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<figureCitation id="B5694808E8140E89DD9B765BC71844E4" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="D296E37674A8F202ED27D5A9D911BD84" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 3</figureCitation>
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9.0 mm), Leiping Town, Daxin County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province, China,
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, 107.10° E, subterranean karst stream in cave, baited trap, coll. local collector, December 2019.
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13.7 mm), Leiping Town, Daxin County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province, China, karst spring, baited trap, coll. local collector, September 2018.
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Carapace broad, about 1.6 times as wide as long; fronto-orbital width about twice width of posterior margin; regions indistinct, dorsal surface slightly convex; surface finely pitted (Fig.
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). Frontal margin weakly sinuous, continuous with supraorbital margin, forming almost straight transverse margin in dorsal view (Figs
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). Epigastric cristae and postorbital cristae almost indiscernible (Figs
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,
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). Branchial regions slightly swollen (Figs
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,
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). Cervical groove shallow (Fig.
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). Mesogastric region slightly convex (Fig.
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). External orbital angle obsolete, outer margin convex, almost indistinguishable from anterolateral margin (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="E716C0CE7F92168A5F04A25053397417" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2A</figureCitation>
). Epibranchial tooth granular, inconspicuous (Fig.
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). Anterolateral margin lined with 15-20 small, single or partially fused granules. Posterolateral margin posteriorly convergent (Fig.
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); posterolateral surface generally smooth (Fig.
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). Orbits shallow; supraorbital margins weakly cristate, infraorbital margins lined with granules (Fig.
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). Eyes almost immobile, greatly reduced, tapering, length about half orbital width; peduncle short, stout; cornea vestigial, surface without facets, unpigmented (Figs
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,
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). Sub-orbital, pterygostomial and sub-hepatic regions generally smooth, pitted (Fig.
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). Antennules large, folded within broad fossae; antennae very short (Fig.
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). Median lobe of epistome posterior margin broadly triangular, lateral margins sinuous (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="7FE6BBB24163CACEBC4ABA7866655081" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4
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9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (
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) left G2, pleonal view (
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) left G1, pleonal view (
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) major cheliped (
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). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
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Maxilliped 3 merus subtrapezoidal, with median depression, width about 1.2
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length; ischium subtrapezoidal with shallow median sulcus, distomesial margin rounded, width about 0.6
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length. Exopod reaching proximal one-third of merus; flagellum longer than half ischium length (Fig.
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).
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Chelipeds (pereiopod 1) subequal (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="CA3578D7F045D13C2E9909C2A089CDDD" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3D, E</figureCitation>
). Merus trigonal in cross section; margins slightly crenulated, surface generally smooth (Figs
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,
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). Carpus with sharp spine at inner-distal angle (Fig.
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). Major cheliped palm length about 1.5
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height; dactylus 0.9
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palm length (male) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6543FDB3EC9FB08A0833C5E5C1FCE93C" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3D, E</figureCitation>
), as long as palm (female). Palm surface pitted (Fig.
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). Dactylus as long as pollex (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0BD8F9A883D3F62B30A5FCD52A137377" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3D, E</figureCitation>
). Occlusal margin of fingers with 18-20 irregular blunt teeth, without gape when closed (Fig.
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).
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Ambulatory legs (pereiopods 2-5) slender with very sparse short setae (Fig.
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). Pereiopod 3 merus 0.9
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CL (male) (Fig.
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), 0.8
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CL (female) (Fig.
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). Pereiopod 5 propodus length 2.8
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height (male) (Fig.
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), 3.4 height (female) (Fig.
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), shorter than dactylus; dactylus length 6.1
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height (male) (Fig.
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), 6.2
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height (female) (Fig.
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).
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Male thoracic sternum generally smooth, pitted; sternites 1-4 width about 2.3
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length; sternites 1, 2 forming indistinguishably fused, broad triangle; fused sternites 1, 2 demarcated from sternite 3 by shallow transverse sulcus; sternites 3, 4 fused without indication of demarcation except for shallow lateral notch (Fig.
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). Male sterno-pleonal cavity reaching anteriorly slightly beyond level of cheliped coxa articular condyle (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9B40828799312BC19468B8D2B72BB1E3" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
); deep median longitudinal groove between sternites 7, 8 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="5A7BD9312A49E829DB60635010311C79" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2D</figureCitation>
). Male pleonal locking tubercle positioned at mid-length of sternite 5 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="972E57637030FB7C67F098574F3171E6" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2D</figureCitation>
). Female vulvae reaching sutures of sternites 5/6 anteriorly but not posteriorly to sutures of sternites 6/7, positioned widely apart from each other (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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Male pleon broadly triangular; somites 3-6 progressively narrower; somite 6 width approximately 2.7
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length; telson width 1.6
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length; lateral margins slightly convex, apex rounded (Fig.
