="[1165,1201,1951,1977]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">2A</figureCitation>
,
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,
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,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E347166FACBF87EFAA22CF9" box="[1306,1342,1951,1977]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1760,1784]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 6. AB, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, ZSI 562134/9, Malabar coast; EF, Epigodromia ebalioides Alcock, 1900, ZSI 1823/10, Karachi, Marine Survey (Photographs by ZSI). G, H, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), 1 male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, C, E, G, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346689" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346689/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="250">6A</figureCitation>
) (versus the carapace slightly wider than a long, more flattened, outline with two granulated lobes and ornamented with sharp granules,the posterolateral margin with sharp granules, posterior carapace margin is moderately concave in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FA55F97EFA092DF8" box="[1412,1429,1695,1720]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FF46F922FF692D9D" box="[151,245,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E327160FED5F922FEE42D9D" box="[260,376,1731,1757]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">Fig. 1CF</figureCitation>
); (2) mesogastric region convex, prominent, fine granules, three poorly defined protuberances, anterior one rounded and small, followed by two larger protuberances in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E327160FC0CF906FBD52C41" authorityName="Prema &amp; Cubelio" authorityYear="2024" box="[989,1097,1767,1793]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="252" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mclayi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FC0CF906FC722C40" box="[989,1006,1767,1792]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FC2FF906FBD52C41" box="[1022,1097,1767,1793]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FB83F906FB312C41" bold="true" box="[1106,1197,1767,1793]" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E327160FB83F906FB312C41" box="[1106,1197,1767,1793]" pageId="5" pageNumber="252" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E327160FB6FF906FAA62C41" box="[1214,1338,1767,1793]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">Fig. 1A, B</figureCitation>
) (versus mesogastric region convex and comparatively clearly defined protuberances with larger granules, anterior one small and followed by two larger protuberances in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E327160FD71F8CEFCBC2C09" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1993" box="[672,800,1839,1865]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="252" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FD71F8CEFD2D2C08" box="[672,689,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FD13F8CEFCBC2C09" box="[706,800,1839,1865]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E327160FCE0F8CEFC342C09" box="[817,936,1839,1865]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">Fig. 1CF</figureCitation>
); (3) cardiac region broadly convex, nearly triangular structure towards posterior margin, finely granulated, and visible grooves in between posterolateral margin in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E327160FED8F896FEEE2CD1" authorityName="Prema &amp; Cubelio" authorityYear="2024" box="[265,370,1911,1937]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="252" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mclayi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FED8F896FE862CD0" box="[265,282,1911,1936]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FEF6F896FEEE2CD1" box="[295,370,1911,1937]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FEA9F896FE4D2CD1" bold="true" box="[376,465,1911,1937]" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E327160FEA9F896FE4D2CD1" box="[376,465,1911,1937]" pageId="5" pageNumber="252" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E327160FE31F896FDFF2CD1" box="[480,611,1911,1937]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">Figs. 1A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E327160FDBFF896FD0E2CD1" box="[622,658,1911,1937]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">2A</figureCitation>
) (versus cardiac region broadly convex, round appearance with larger granules, posterolateral margin fused in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E327160FD89F87AFD492CF5" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1993" box="[600,725,1947,1973]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="252" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FD89F87AFDF52CF4" box="[600,617,1947,1972]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FDA6F87AFD492CF5" box="[631,725,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E327160FD32F87AFCC42CF5" box="[739,856,1947,1973]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">Fig. 1CF</figureCitation>
); (4) branchial notch clearly visible forming narrow gap between second anterolateral lobe and the posterolateral node, followed by one larger conical tooth present in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FF67FF76FEBE2BF1" authorityName="Prema &amp; Cubelio" authorityYear="2024" box="[182,290,151,177]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mclayi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF67FF76FF5B2BF0" box="[182,199,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF06FF76FEBE2BF1" box="[215,290,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FEFBFF76FE1A2BF1" bold="true" box="[298,390,151,177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FEFBFF76FE1A2BF1" box="[298,390,151,177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FE46FF76FD812BF1" box="[407,541,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Figs. 1AB</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FDFAFF76FDD32BF1" box="[555,591,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">2A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FD8CFF76FD1C2BF1" box="[605,640,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">4A</figureCitation>
) (versus branchial notch clearly visible, and fused with posterolateral margin, conical tooth absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FDD1FF5AFDE32B95" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1993" box="[512,639,187,213]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FDD1FF5AFDE32B95" box="[512,639,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E. areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FD5EFF5AFC992B95" box="[655,773,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Fig. 1CF</figureCitation>
); (5) rostrum tridentate, lateral teeth distinctly curved out, triangular, longer than median tooth more triangular in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FCDAFF3EFCEA2BB9" authorityName="Prema &amp; Cubelio" authorityYear="2024" box="[779,886,223,249]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mclayi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCDAFF3EFC802BB8" box="[779,796,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCFAFF3EFCEA2BB9" box="[811,886,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCAFFF3EFC452BB9" bold="true" box="[894,985,223,249]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FCAFFF3EFC452BB9" box="[894,985,223,249]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FC38FF3EFBFF2BB9" box="[1001,1123,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Fig. 1AB</figureCitation>
) (versus rostrum tridentate, lateral teeth slightly curved out, slightly longer than median tooth, median tooth deflexed in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FB40FEE2FA912A5D" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1993" box="[1169,1293,259,285]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB40FEE2FB3E2A5C" box="[1169,1186,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB7EFEE2FA912A5D" box="[1199,1293,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FACAFEE2FA122A5D" box="[1307,1422,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Fig. 1CF</figureCitation>
