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. Frontal margin prominently projecting anteriorly, margin clearly beyond base of orbit (
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<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CC67FC961298FCC6" box="[1113,1181,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">4A, B</figureCitation>
); P4 merus length 2.98 times width; P5 merus length 2.94 times width; P2–P4 propodus elongate, P4 propodus length 2.63 times width; P5 propodus short, length 1.80 times width; P4 dactylus long, falciform, length 1.07 times width; P5 dactylus short, length 0.94 times width (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81C98DFC7A141DFC52" box="[435,536,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CA1BFC7A144CFC52" box="[549,585,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CA68FC7A1498FC52" box="[598,669,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">4C, D</figureCitation>
); G1 sinuous, elongate, relatively slender; distal part gently curved, sharply tapering to rounded tip (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CA3EFC06147EFC76" box="[512,635,978,1005]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1328,1352]" captionTargetBox="[158,1428,496,1298]" captionTargetId="figure-148@6.[151,1435,489,1305]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, pleon; B, left G1, ventral view; C, distal part of left G1, ventral view; D, distal part of left G1, dorsal view; E, left G2, ventral view. Scales: A = 1.0 mm; B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331109/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Fig. 5B–D</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0CFF81C8F9FC231754FB8B" bold="true" box="[199,337,1014,1040]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Description</emphasis>
. Carapace subhexagonal (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CA47FC2214D8FB8A" box="[633,733,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CAD7FC22152BFB8A" box="[745,814,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">2A, B</figureCitation>
), wider than long. Dorsal surface uneven, covered with flattened granules and rugosities, appearing finely eroded with pits; entire surface covered with dense, felt-like setae, and with 3 transverse swellings spanning entire carapace width: one at level of protogastric region stretching to epibranchial region, one across metagastric region reaching across mesobranchial region, and one across cardiac region stretching across metabranchial region, also forming 3 broad, shallow transverse depressions, anterior one being shallowest, with median parts relatively higher; gastro-cardiac grooves visible (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CC7BFB7E12C3FB5E" box="[1093,1222,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 1A, C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CCEEFB7E1330FB5E" box="[1232,1333,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">2A, B, D</figureCitation>
). Median part lowest; branchial regions slightly higher in frontal view (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CB68FB1A15BDFB72" box="[854,952,1231,1257]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 1C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CBF9FB1A15E8FB72" box="[967,1005,1231,1257]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">2D</figureCitation>
). Anterolateral margin convex, with 4 low teeth or lobes; first tooth (= external orbital tooth) very low, wide, almost straight, with granulated margin; second tooth dentiform, low; third tooth dentiform, low, with rounded tip; last tooth at junction of antero- and posterolateral margins very low, lobiform, broadly rounded (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CB6EFAEE15DEFACE" box="[848,987,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2A–D</figureCitation>
). Posterolateral margin almost straight; lateral surfaces with low, oblique striae, distinctly converging to posterior carapace margin (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CCF0FA8A1330FAE2" box="[1230,1333,1375,1401]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CD7BFA8A138BFAE2" box="[1349,1422,1375,1401]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">2A, B</figureCitation>
). Frontal margin prominently projecting anteriorly; margin clearly beyond base of orbit; lateral lobe small, barely visible in dorsal view, separated by shallow groove (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CAC8FA721559FA5A" box="[758,860,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CB54FA7215ABFA5A" box="[874,942,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">2B–E</figureCitation>
). Supraorbital margin short, concave, lined with granules, without obvious notch or fissure (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CAFCFA1E153BFA7E" box="[706,830,1483,1509]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Fig. 2B, C</figureCitation>
). Suborbital margin short, gently concave, lined with rounded granules; suborbital tooth low, rounded, eroded (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CB22FA3A1578F992" box="[796,893,1519,1545]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CBB7FA3A15AAF992" box="[905,943,1519,1545]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">3A</figureCitation>
). Suborbital, subhepatic and ptreygostomial regions rugose (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81C974F9C617A8F9B6" box="[330,429,1555,1581]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2D</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81C986F9C617D9F9B6" box="[440,476,1555,1581]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">3C</figureCitation>
). Antennular fossa relatively broad, subrectangular; antennules folding laterally (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CD5AF9C616DEF9CA" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2D, E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81C8D6F9E2172BF9CA" box="[232,302,1591,1617]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">3A, C</figureCitation>
). Basal antennal article subrectangular, lodged into orbital hiatus; flagellum just entering orbit (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CD5AF9E216DEF9EE" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2D, E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81C8D6F98E170BF9EE" box="[232,270,1627,1653]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">3A</figureCitation>