<figureCitation id="93BFEA7A583BCB9AFBB03153EC8FFC4D" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2C</figureCitation>
). Female pleon subovate (Fig.
<figureCitation id="758476E90B775CC1BBB6171A63F2BDCF" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="124CC6D41DA45B82AE89004B9F5CBA04" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
G1 tapering, slightly sinuous, tip exceeding pleonal locking tubercle but not reaching suture between thoracic sternites 4/5
<emphasis id="A4CFCE856A31E9B5C71D7D281C2739B4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">in situ</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="9988BDA7B6456E0BFD7DD3B4CEB59C7F" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982 (A-D) female paratype (22.1 x 13.7 mm), AM P. 105524 (E, F). Cephalothorax, anterior view (A) anterior thoracic sternum (B) anterior thoracic sternum and pleon, ventral view (C) sterno-pleonal cavity with G 1 in situ, ventral view (D) pleon, ventral view (E) vulvae, ventral view (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492916" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2D</figureCitation>
); proximal segment length about 2.3
<normalizedToken id="04234E777CB0331E848491186A34EAFE" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
length of distal segment (Figs
<figureCitation id="B03B2C1D428C4E5239BEB1EA82086F1D" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="76BA48C09822BE6BCF4D00EF590BD4A9" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., gonopods: left G 1, abdominal view (A) left G 1, sternal view (B) left G 2, mesial view (C) left G 2, pleonal view (D). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492918" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4A, B</figureCitation>
). Distal segment slender, tapering anteriorly, slightly inclined towards midline; tip pointed upwards in dissected view (Figs
<figureCitation id="3C420C069D4490E10B1BCFBF6643C572" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="74FD039830A8DB5D734CD33864F19F52" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., gonopods: left G 1, abdominal view (A) left G 1, sternal view (B) left G 2, mesial view (C) left G 2, pleonal view (D). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492918" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4A, B</figureCitation>
). G2 slender, almost straight, proximal portion with distal two-thirds subcylindrical, length about 2.4
<normalizedToken id="8AFEFFC002D379A94CF7DD2F170D6344" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
length of distal portion (Figs
<figureCitation id="257C075FC4948E79BB6628713CE36484" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="56420BA6B52CD59C1C23DDBB207BCF6D" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., gonopods: left G 1, abdominal view (A) left G 1, sternal view (B) left G 2, mesial view (C) left G 2, pleonal view (D). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492918" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4C, D</figureCitation>
); distal portion flattened, apex acute, proximally with small triangular lobe.
</paragraph>
<caption id="D69C57A8514FC071C5093FDD58C1B7B3" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492918" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="BFA34F375F8030E9B26745CBC2A312DE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="236289334391252855586ED9DAE089EC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="52CCAAD9F441B1522A93D0BD3A8CF08D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phasmon typhlops</emphasis>
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gen. nov. et sp. nov., gonopods: left G1, abdominal view (
<emphasis id="3B3AD12B4D1C2562C9D8B125F812E3F3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
) left G1, sternal view (
<emphasis id="CBD6E6B9C2513A12681FB3EC42FF3ABC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
) left G2, mesial view (
<emphasis id="0102E1936F391235079F55CC259EB1C3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
) left G2, pleonal view (
<emphasis id="40C99C442A06CD7A7753BF345C46D79A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="49AE6DD6F358A131944A4CD4D198D8D6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="3EE81A3C093A83FAFDBB27E630061653" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FFE8685CA0DB1AF0E7CAAA7796EEB483" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The species name is derived from the Greek words
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and
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, meaning
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and
<normalizedToken id="E7FAD3D09329653C2B4A1087A5394D1C" originalValue="“eyes”">&quot;eyes&quot;</normalizedToken>
, respectively. It refers to the greatly reduced and non-functional eyes of this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A6F1A227A4391BC993E070994088D4F3" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="colour in life">
<paragraph id="F2E6A66693128CAF21DB4EE18C1F7450" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour in life.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="108BBF2770B7E7BFE16A65B30E661895" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Pale yellowish-white all over (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AFD822F57AC12D73076B301CFFE0942B" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov., male holotype (14.4 x 9.0 mm), SYSBM 001982. Left maxilliped 3 (A) left G 2, pleonal view (B) left G 1, pleonal view (C) major cheliped (D) minor cheliped (E) colour in life (F). Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/492917" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9230E23E3EA05E6CAF21BC549F9F2429" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="C68905A28688AA525B7E332AE6E318F9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="98DBCCFC8052DECAC0FA72E438500A0F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis id="D25D526B732B46C37C97C95C8BC54E7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phasmon typhlops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. et sp. nov. occurs in subterranean karst streams, but little is currently known about its precise habitat. According to the collector, subterranean streams in the dark zone of caves appear to be the primary habitat of