); (6) chelipeds equal, larger, outer surface covered with line of rounded granules, including movable finger, and outer surface of fixed finger smooth and possess numerous setae in
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FC97FEAAFC332A25" authorityName="Prema &amp; Cubelio" authorityYear="2024" box="[838,943,331,357]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mclayi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC97FEAAFCCB2A24" box="[838,855,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCB5FEAAFC332A25" box="[868,943,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC64FEAAFB922A25" bold="true" box="[949,1038,331,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FC64FEAAFB922A25" box="[949,1038,331,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FBCDFEAAFBE32A25" box="[1052,1151,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetId="figure-22@2.[151,1436,181,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsalhabitus.A, B, Epigodromiamclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; C, D, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913), male (cw 16.0 mm, cl 14.0 mm), (WAM- C50514), Queensland, Australia (Photograph by McLay, C.). E, F, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346679/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FB5BFEAAFB522A25" box="[1162,1230,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1890,1914]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-22@4.[170,1418,151,1872]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346681" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346681/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">2EH</figureCitation>
) (versus chelipeds equal, larger, outer surface with densely packed with larger sharp granules, including bases of fingers in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FAC8FE8EFAB62AC8" box="[1305,1322,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FAE6FE8EFA092AC9" box="[1335,1429,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FF13FE72FE212AED" author="McLay, C. L. &amp; Hosie, A. M." box="[194,445,403,429]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="301 - 355" refId="ref8947" refString="McLay, C. L. &amp; Hosie, A. M. (2022) The sponge crabs of Western Australia and the Northwest Shelf with descriptions of new genera and species (Crustacea: Brachyura: Dromiidae). Zootaxa, 5129 (3), 301 - 355. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5129.3.1" type="journal article" year="2022">McLay &amp; Hosie 2022</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 16BC;
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); (7) ambulatory legs, inner margins of dactyli of first two pairs ambulatory legs armed with 57 tiny spines of similar size in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC9AFE56FCC02A90" box="[843,860,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCBBFE56FC292A91" box="[874,949,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC6AFE56FB892A91" bold="true" box="[955,1045,439,465]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FC6AFE56FB892A91" box="[955,1045,439,465]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FBF5FE56FB072A91" box="[1060,1179,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Fig. 4D, E</figureCitation>
) (versus inner margins of dactyli of first two pairs of legs armed with 78 small spines in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC4FFE3AFC332AB4" box="[926,943,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC11FE3AFB822AB5" box="[960,1054,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FB8AFE3AFA9C2AB5" author="McLay, C. L." box="[1115,1280,475,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay (1993)</bibRefCitation>
and it is also confirmed in
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specimen (pers. comm P.K.L. Ng)); (8) the telson of the male pleon is much wider than long, pronounced flange on the lateral margins and anterior margin of somite
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FBFAFDC2FBA0297C" box="[1067,1084,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB9BFDC2FB09297D" box="[1098,1173,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FB4DFDC2FB69297D" box="[1180,1269,547,573]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FAD5FDC2FAFB297D" box="[1284,1383,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1444,1468]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. AE, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; FJ, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993) male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, male pleon, ventral view; B, F, G, left G1, pleonal view; C, H, I, left G1, sternal view; D, G, I, magnified view of distal part of G1; E, J, left G2 pleonal view; Scale bars: AC, E, F, H, J = 1.0 mm; D, G, I = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346683" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346683/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Figs. 3A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FAA2FDC2FA04297D" box="[1395,1432,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">4H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FF46FDA7FF262921" box="[151,186,582,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,906,930]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetId="figure-22@8.[151,1435,181,882]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Micro-computed tomography 3D images. AD, dorsal view; BC, frontal view with chelipeds outer view. A, B, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, male (cw 5.8 mm, cl 6.05 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00372), Malabar coast, southeastern Arabian Sea, India." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346687" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346687/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">5B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FF19FDA6FF752921" box="[200,233,583,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1760,1784]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 6. AB, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, ZSI 562134/9, Malabar coast; EF, Epigodromia ebalioides Alcock, 1900, ZSI 1823/10, Karachi, Marine Survey (Photographs by ZSI). G, H, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), 1 male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, C, E, G, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346689" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346689/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">6B</figureCitation>
) (versus the telson of the male pleon with smooth margins, slightly wider than long; see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FB21FDA6FA042921" author="McLay, C. L." box="[1264,1432,583,609]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay (1993)</bibRefCitation>
; Serène &amp; Lohavanijaya (1959: fig. 7);
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FD90FD8AFD0529C5" box="[577,665,619,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1760,1784]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 6. AB, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, ZSI 562134/9, Malabar coast; EF, Epigodromia ebalioides Alcock, 1900, ZSI 1823/10, Karachi, Marine Survey (Photographs by ZSI). G, H, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), 1 male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, C, E, G, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346689" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346689/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Fig. 6H</figureCitation>