). Orbit short; orbital peduncle short, stout; cornea well developed (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CC3BF98E128FF9EE" box="[1029,1162,1627,1653]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2B–D</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CCA9F98E12B9F9EE" box="[1175,1212,1627,1653]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">3A</figureCitation>
). Epistome distinct, posterior margin with broadly triangular median lobe, with shallow median fissure, separated from lateral parts by wide concavities, shallow fissure present slightly mesial to concavities (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CBE8F976125BF926" box="[982,1118,1699,1725]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2D, E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CC53F9761296F926" box="[1133,1171,1699,1725]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">3A</figureCitation>
). Endostome with low, oblique ridge.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B0CFF81C8F9F93E16ECF8EA" blockId="1.[151,1437,654,1905]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">
Third maxilliped covered with short setae, latter not concealing margin; ischium rectangular, with shallow median oblique depression; inner margin serrate; merus quadrate, anteroexternal angle distinct, produced but not obviously auriculiform; exopod relatively stout, reaching to distal edge of merus, with long flagellum (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81CD0CF8E6139DF8D6" box="[1330,1432,1843,1869]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Figs. 2D</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0CFF81C8A9F88216D9F8EA" box="[151,220,1879,1905]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">3B, C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B0FFF82C8A9F8AD1246F82F" blockId="2.[151,1437,1912,1972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0FFF82C8A9F8AD1716F80B" bold="true" box="[151,275,1912,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="CAA04D189B0FFF82C927F8AD17DBF80B" authorityName="Ng &amp; Anker" authorityYear="2024" box="[281,478,1912,1936]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pilumnidae" genus="Camptoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ahmar" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0FFF82C927F8AD17DBF80B" box="[281,478,1912,1936]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">Camptoplax ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0FFF82C9DAF8AD1431F80B" bold="true" box="[484,564,1912,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0FFF82C9DAF8AD1431F80B" box="[484,564,1912,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B0EFF83C8A9F9391308F8D7" blockId="3.[151,1436,1772,1868]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0EFF83C8A9F9391711F89F" bold="true" box="[151,276,1772,1796]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0EFF83C925F93917E4F89F" box="[283,481,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">Camptoplax ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0EFF83C9D6F939143FF89F" bold="true" box="[488,570,1772,1796]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0EFF83C9D6F939143FF89F" box="[488,570,1772,1796]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B09FF84C8A9F89516CBF873" blockId="4.[151,1437,1856,2024]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B09FF84C8A9F8951711F8C3" bold="true" box="[151,276,1856,1880]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B09FF84C925F89517E4F8C3" box="[283,481,1856,1880]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Camptoplax ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B09FF84C9D6F895143FF8C3" bold="true" box="[488,570,1856,1880]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B09FF84C9D6F895143FF8C3" box="[488,570,1856,1880]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) 
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B09FF84CD36F878134DF85F" box="[1288,1352,1965,1988]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">in situ</emphasis>
, ventral view.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B08FF85C8A9FB9C1452FB32" blockId="5.[151,1436,1097,1193]" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B08FF85C8A9FB9C1711FBFA" bold="true" box="[151,276,1097,1121]" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B08FF85C925FB9C17E4FBFA" box="[283,481,1097,1121]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Camptoplax ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B08FF85C9D6FB9C143FFBFA" bold="true" box="[488,570,1097,1121]" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B08FF85C9D6FB9C143FFBFA" box="[488,570,1097,1121]" pageId="5" pageNumber="124" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B08FF85C8F9FB2E16D1FA51" blockId="5.[151,1437,1275,2022]" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">
Thoracic sternites densely covered with very short setae; sternites 1 and 2 completely fused, their lateral margins sinuous; suture between sternites 2 and 3 gently convex towards buccal cavity; sternites 3 and 4 demarcated by shallow, oblique groove; sternopleonal cavity deep, reaching to imaginary line connecting proximo-distal edge of coxae of chelipeds; tubercle of pleonal locking mechanism round, on proximal third of sternite 5; sternite 8 visible as subrectangular plate when pleon closed (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CAAFFA5E14F0FA3D" box="[657,757,1419,1446]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1B</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CB3BFA59154CFA3D" box="[773,841,1420,1446]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">3C–E</figureCitation>
). Penis relatively short, exiting from condyle of P5 coxa.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B08FF85C8F9FA061514F8CD" blockId="5.[151,1437,1275,2022]" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">
Chelipeds relatively short, subsymmetrical in shape, subequal in size, right slightly larger; outer surfaces covered with flattened rounded granules and short, felt-like setae partially obscuring margins and surface, however, leaving most granules visible; inner surface of carpus and chela smooth, that of merus rugose (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CCEEF9CE1333F9AD" box="[1232,1334,1563,1590]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CD7DF9C91362F9AD" box="[1347,1383,1564,1590]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CD4BF9C91392F9AD" box="[1397,1431,1564,1590]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">3C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C8A9F99516D9F9C1" box="[151,220,1600,1626]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">4A, B</figureCitation>