<taxonomicName id="CD2CCCA638480008354F621735656D94" lsidName="P. typhlops" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="typhlops">
<emphasis id="0C48ADC569CE12C0C171274B9DAC8179" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. typhlops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., where it has been found in shallow and still water as well as flowing streamways. However, some specimens have also been captured at night from a karstic spring that is immediately connected to the more extensive subterranean karst system. We only examined the two type specimens, of which the holotype was collected from the former habitat and the paratype from the latter. An epigean species,
<taxonomicName id="640C2536B6703BEFCCDDB923FE871AA9" class="Crustacea" family="Potamidae" genus="Lacunipotamon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lacunipotamon cymatile" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cymatile">
<emphasis id="A07E99707BF8CAA30A22CD7784A1778A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Lacunipotamon cymatile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, inhabits the areas immediately adjacent to the spring and has been observed to prey on
<taxonomicName id="056DA6D1585A727A81C6882345689F0F" authorityName="Huang &amp; Ahyong &amp; Shih" authorityYear="2020" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Phasmon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phasmon typhlops" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="typhlops">
<emphasis id="FBCF5BA691B2D8717BC7E2F478F3488C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phasmon typhlops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. et sp. nov. (
<bibRefCitation id="91C6CDDB23E0BF7CC465506962748FF0" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10067" author="Huang, C" journalOrPublisher="Crustaceana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1361 - 1379" refId="B21" refString="Huang, C, Shih, HT, Ahyong, ST, 2020c. The freshwater crab genus Lacunipotamon Dai, Song, He, Cao, Xu &amp; Zhong, 1975 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae), with descriptions of two new species from southwestern China. Crustaceana 93: 1361 - 1379, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10067" title="The freshwater crab genus Lacunipotamon Dai, Song, He, Cao, Xu &amp; Zhong, 1975 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae), with descriptions of two new species from southwestern China." url="https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10067" volume="93" year="2020 c">Huang et al. 2020c</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4336D50512F7EC26AB1329C9DD73B075" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="BF20EE97CC35D802B637765488C61D12" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="51C7E993A8B7A10B2ED6F33B27497F98" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province, China.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8A7B0B26BB67C9D793D8AB14E7B837D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="1EFABB2AC6E4D558A20D1B276F108C47" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="617FE06CB6E808345BEE259973056CAC" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="C1649BA9A94CFAD575CB6CD7465DD91F" authorityName="Huang &amp; Ahyong &amp; Shih" authorityYear="2020" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Phasmon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phasmon typhlops" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="typhlops">
<emphasis id="34BCCAB455D7789A1F9F62F1453D450E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phasmon typhlops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. et sp. nov. can be considered a true stygobite owing to its stygomorphic features, in particular the strong reduction of the eyes, body depigmentation and slightly elongated appendages, which are consistent with its subterranean lifestyle (
<bibRefCitation id="7B4072D880AB0CA5DE87C83D32AAAE05" author="Holthuis, LB" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14" refString="Holthuis, LB, 1986. Decapoda. In: Botosaneanu, L. (Ed.) Stygofauna Mundi. A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial). Brill, Leiden, 589-615." title="Decapoda. In: Botosaneanu, L. (Ed.) Stygofauna Mundi. A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial). Brill, Leiden, 589 - 615." year="1986">Holthuis 1986</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="95289CFE77D6C67F8CA4F94374483096" author="Ng, PKL" journalOrPublisher="Stygologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="313 - 330" refId="B31" refString="Ng, PKL, Goh, R, 1987. Cavernicolous freshwater crabs (Crustacea Decapoda, Brachyura) from Sabah, Borneo. Stygologia 3: 313 - 330" title="Cavernicolous freshwater crabs (Crustacea Decapoda, Brachyura) from Sabah, Borneo." volume="3" year="1987">Ng and Goh 1987</bibRefCitation>
). Apart from
<taxonomicName id="542B03EAB21A1C135D31E7085C6A4D0D" lsidName="P. typhlops" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="typhlops">
<emphasis id="8073B86D2EE5AED8CF859618E9992CA3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. typhlops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. et sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName id="F4424524B4B898959024D5867742011D" authorityName="Huang, Shih &amp; Ng" authorityYear="2017" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Diyutamon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diyutamon cereum" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cereum">
<emphasis id="EC3D020BA9142A11E08B5063ABDAEFD8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diyutamon cereum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="650788BD85767C30D213F05062D53DBA" authorityName="Holthuis" authorityYear="1979" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Cerberusa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerberusa caeca" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeca">