); (9) G1 semi-rolled, longer distal part, broader basal part, setose with a pointed lobe in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE89FD6EFE5E29E9" box="[344,450,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E. mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE18FD6EFDBE29E9" bold="true" box="[457,546,655,681]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FE18FD6EFDBE29E9" box="[457,546,655,681]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FDE0FD6EFD2E29E9" box="[561,690,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1444,1468]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. AE, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; FJ, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993) male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, male pleon, ventral view; B, F, G, left G1, pleonal view; C, H, I, left G1, sternal view; D, G, I, magnified view of distal part of G1; E, J, left G2 pleonal view; Scale bars: AC, E, F, H, J = 1.0 mm; D, G, I = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346683" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346683/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Figs. 3BE</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FD6CFD6EFD7229E9" box="[701,750,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1906,1930]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[156,1430,151,1890]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India.A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346685" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346685/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">4I, J</figureCitation>
) (versus G1 semi-rolled, shorter distal and slender basal part, setose with a sharp tip in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE65FD52FDAD298D" box="[436,561,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E. areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FDBBFD52FC8C298D" author="McLay, C. L." box="[618,784,691,717]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay (1993)</bibRefCitation>
; Serène &amp; Lohavanijaya (1959: fig. 5);
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FB1FFD52FAA7298D" box="[1230,1339,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1444,1468]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1420]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. AE, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; FJ, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993) male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, male pleon, ventral view; B, F, G, left G1, pleonal view; C, H, I, left G1, sternal view; D, G, I, magnified view of distal part of G1; E, J, left G2 pleonal view; Scale bars: AC, E, F, H, J = 1.0 mm; D, G, I = 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346683" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346683/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Fig. 3FI</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E337161FF46F883FE8C2C3A" bold="true" box="[151,272,1890,1914]" pageId="4" pageNumber="251">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E337161FEF1F883FE6F2C3A" box="[288,499,1890,1914]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="251">Epigodromia mclayi</emphasis>
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, holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm) (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, anterior carapace, dorsal view; C, cephalothorax, ventral view; D, male thoracic sternum, ventral view; E, left cheliped, external view; F, right cheliped, external view; G, left chela, internal view; H, right chela, internal view; I, right P4, dorsal view (broken spine opposed to dactyl); J, right P5, (spine visible opposed to dactyl) dorsal view. Scale bars: AD = 5.0 mm; EJ = 1.0 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FF46FA45FE902EFC" bold="true" box="[151,268,1444,1468]" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
. AE,
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FE80FA45FD832EFC" box="[337,543,1444,1468]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">Epigodromia mclayi</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; FJ,
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E327160FDC1FA29FD732EA0" box="[528,751,1480,1504]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="252">Epigodromia areolata</emphasis>
(Ihle, 1993)
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male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, male pleon, ventral view; B, F, G, left G1, pleonal view; C, H, I, left G1, sternal view; D, G, I, magnified view of distal part of G1; E, J, left G2 pleonal view; Scale bars: AC, E, F, H, J = 1.0 mm; D, G, I = 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF16FD37FEFD29B0" bold="true" box="[199,353,726,752]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FEBBFD36FDCD29B1" box="[362,593,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epigodromia mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD8BFD36FD2729B1" bold="true" box="[602,699,727,753]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD45FD36FD2729B1" bold="true" box="[660,699,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">ov.,</emphasis>
</emphasis>
is currently known only from the southeastern Arabian Sea and southwestern Bay of Bengal, off the coast of
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,
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E317163FF16FCFEFD532FE1" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF16FCFEFE6C2878" bold="true" box="[199,496,798,825]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Results and Discussion.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD5AFCFEFC822879" box="[651,798,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epigodromia</emphasis>
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(
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species:
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB5AFCFEFA002879" box="[1163,1436,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epigodromia granulata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FF46FCA2FEC8281D" author="Kossmann, R." box="[151,340,835,861]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="251 - 258" refId="ref8417" refString="Kossmann, R. (1878) Kurze Notizen iiber einige neue Crustaceen sowie iiber neue Fundorte einiger bereits beschriebenen. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 44 (1), 251 - 258. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 12966" type="journal article" year="1878">Kossmann, 1878</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
) was taxonomically treated by
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, in his worldwide systematic revision of
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FACCFCA2FA04281D" authorityName="De Haan" authorityYear="1833" box="[1309,1432,835,861]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dromiidae</taxonomicName>
, in which he addressed the confused taxonomy of generic names and recognized 29 genera and 109 species. In his work, he proposed 10 new genera including
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD48FC6AFCB028E5" box="[665,812,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epigodromia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(a replacement name for
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB87FC6AFB5128E5" box="[1110,1229,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epidromia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FB07FC6AFA0B28E5" author="Kossmann, R." box="[1238,1431,907,933]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="251 - 258" refId="ref8417" refString="Kossmann, R. (1878) Kurze Notizen iiber einige neue Crustaceen sowie iiber neue Fundorte einiger bereits beschriebenen. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 44 (1), 251 - 258. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 12966" type="journal article" year="1878">Kossmann, 1878</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; see
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&amp;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FEAEFC4EFDB52889" author="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Guinot, D. &amp; Davie, P. J. F." box="[383,553,943,969]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="1 - 286" refId="ref9111" refString="Ng, P. K. L., Guinot, D. &amp; Davie, P. J. F. (2008) Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 17, 1 - 286." type="journal article" year="2008">
Ng
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE7AFC4EFE432889" box="[427,479,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
</bibRefCitation>
) in recognition of 9 species (most of which were transferred from the genus