). Margins of basis and ischium entire (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CAB2F9EA14E8F9C1" box="[652,749,1599,1626]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1B</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CAC6F9951519F9C1" box="[760,796,1600,1626]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">3C</figureCitation>
). Merus short, with uneven but not serrate margins; distal angle of dorsal margin with low, rounded tubercle; subdistal edge of extensor margin with low tooth (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CD2CF9B6139DF9E5" box="[1298,1432,1635,1662]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1A, B</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C8A9F95D16BEF939" box="[151,187,1672,1698]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">3C</figureCitation>
). Carpus surface slightly eroded, with smooth, sharp, triangular tooth on inner distal angle; outer angle slightly produced (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C930F97E1774F95D" box="[270,369,1707,1734]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C942F97917A5F95D" box="[380,416,1708,1734]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C995F97917CAF95D" box="[427,463,1708,1734]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">4B</figureCitation>
). Right chela relatively more swollen than minor chela, otherwise similar in form (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CD5AF97E16A0F971" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C888F90516D9F971" box="[182,220,1744,1770]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">4A</figureCitation>
). Chela relatively elongate, fingers shorter than palm; outer surface with flattened granules covering most of surface of pollex except for distal-most part, covering proximal third of dactylus, with 2 low, uneven, rugose, longitudinal ridges; dorsal margin forming wide, low crest; inner surface longitudinally concave; cutting edges of fingers with low, rounded teeth (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CA3DF8EE1454F8CD" box="[515,593,1851,1878]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CA61F8E91486F8CD" box="[607,643,1852,1878]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CAB1F8E914B4F8CD" box="[655,689,1852,1878]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">3C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85CA80F8E91506F8CD" box="[702,771,1852,1878]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">4A, B</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B08FF86C8F9F88A171CFF62" blockId="5.[151,1437,1275,2022]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1437,150,465]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="125" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">
P2–P5 relatively short, P3 longest, P5 shortest, surfaces covered with short, felt-like setae obscuring surface and margins (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C93CF8561762F805" box="[258,359,1923,1950]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C94AF851179DF805" box="[372,408,1924,1950]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B08FF85C998F85117CFF805" box="[422,458,1924,1950]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="124">3C</figureCitation>
). Merus with extensor and flexor margins smooth, gently cristate, unarmed; P4 merus length 2.98 times width; P5 merus length 2.94 times width; carpus with low, submarginal crest and adjacent shallow furrow; propodus elongate, laterally flattened, with low, submarginal ridge; P2–P4 propodus elongate, P4 propodus length 2.63 times width; P5 propodus short, ovate, length 1.80 times width; dactylo-propodal lock visible; P2–P4 dactylus long, falciform, length 1.07 times width; P5 dactylus short, straight, length 0.94 times width (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86CD3BFF6E136DFF4E" box="[1285,1384,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86CD4DFF6E1392FF4E" box="[1395,1431,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86C8A9FF0A16BFFF62" box="[151,186,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">3C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86C8F8FF0A1708FF62" box="[198,269,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">4C, D</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B0BFF86C8F9FED617FDFE12" blockId="6.[151,1437,150,465]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">
Pleon triangular; somite 1 wide, subrectangular, reaching to base of P5 coxae; somite 2 transversely ovate, narrower than somite 1; somite 3 trapezoidal, as wide as somite 1; somites 4–6 trapezoidal, gradually decreasing in width; telson triangular, as long as somite 6, with convex lateral margins and proximal margin slightly wider than somite 6 (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86C938FEBA176DFE12" box="[262,360,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1912,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-20@2.[151,1436,179,1886]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875, crab alive in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and frontal (C) views (right P2 missing). Photographs by AA." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331100" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331100/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Figs. 1B</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86C94AFEBA17BFFE12" box="[372,442,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">3C, D</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86C9FBFEBB17EEFE12" box="[453,491,366,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1328,1352]" captionTargetBox="[158,1428,496,1298]" captionTargetId="figure-148@6.[151,1435,489,1305]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, pleon; B, left G1, ventral view; C, distal part of left G1, ventral view; D, distal part of left G1, dorsal view; E, left G2, ventral view. Scales: A = 1.0 mm; B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331109/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">5A</figureCitation>
).