<emphasis id="054F56EB9A8F331A45AEBB70E4571683" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Cerberusa caeca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are the only other apparently blind stygomorphic potamid crabs known. We have not directly examined the eyes of
<taxonomicName id="B15271617BDFC582689B7B36F8DF759C" lsidName="C. caeca" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caeca">
<emphasis id="7999A932BE1F41D2F45A89A0220A34FF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. caeca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but those of
<taxonomicName id="B0BECFEFFF3CEB66E1BAEB44F06E1A2E" lsidName="D. cereum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="cereum">
<emphasis id="301F3DC78F87CB5F58628E7526F43A7F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D. cereum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FB6B66E131FFEE943D034900A6B42F" lsidName="P. typhlops" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="typhlops">
<emphasis id="B60E48FDBBE927EA40373BDABCA2B868" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. typhlops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are unpigmented and the cornea is vestigial and without facets. Although we cannot exclude the possibility that the eyes of
<taxonomicName id="A81D05CAB165D85D4133FD658C7D5144" lsidName="D. cereum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="cereum">
<emphasis id="9CCB28396B24DD51CA178C70F1AFDEAA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D. cereum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4BF11E118A1EBA20565F41915785C69B" lsidName="P. typhlops" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="typhlops">
<emphasis id="4908B8A3E239CEECD240DAD64044AD1A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. typhlops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are capable of light detection, the absence of pigmentation or ommatidial facets indicates that the eyes are incapable of image formation. The enlarged antennules as present in
<taxonomicName id="CA4FEF0FD5E60CC951AB2926C3A7487A" authorityName="Huang &amp; Ahyong &amp; Shih" authorityYear="2020" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Phasmon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phasmon" order="Decapoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2D34ACAFEADD23D622225F41D9ED9CF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Phasmon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. are otherwise seen in only a few cavernicolous freshwater crabs such as the gecarcinucids
<taxonomicName id="96ACB3510AEA28B1A08F4242728BEC77" authorityName="Husana, Naruse &amp; Kase" authorityYear="2009" class="Reptilia" family="Gecarcinucidae" genus="Sundathelphusa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sundathelphusa waray" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="waray">
<emphasis id="3B410E61744CAB25FC1C20C458B2E243" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sundathelphusa waray</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Husana, Naruse &amp; Kase, 2009, and
<taxonomicName id="9791F8986B9F5E56C2F178197CEE0EB3" lsidName="S. lobo" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="lobo">
<emphasis id="A54530002FCCD97146728A5217B0851A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. lobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Husana, Naruse &amp; Kase, 2009 (
<bibRefCitation id="75987C12C52A7589403BFAC7D258AAB7" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1651/08-3081.1" author="Husana, DEM" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Crustacean Biology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="419 - 427" refId="B24" refString="Husana, DEM, Naruse, T, Kase, T, 2009. Two new cavernicolous species of the genus Sundathelphusa from western Samar, Philippines (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parathelphusidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 29: 419 - 427, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1651/08-3081.1" title="Two new cavernicolous species of the genus Sundathelphusa from western Samar, Philippines (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parathelphusidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1651/08-3081.1" volume="29" year="2009">Husana et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
: figs 2B, 5B), and are likely a sensory compensation for the loss of vision (
<bibRefCitation id="D2161D66A6270D967F780EF39A441176" author="Culver, DC" journalOrPublisher="Harvard University Press, Cambridge" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B6" refString="Culver, DC, Kane, TC, Fong, DW, 1995. Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves: the Evolution of Gammarusminus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge" title="Adaptation and Natural Selection in Caves: the Evolution of Gammarusminus." year="1995">Culver et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Other than these two species, there are other stygomorphic gecarcinucids from Asia, but these can be separated from the new species by obvious family-level characters.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="52579998BB42DB8D4A0CCD10F5FD7296" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Sexual dimorphism is evident in our two specimens of
<taxonomicName id="2F299E0E7229BF417E774EE6901AC858" lsidName="P. typhlops" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="typhlops">
<emphasis id="E1A1E6FD37AA6223E03427AC249A6429" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. typhlops</emphasis>
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: the smaller male holotype has proportionally longer but stouter legs in comparison to the larger female. The anterior carapace of the larger female is also proportionately wider than the posterior than in the male. Although the differences in leg proportions follow the pattern of sexual dimorphism observed in other potamids (e.g.,
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), whether this carapace difference is due to size, sex or general variation remains to be determined.