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF46FC32FE5928AD" box="[151,453,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FF46FC32FEAB28AD" authorityName="Stimpson" authorityYear="1858" box="[151,311,979,1005]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Cryptodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cryptodromia</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FE93FC32FE5928AD" authorityName="Stimpson" authorityYear="1858" box="[322,453,979,1005]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Petalomera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Petalomera</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE28FC32FDD328AC" box="[505,591,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Dromia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), including two new species
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FC41FC32FB9B28AD" authorityName="McLay" authorityYear="1993" box="[912,1031,979,1005]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epidromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rotunda">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC41FC32FC3D28AC" box="[912,929,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC7EFC32FB9B28AD" box="[943,1031,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">rotunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FBEAFC32FBD028AC" box="[1083,1100,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB88FC32FB3B28AC" box="[1113,1191,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">rugosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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. Later, he added one species
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FE05FC16FCC92F51" authority="Sakai, 1983" authorityName="Sakai" authorityYear="1983" box="[468,853,1015,1041]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Petalomera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acutidens">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE05FC16FD552F51" box="[468,713,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Petalomera acutidens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
from
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(see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FBC7FC16FB352F51" author="McLay, C. L." box="[1046,1193,1015,1041]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="339 - 350" refId="ref8734" refString="McLay, C. L. (1998) A new genus and species of dromiid crab (Brachyura, Dromiidae) from the Timor Sea, Northwest Australia with records of other species from the China Sea. Zoosystema, 20 (2), 339 - 350." type="journal article" year="1998">McLay 1998</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FB64FC16FA0D2F51" author="McLay, C. L. &amp; Ng, P. K. L." box="[1205,1425,1015,1041]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="119 - 132" refId="ref8896" refString="McLay, C. L. &amp; Ng, P. K. L. (2007) Revision of the Indo-West Pacific sponge crabs of the genus Petalomera Stimpson, 1858 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Dromiidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 55, 119 - 132." type="journal article" year="2007">McLay &amp; Ng 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
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also distinguished the species of
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD65FBFAFCDB2F75" box="[692,839,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epigodromia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from its closest genus,
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB80FBFAFB492F75" box="[1105,1237,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Takedromia</emphasis>
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, by its areolate carapace, poorly developed anterolateral teeth, and truncate or bilobed male telson.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FB03FBDEFF7E2F3D" author="Guinot, D. &amp; Tavares, M." pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="43 - 129" refId="ref8207" refString="Guinot, D. &amp; Tavares, M. (2003) A new sub familial arrangement for the Dromiidae de Haan, 1833, with diagnoses and descriptions of new genera and species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Zoosystema, 25 (1), 43 - 129." type="journal article" year="2003">Guinot &amp; Tavares (2003)</bibRefCitation>
supplemented the information on the differences between
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FC5DFB82FB832F3D" box="[908,1055,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epigodromia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&amp;
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FB99FB82FB502F3D" authorityName="McLay" authorityYear="1993" box="[1096,1228,1123,1149]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Takedromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB99FB82FB502F3D" box="[1096,1228,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Takedromia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the absence of vestigial male pleopods in the genus
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FDE4FB66FD532FE1" box="[565,719,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FDE4FB66FD572FE1" authorityName="McLay" authorityYear="1993" box="[565,715,1159,1185]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epigodromia</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E317163FF16FB4AFC7A2EDD" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
Thus far, the genus
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE64FB4AFDD42F85" box="[437,584,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Epigodromia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FD82FB4AFD732F85" author="McLay, C. L." box="[595,751,1195,1221]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, comprises 10 valid species (see
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Ng
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB76FB4AFB412F85" box="[1191,1245,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FAEBFB4AFEA82FA9" author="Poore, G. C. B. &amp; Ahyong, S. T." pageId="6" pageNumber="253" refId="ref9547" refString="Poore, G. C. B. &amp; Ahyong, S. T. (2023) Marine decapod Crustacea: a guide to families and genera of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria and CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 916 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9781486311798" type="book" year="2023">Poore &amp; Ahyong 2023</bibRefCitation>
), and the present
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE27FB2EFD9B2FA8" box="[502,519,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FDC5FB2EFDC32FA9" box="[532,607,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FDB4FB2EFD222FA9" bold="true" box="[613,702,1231,1257]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FDB4FB2EFD222FA9" box="[613,702,1231,1257]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
brings the species number to 11, and it is distributed in two major oceans: (1) Indian Ocean (Northen Indian Ocean:
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD02FB12FD782E4C" box="[723,740,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD25FB12FCFE2E4D" box="[756,866,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">granulata</emphasis>
(Kossman, 1878)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FBECFB12FA0B2E4D" authority="(Lewinshon, 1977)" baseAuthorityName="Lewinshon" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[1085,1431,1267,1293]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="globosa">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FBECFB12FBD22E4C" box="[1085,1102,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB8CFB12FB2A2E4D" box="[1117,1206,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">globosa</emphasis>