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G1 sinuous, elongate, relatively slender; distal part gently curved, sharply tapering to rounded tip, margins lined with stiff spines (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86C967FE6217D1FE4A" box="[345,468,438,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1328,1352]" captionTargetBox="[158,1428,496,1298]" captionTargetId="figure-148@6.[151,1435,489,1305]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, pleon; B, left G1, ventral view; C, distal part of left G1, ventral view; D, distal part of left G1, dorsal view; E, left G2, ventral view. Scales: A = 1.0 mm; B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331109/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Fig. 5B–D</figureCitation>
). G2 short, sigmoid, distal part spatuliform, with short flagellum (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86CC89FE621308FE4A" box="[1207,1293,438,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1328,1352]" captionTargetBox="[158,1428,496,1298]" captionTargetId="figure-148@6.[151,1435,489,1305]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, pleon; B, left G1, ventral view; C, distal part of left G1, ventral view; D, distal part of left G1, dorsal view; E, left G2, ventral view. Scales: A = 1.0 mm; B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331109/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Fig. 5E</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C8A9FAE51711FAD3" bold="true" box="[151,276,1328,1352]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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, holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, pleon; B, left G1, ventral view; C, distal part of left G1, ventral view; D, distal part of left G1, dorsal view; E, left G2, ventral view. Scales: A = 1.0 mm; B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.2 mm.
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C8F9FA37176DFA67" bold="true" box="[199,360,1506,1532]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Colour in life</emphasis>
. Overall straw yellowish with some slightly darker, pale brown areas; scarce reddish dots and small reddish patches present on some areas of dorsal and pterygostomian surface of carapace and extensor margins of P2–P5; posterior margin of epistome with 2 conspicuous red dots on median section and 2 red patches laterally (
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).
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<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B0BFF86C8F9F9A714DBF92B" blockId="6.[151,1437,1506,2037]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C8F9F9A7174DF917" bold="true" box="[199,328,1650,1676]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Etymology</emphasis>
. The new species is named after the Red Sea, where the 
<typeStatus id="D21B88399B0BFF86CBF0F9A615FBF916" box="[974,1022,1651,1677]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">type</typeStatus>
locality is situated, using the Arabic word 
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” (= red); used as a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="45BA65109B0BFF87C8F9F96F1286FD56" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="0D1F369B9B0BFF87C8F9F96F121EFEFE" blockId="6.[151,1437,1506,2037]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1437,151,717]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C8F9F96F1731F94F" bold="true" box="[199,308,1722,1748]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Remarks</emphasis>
. The new species and 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CA12F96E14C1F94F" box="[556,708,1723,1749]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are morphologically very similar, but compared to 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CCC2F96E1390F94F" box="[1276,1429,1723,1749]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C8A9F90A1706F963" box="[151,259,1758,1785]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C932F90B1762F963" bold="true" box="[268,359,1758,1784]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0BFF86C932F90B1762F963" box="[268,359,1758,1784]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has the dorsal surface of the carapace gently concave medially in frontal view (
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, 
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) (versus almost flat in frontal view in 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CA0AF8D614C8F887" box="[564,717,1795,1821]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, cf. 
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: fig. 1A); the front of 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CC47F8D612E6F887" box="[1145,1251,1794,1821]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CCD7F8D71346F887" bold="true" box="[1257,1347,1794,1820]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0BFF86CCD7F8D71346F887" box="[1257,1347,1794,1820]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is more prominently projecting anteriorly (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86CA27F8F3148AF8DB" box="[537,655,1830,1856]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1772,1796]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1435,181,1748]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, habitus, dorsal view (right P2 missing); B, carapace, dorsal view; C, right side of carapace, showing orbits and front, dorsal view; D, cephalothorax, frontal view; E, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331102/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2A, B</figureCitation>
) (versus having the margin of the front level just above the orbit bases in 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C88AF89E174BF8FF" box="[180,334,1867,1893]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; cf. 