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Taxonomically, the most striking features of
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gen. nov. are its very wide carapace (CW/CL=1.6; Fig.
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) and wide male anterior thoracic sternum (width 2.3
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length; Fig.
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). These characters combined immediately separate
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gen. nov. from all other potamid genera.
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occurs in Guizhou, which is relatively close to the type locality of
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gen. nov. et sp. nov.
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gen. n. et sp. n. can be separated from
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by its proportionally wider carapace (CW/CL=1.6 vs. 1.3-1.4 in
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;
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: fig. 2A); granulate anterolateral carapace margins (Fig.
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) (vs. spinose in
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: fig. 2A); proportionally wider male anterior thoracic sternum (width 2.3
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length vs. width 1.7
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length in
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;
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: fig. 6C); proportionally wider male pleon (compare Fig.
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with
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: fig. 2C); male thoracic sternite 8 being fully concealed when the pleon is closed (Fig.
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) (vs. partially exposed in
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;
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: fig. 3E, F); and its relatively shorter and stouter walking legs (Fig.
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) (see
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: fig. 2A).
</paragraph>
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gen. nov. et sp. nov. is similar to
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<emphasis id="F78704E6A838A9470481CDABFD91DFA9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Cerberusa caeca</emphasis>
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in general physiognomy and size. However, the new species can immediately be distinguished by its proportionally wider carapace (CW/CL=1.6 vs. 1.3-1.4 in
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<emphasis id="88B321FE3E8A4D382E94E90ECE85A4C7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. caeca</emphasis>
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;
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: pl. 8); almost indiscernible postorbital cristae (Fig.
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) (vs. low, indicated by a transverse row of granules in
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<emphasis id="1C806192B08B3758DA41900C5CC6E26D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. caeca</emphasis>
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;
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: fig. 3A); proportionally wider male pleon (compare Fig.
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with
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: fig. 3C); and its slightly sinuous G1 (Figs
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,
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) (vs. strongly bent outwards in
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<emphasis id="24D3542AC34BF945C6D606F56BF23DEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. caeca</emphasis>
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;
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: fig. 3D).
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The G1 characteristics of
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gen. nov. are rather unremarkable and particularly similar to those of
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="D1217C11E9EEABBFCA5FA6731EB6781E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chinapotamon</emphasis>
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is also found in Guangxi and includes two cavernicolous species,
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<emphasis id="60DCC992BDFE33AA4F3565A18971A002" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. dashiwei</emphasis>
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Ng, 2017 and
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<emphasis id="C477CDFFAA9B4A1463C5BB9C62261127" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. clarkei</emphasis>
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Ng, 2017, of which the latter displays evidence of stygomorphism in reduced body pigmentation and well-developed, albeit proportionally smaller eyes than epigean congeners (
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).
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gen. nov. is readily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="61AAE9BD8298B38CC10AAA31FAF42B98" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chinapotamon</emphasis>
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in: the proportionally wider carapace (CW/CL=1.6 vs. 1.3-1.4 in
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<emphasis id="6AA4F7DD5D55A216293709306349F230" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chinapotamon</emphasis>
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;
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: figs 2, 6;
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: fig. 2); the frontal margin being continuous with the supraorbital margin, forming an almost straight transverse margin in dorsal view (Fig.
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) (vs. supraorbital margin distinctly concave in dorsal view in
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<emphasis id="D6F1393A36DC448470E53A77E63DDC65" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chinapotamon</emphasis>
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;
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: figs 2, 6;
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: fig. 2); the vestigial, unpigmented eyes (Fig.
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) (vs. well-developed, pigmented eyes in
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<emphasis id="35D70DBE02C3F63282C9DA9E4D72C59E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chinapotamon</emphasis>
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;
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: fig. 6); the almost indiscernible epigastric cristae and postorbital cristae (Fig.
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) (vs. clearly discernible in
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<emphasis id="EE92AD8FA433591B78DA193B395F3A74" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chinapotamon</emphasis>
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;
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: figs 2, 6;
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: fig. 2); the proportionally wider male anterior thoracic sternum (width/length 2.3 vs. 1.6-1.7 in
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<emphasis id="0FBBBB1D0B8C7E5A44AB84ED6621D8D9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chinapotamon</emphasis>
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;
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: figs 3A, 7A;
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: fig. 3A); and the proportionally wider male pleon (compare Fig.
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with
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: figs 3B, 7B;
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: fig. 3B).
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