(Lewinshon, 1977)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FF46FAF6FE4B2E71" authority="(Alcock, 1900)" baseAuthorityName="Alcock" baseAuthorityYear="1900" box="[151,471,1303,1329]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ebaliodes">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF46FAF6FF342E70" box="[151,168,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF66FAF6FEBE2E71" box="[183,290,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">ebaliodes</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FEE3FAF6FE4C2E71" author="Alcock, A." box="[306,464,1303,1329]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="123 - 169" refId="ref7644" refString="Alcock, A. (1900) Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 5. Brachyura Primigenia or Dromiacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 68 (II) (3), 123 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15343" type="journal article" year="1900">Alcock, 1900</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FE35FAF6FD612E71" authority="(Alcock, 1900)" baseAuthorityName="Alcock" baseAuthorityYear="1900" box="[484,765,1303,1329]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gilesii">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE35FAF6FE692E70" box="[484,501,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FDD5FAF6FDD42E71" box="[516,584,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">gilesii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FD89FAF6FD6A2E71" author="Alcock, A." box="[600,758,1303,1329]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="123 - 169" refId="ref7644" refString="Alcock, A. (1900) Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 5. Brachyura Primigenia or Dromiacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 68 (II) (3), 123 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15343" type="journal article" year="1900">Alcock, 1900</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FCDBFAF6FCE92E71" authorityName="Prema &amp; Cubelio" authorityYear="2024" box="[778,885,1303,1329]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mclayi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCDBFAF6FC872E70" box="[778,795,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCFBFAF6FCE92E71" box="[810,885,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FCACFAF6FC4B2E71" bold="true" box="[893,983,1303,1329]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FCACFAF6FC4B2E71" box="[893,983,1303,1329]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; and Southern Indian Ocean:
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FAFAFAF6FEAD2E15" authority="(Sakai, 1936)" baseAuthorityName="Sakai" baseAuthorityYear="1936" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nodosa">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FAFAFAF6FA002E71" box="[1323,1436,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E. nodosa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FF4EFADAFEB52E15" author="Sakai, T." box="[159,297,1339,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="1 - 66" refId="ref9683" refString="Sakai, T. (1936) Studies on the crabs of Japan. I. Dromiacea. Scientific Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, Section B, 3, (Supplement 1), 1 - 66, 13 figs., 9 pls." type="journal article" year="1936">Sakai, 1936</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FEECFADAFDC92E15" authority="McLay, 1993" authorityName="McLay" authorityYear="1993" box="[317,597,1339,1365]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epidromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rotunda">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FEECFADAFED22E14" box="[317,334,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE8CFADAFE292E15" box="[349,437,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">rotunda</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FE6DFADAFDC92E15" author="McLay, C. L." box="[444,597,1339,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
); (2) Pacific Ocean (Northwestern Pacific Ocean:
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FB5DFADAFA0B2E15" authority="(Ihle, 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[1164,1431,1339,1365]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB5DFADAFB012E14" box="[1164,1181,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB7AFADAFA952E15" box="[1195,1289,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FAC8FADAFA132E15" author="Ihle, J. E. W." box="[1305,1423,1339,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" refId="ref8308" refString="Ihle, J. E. W. (1913) Die Decapoda Brachyura der Siboga-Expedition I. Dromiacea. Siboga Expedition, Monograph 39 (b), Livr. 71, 1 - 96, figs. 1 - 38, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 13009" type="book" year="1913">Ihle, 1913</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FF46FABEFE362E39" authority="(Sakai, 1936)" baseAuthorityName="Sakai" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[151,426,1375,1401]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nodosa">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF46FABEFF342E38" box="[151,168,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF66FABEFE942E39" box="[183,264,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">nodosa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FEC9FABEFE3F2E39" author="Sakai, T." box="[280,419,1375,1401]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="1 - 66" refId="ref9683" refString="Sakai, T. (1936) Studies on the crabs of Japan. I. Dromiacea. Scientific Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, Section B, 3, (Supplement 1), 1 - 66, 13 figs., 9 pls." type="journal article" year="1936">Sakai, 1936</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FE66FABEFD4C2E39" authority="McLay, 1993" authorityName="McLay" authorityYear="1993" box="[439,720,1375,1401]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epidromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rotunda">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE66FABEFE542E38" box="[439,456,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE06FABEFDB32E39" box="[471,559,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">rotunda</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FDE6FABEFD4C2E39" author="McLay, C. L." box="[567,720,1375,1401]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FD0DFABEFC652E39" authority="McLay, 1993" authorityName="McLay" authorityYear="1993" box="[732,1017,1375,1401]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ruguosa">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD0DFABEFD712E38" box="[732,749,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD2DFABEFCC42E38" box="[764,856,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">ruguosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FCB1FABEFC652E39" author="McLay, C. L." box="[864,1017,1375,1401]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; and Southwestern Pacific Ocean:
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FA55FABEFE1E2EDD" authority="(Ihle, 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FA55FABEFA092E38" box="[1412,1429,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF46FA62FF692EDD" box="[151,245,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FED5FA62FEE62EDD" author="Ihle, J. E. W." box="[260,378,1411,1437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" refId="ref8308" refString="Ihle, J. E. W. (1913) Die Decapoda Brachyura der Siboga-Expedition I. Dromiacea. Siboga Expedition, Monograph 39 (b), Livr. 71, 1 - 96, figs. 1 - 38, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 13009" type="book" year="1913">Ihle, 1913</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FE5FFA62FD342EDD" authority="McLay, 1993" authorityName="McLay" authorityYear="1993" box="[398,680,1411,1437]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ruguosa">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE5FFA62FE032EDC" box="[398,415,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE7CFA62FD952EDC" box="[429,521,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">ruguosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FDC1FA62FD342EDD" author="McLay, C. L." box="[528,680,1411,1437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FD62FA62FC7E2EDD" authority="(Haswell, 1882)" baseAuthorityName="Haswell" baseAuthorityYear="1882" box="[691,994,1411,1437]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sculpta">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD62FA62FD582EDC" box="[691,708,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FD03FA62FCBF2EDD" box="[722,803,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">sculpta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FCE3FA62FC452EDD" author="Haswell, W. A." box="[818,985,1411,1437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="750 - 763" refId="ref8260" refString="Haswell, W. A. (1882) Description of some new species of Australian Decapoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society, New South Wales, 6, 750 - 763. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 11897" type="journal article" year="1882">Haswell, 1882</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E317163FF16FA46FCFE2C9D" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">
Amongst the species,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FE6CFA46FDA62E81" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[445,570,1447,1473]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE6CFA46FE522E80" box="[445,462,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FE0DFA46FDA62E81" box="[476,570,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has proved abundant in western Pacific (see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FBE5FA46FAA32E81" author="Takeda, M. &amp; Miyake, S." box="[1076,1343,1447,1473]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="63 - 90" refId="ref10065" refString="Takeda, M. &amp; Miyake, S. (1972) Crabs from the East China Sea. V. A remaining collection. Occasional papers of Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 3 (8), 63 - 90." type="journal article" year="1972">Takeda &amp; Miyake 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FA9AFA46FE872EA5" author="McLay, C. L. &amp; Ng, P. K. L." pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="1 - 30" refId="ref8824" refString="McLay, C. L. &amp; Ng, P. K. L. (2005) On a collection of Dromiidae and Dynomenidae from the Philippines, with a description of a new species of Hirsutodynomene McLay, 1999 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa, 1029 (1), 1 - 30. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1029.1.1" type="journal article" year="2005">McLay &amp; Ng 2005</bibRefCitation>
) and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FE8CFA2AFD9E2EA5" author="McLay, C. L." box="[349,514,1483,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="339 - 350" refId="ref8734" refString="McLay, C. L. (1998) A new genus and species of dromiid crab (Brachyura, Dromiidae) from the Timor Sea, Northwest Australia with records of other species from the China Sea. Zoosystema, 20 (2), 339 - 350." type="journal article" year="1998">McLay (1998)</bibRefCitation>
revealed the distributional records from
<collectingCountry id="F33376308E317163FC09FA2AFB842EA5" box="[984,1048,1483,1509]" name="Japan" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Japan</collectingCountry>
in the north to
<collectingCountry id="F33376308E317163FB1FFA2AFAE22EA5" box="[1230,1406,1483,1509]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
in the south (
<tableCitation id="C6A6031B8E317163FEDDFA0EFEFE2D49" box="[268,354,1519,1545]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="10.[151,244,150,176]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="TABLE 1. Geographical distribution details of the genus Epigodromia McLay, 1993 (* indicates fossil record)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF5B66288E3D716FFF46FF77FAE42BF0" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" tableUuid="DF5B66288E3D716FFF46FF77FAE42BF0">Table 1</tableCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E317163FEA1FA0EFE4D2D49" box="[368,465,1519,1545]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1308,1332]" captionTargetBox="[443,1142,793,1265]" captionTargetId="figure-975@11.[410,1177,785,1285]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 7. Geographical records (1878 to 2024) of the eleven species of genus Epigodromia McLay, 1993." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346691" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346691/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Figure 7</figureCitation>
). However, no records were found in the Indian Ocean after Ihle (1993)s record of
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FA55FA0EFF692D6D" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FA55FA0EFA092D48" box="[1412,1429,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF46F9F2FF692D6D" box="[151,245,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was originally described from South coast of Timor Island,
<collectingCountry id="F33376308E317163FC2CF9F2FBF62D6D" box="[1021,1130,1555,1581]" name="Indonesia" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
(Ihle 1993: pl. II. fig. 10). Thus, the species,
<taxonomicName id="4C244D238E317163FEBBF9D6FE742D11" baseAuthorityName="Ihle" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[362,488,1591,1617]" class="Malacostraca" family="Dromiidae" genus="Epigodromia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="areolata">
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FEBBF9D6FE742D11" box="[362,488,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E. areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, has been illustrated from different locality by several researchers (see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FAC6F9D6FA042D11" author="Sakai, T." box="[1303,1432,1591,1617]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="1 - 66" refId="ref9683" refString="Sakai, T. (1936) Studies on the crabs of Japan. I. Dromiacea. Scientific Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, Section B, 3, (Supplement 1), 1 - 66, 13 figs., 9 pls." type="journal article" year="1936">Sakai 1936</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FF46F9BBFF4E2D35" author="Sakai, T." box="[151,210,1626,1653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="27 - 32" refId="ref9730" refString="Sakai, T. (1965) The crabs of Sagami Bay, collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Maruzen Co., Tokyo, xvi + 206 pp., 27 figs. (English text), 100 pls., 92 pp. (Japanese text), 26 pp. (references and index in English), 6 pp. (pp. 27 - 32, index in Japanese), 1 map." type="book chapter" year="1965">1965</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FF31F9BAFE872D35" author="Sakai, T." box="[224,283,1627,1653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" refId="ref9813" refString="Sakai, T. (1976) Crabs of Japan and the adjacent seas. 3 Vols. Tokyo, Kodansha Ltd. English text, xxxix + 773 pp., 379 figs. (English text), 16 pp., 251 pls. (plates) &amp; 461 pp., 2 figs. (Japanese text)." type="book" year="1976">1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E317163FEF8F9BAFDE02D35" author="Serene, R. &amp; Lohavanijaya, P." box="[297,636,1627,1653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" pagination="1 - 187" refId="ref9932" refString="Serene, R. &amp; Lohavanijaya, P. (1973) The Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) collected by the Naga Expedition, including a review of the Homolidae. In: Brinton, E., Newman, W. A. &amp; Wooster, W. S. (Eds.), Scientific Results of Marine Investigations of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, 1959 - 1961. Naga Report, 4 (4), 1 - 187." type="journal article" year="1973">Serène &amp; Lohavanijaya 1973</bibRefCitation>
: figs. 57, pI. II fig, A;
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: pl. 1 fig. 8;
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: fig. 19 ef); and the recent records of
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, and
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: figs. 15, 16) clarified the impediments in taxonomy, sexual dimorphism, and its distributions. Accordingly,
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is known from a large series of specimens, and particularly noting that the larger specimens of
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: fig. 19f) (male, cw 14.4, cl
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), and much larger specimen of
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: fig. 16) from Queensland which is used in this study as a comparative material (male, cw 16.0, cl 14.0 mm) has slight resemblance to
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.
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, on the dorsal surface of the swollen regions and the apex of the male pleon; however, compared to new species of
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FA55F8D2FA092C0C" box="[1412,1429,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FF46F8B6FF7E2C31" box="[151,226,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E317163FF39F8B6FEDD2C31" box="[232,321,1879,1905]" pageId="6" pageNumber="253" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
</emphasis>
male, cw 11.43, cl
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with comparably sized male specimen of
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FBBFF8B6FBE32C30" box="[1134,1151,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E317163FB5DF8B6FB762C31" box="[1164,1258,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="253">areolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(male, cw 13.2, cl
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) from
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clearly shows the distinct white, areolate characters on the carapace, anterolateral margin with sharp granules (see
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), the gonopods agreed with
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: figs. 5, 6, pI. II, A) and detailed G1, distal part with sharp tip (see
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E307162FF46F893FE8C2CCA" bold="true" box="[151,272,1906,1930]" pageId="7" pageNumber="254">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
.
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, holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India. A, carapace, dorsal view; B, antenna, ventral view; C, maxilliped 3 with triangular plate between coxa; DG, right ambulatory legs P2P5, dorsal view; H, male pleon, dorsal view; I, left G1, distal tip covered with plumose setae, pleonal view; J, left G1, distal tip denuded, sternal view with tip; K, left G2, pleonal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFF46FC6BFE9228E2" bold="true" box="[151,270,906,930]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
. Micro-computed tomography 3D images. AD, dorsal view; BC, frontal view with chelipeds outer view. A, B,
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, holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD,
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, male (cw 5.8 mm, cl 6.05 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00372), Malabar coast, southeastern Arabian Sea, India.
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFF16FB81FE312F3A" box="[199,429,1120,1146]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">Epigodromia mclayi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFE65FB81FE522F3A" bold="true" box="[436,462,1120,1146]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">sp</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFE0CFB81FD922F3A" bold="true" box="[477,526,1120,1146]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">nov.</emphasis>
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(
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) resembles
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFCC9FB80FCB52F3A" box="[792,809,1121,1146]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFCE9FB81FCE02F3A" box="[824,892,1120,1146]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">gilesii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
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locality: southeastern Arabian Sea) by its slightly curved out lateral teeth of rostrum; and also resembles to
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFC3AFB64FC602FDE" box="[1003,1020,1157,1182]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFBDBFB65FBE12FDE" box="[1034,1149,1156,1182]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">ebalioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
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locality: Karachi) in the form of fused anterolateral lobe with anterolateral margin of the buccal frame, larger conical tooth in the posterolateral node, and apex of the male pleon. However, anterolateral margin of the buccal frame is concave in
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.
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E3F716DFEF3FB11FEE72E4A" box="[290,379,1264,1290]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and convex in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFDFBFB10FDA72E4A" box="[554,571,1265,1290]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFD99FB11FD272E4A" box="[584,699,1264,1290]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">ebalioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFCDCFB10FC822E4A" box="[781,798,1265,1290]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFCFAFB11FCF32E4A" box="[811,879,1264,1290]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">gilesii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not possess this character; larger tooth in the posterolateral node in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFE40FAF4FE3E2E6E" box="[401,418,1301,1326]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFE61FAF5FE672E6E" box="[432,507,1300,1326]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFDD3FAF5FDC72E6E" bold="true" box="[514,603,1300,1326]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E3F716DFDD3FAF5FDC72E6E" box="[514,603,1300,1326]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is conical and smooth, but round shape with 45 granules in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFADBFAF4FA872E6E" box="[1290,1307,1301,1326]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFAF8FAF5FA002E6E" box="[1321,1436,1300,1326]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">ebalioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
while the tooth is absent in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFE0FFAD8FDD82E12" box="[478,580,1336,1362]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E. gilesii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; the apex of the male pleon in
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFC68FAD8FBBA2E12" box="[953,1062,1336,1362]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E. mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFBE1FAD9FB102E12" bold="true" box="[1072,1164,1336,1362]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E3F716DFBE1FAD9FB102E12" box="[1072,1164,1336,1362]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is differs from without emargination as on
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFEA5FABCFE4D2E36" box="[372,465,1372,1398]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E. gilesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFE0EFABDFDE62E37" author="Gordon, I." box="[479,634,1372,1399]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="201 - 253" refId="ref8153" refString="Gordon, I. (1950) Crustacea: Dromiacea Part 1. Systematic account of the Dromiacea Collected by the &quot; John Murray &quot; Expedition. Part II. The Morphology of the spermatheca in certain Dromiacea. John Murray Expedition 1933 - 34 Scientific Reports, 9, 201 - 253." type="journal article" year="1950">Gordon 1950</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 2C;
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). Additionally, the last two pairs of legs in the present specimens are very small and not accompanied by any object for camouflage (
<figureCitation id="131F2A258E3F716DFBDEFA61FB172EDA" box="[1039,1163,1408,1434]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1760,1784]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[151,1436,181,1736]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 6. AB, Epigodromia mclayi sp. nov., holotype, male (cw 11.43 mm, cl 10.33 mm), (IO/SS/BRC00370), southeastern Arabian Sea, Tamil Nadu, India; CD, Epigodromia gilesii Alcock, 1900, ZSI 562134/9, Malabar coast; EF, Epigodromia ebalioides Alcock, 1900, ZSI 1823/10, Karachi, Marine Survey (Photographs by ZSI). G, H, Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1993), 1 male (cw 13.2, cl11.9 mm), (ZRC 2001.521), Balicasag Island, Philippines (Photograph by Ng, P.K.L.). A, C, E, G, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346689" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346689/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">Fig. 6AH</figureCitation>
) corroborating a similar observation by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFE95FA44FE742EFE" author="McLay, C. L." box="[324,488,1444,1471]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay (1993)</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFDF5FA45FCA62EFE" author="Guinot, D. &amp; Tavares, M." box="[548,826,1444,1470]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="43 - 129" refId="ref8207" refString="Guinot, D. &amp; Tavares, M. (2003) A new sub familial arrangement for the Dromiidae de Haan, 1833, with diagnoses and descriptions of new genera and species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Zoosystema, 25 (1), 43 - 129." type="journal article" year="2003">Guinot &amp;Tavares (2003)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E3F716DFF16FA29FDFE2DD6" blockId="8.[151,1437,1120,1759]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">
The present observation of
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFE27FA28FD9B2EA2" box="[502,519,1481,1506]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFDC4FA29FDC52EA2" box="[533,601,1480,1506]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">gilesii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the southeastern Arabian Sea is only the second record of this species from the
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locality (
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) and
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFD9AFA0CFDC02D46" box="[587,604,1517,1542]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFDBBFA0DFD292D46" box="[618,693,1516,1542]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">mclayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFD6AFA0DFC882D46" bold="true" box="[699,788,1516,1542]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26357C98E3F716DFD6AFA0DFC882D46" box="[699,788,1516,1542]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is the second species of the genus from
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. The present discovery suggests that brachyuran species richness is highly underestimated in Indian waters, particularly the southern coasts and adjoining waters as evidenced by the recent discoveries in the region (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFB4CF9D5FADB2D0E" author="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Prema, M. &amp; Ravichandran, S." box="[1181,1351,1588,1615]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="325 - 341" refId="ref9236" refString="Ng, P. K. L., Prema, M. &amp; Ravichandran, S. (2024) Descriptions of new and rare crabs associated with coral rubble and sponges from Kanyakumari, Southeastern Arabian Sea, southern India (Decapoda, Brachyura, Epialtidae, and Pilumnidae). Zootaxa, 5476 (1), 325 - 341. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5476.1.26" type="journal article" year="2024">
Ng
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFB18F9D4FB602D0E" box="[1225,1276,1588,1614]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">et al</emphasis>
. 2024
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), and it emphasizes the importance of extensive surveys of poorly explored, unique, and deeper habitats (Wafer
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFACEF9B8FACC2D32" box="[1311,1360,1624,1650]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">et al</emphasis>
. 2011;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFF46F99CFEA62DD6" author="Ng, P. K. L. &amp; Padate, V. P. &amp; Saravanane, N." box="[151,314,1660,1687]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="510 - 516" refId="ref9165" refString="Ng, P. K. L., Padate, V. P. &amp; Saravanane, N. (2019) Gordonopsis robusta, a new species of deep-sea porter crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Homolidae) from the Andaman Sea, India. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 67, 510 - 516. https: // doi. org / 10.26107 / RBZ- 2019 - 0040" type="journal article" year="2019">
Ng
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFF11F99CFF6E2DD6" box="[192,242,1660,1686]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">et al</emphasis>
. 2019
</bibRefCitation>
,
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFE5DF99CFDCB2DD6" author="Prema, M. &amp; Ravichandran, S. &amp; Mendoza, J. C. E." box="[396,599,1660,1687]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="387 - 399" refId="ref9608" refString="Prema, M., Ravichandran, S. &amp; Mendoza, J. C. E. (2023) A new species of the xanthid crab genus Banareia A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Southeastern Indian, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 71, 387 - 399. https: // doi. org / 10.26107 / RBZ- 2023 - 0029" type="journal article" year="2023">
Prema
<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFE0AF99CFD902DD6" box="[475,524,1660,1686]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">et al</emphasis>
. 2023
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B36A08E3F716DFF16F941FDAD2D9E" blockId="8.[151,1437,1120,1759]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">
An identification key to the species of the genus
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<emphasis id="B950EAB28E3F716DFD33F941FCE92DFA" box="[738,885,1696,1722]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="255">Epigodromia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is provided below based on
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFB7EF940FACF2DFA" author="McLay, C. L." box="[1199,1363,1696,1723]" pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="111 - 251" refId="ref8667" refString="McLay, C. L. (1993) Crustacea Decapoda: the sponge crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. In: Crosnier A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Volume 10, Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 156, 111 - 251, figs. 1 - 19." type="book chapter" year="1993">McLay (1993)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B518E3F716DFA8FF941FF782D9E" author="Sakai, T." pageId="8" pageNumber="255" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref9876" refString="Sakai, T. (1983) Description of two new genera and species of Japanese crabs, together with systematically and biogeographically interesting species. Researches on Crustacea, 12, 1 - 44, 1 frontispiece, 8 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.18353 / rcustacea. 12.0 _ 1" type="journal article" year="1983">Sakai (1983)</bibRefCitation>
, and the present contribution.
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