<bibRefCitation id="69314B6A9B0BFF86C9BFF89F1400F8FF" author="Miers, E. J." box="[385,517,1866,1892]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" pagination="18 - 32" refId="ref3716" refString="Miers, E. J. (1884) Crustacea. In: Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881 - 1882. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 178 - 322, pls. 18 - 32." type="book chapter" year="1884">Miers 1884</bibRefCitation>
: pl. 24A; 
<bibRefCitation id="69314B6A9B0BFF86CA4CF89F14FDF8FF" author="Davie, P. J. F." box="[626,760,1866,1892]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" pagination="67 - 73" refId="ref3545" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Rediscovery of Camptoplax coppingeri Miers, 1884, and its placement in the Pilumnidae (Crustacea: Brachyura). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 41 (1), 67 - 73." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie 1993</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 2); the third maxilliped ischium of 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CC86F89E1327F8FF" box="[1208,1314,1866,1893]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CD17F89F1386F8FF" bold="true" box="[1321,1411,1866,1892]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0BFF86CD17F89F1386F8FF" box="[1321,1411,1866,1892]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is proportionately longer and more rectangular (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0BFF86CAA9F8BB14E9F813" box="[663,748,1902,1928]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1856,1880]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[151,1435,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, antennules, antenna, orbit, suborbital region and epistome (denuded), frontal view; B, right third maxilliped (denuded), outer view; C, cephalothorax, anteroventral view; D, posterior thoracic sternum and pleonal somites 1–5, showing exposed sternite 8 (denuded), ventral view; E, anterior thoracic sternum and sternopleonal cavity, showing right G1 (denuded) in situ, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331104" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331104/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
) (versus more quadrate in 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CC27F8BA12B6F813" box="[1049,1203,1903,1929]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; cf. 
<bibRefCitation id="69314B6A9B0BFF86CCDBF8BB136EF813" author="Davie, P. J. F." box="[1253,1387,1902,1928]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" pagination="67 - 73" refId="ref3545" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Rediscovery of Camptoplax coppingeri Miers, 1884, and its placement in the Pilumnidae (Crustacea: Brachyura). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 41 (1), 67 - 73." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie 1993</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 1B); the chelae of 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C95CF84617CEF837" box="[354,459,1938,1965]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86C9EFF847142FF837" bold="true" box="[465,554,1938,1964]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0BFF86C9EFF847142FF837" box="[465,554,1938,1964]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
are proportionately longer (
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) (versus distinctly shorter in 
<taxonomicName id="CAA04D189B0BFF86CCC5F8461391F837" authorityName="Miers" authorityYear="1884" box="[1275,1428,1939,1965]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pilumnidae" genus="Camptoplax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coppingeri">
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CCC5F8461391F837" box="[1275,1428,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; cf. 
<bibRefCitation id="69314B6A9B0BFF86C887F863173BF84B" author="Davie, P. J. F." box="[185,318,1974,2000]" pageId="6" pageNumber="125" pagination="67 - 73" refId="ref3545" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Rediscovery of Camptoplax coppingeri Miers, 1884, and its placement in the Pilumnidae (Crustacea: Brachyura). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 41 (1), 67 - 73." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie 1993</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 1E); the P4 and P5 meri are slightly longer (length to width ratio 2.98 and 2.94, respectively; 
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) in the new species (versus slightly shorter, length to width ratio 2.93 and 2.67, respectively, in 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0BFF86CCC5F80E1391F86F" box="[1275,1428,2011,2037]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="125">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; cf. 
<bibRefCitation id="69314B6A9B0AFF87C882FF421747FF2A" author="Davie, P. J. F." box="[188,322,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="126" pagination="67 - 73" refId="ref3545" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Rediscovery of Camptoplax coppingeri Miers, 1884, and its placement in the Pilumnidae (Crustacea: Brachyura). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 41 (1), 67 - 73." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie 1993</bibRefCitation>
: figs. 1C, D, 2); the P4 propodus and dactylus of 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0AFF87CB4CFF4215D8FF2A" box="[882,989,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">C. ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0AFF87CBDBFF42123AFF2A" bold="true" box="[997,1087,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0AFF87CBDBFF42123AFF2A" box="[997,1087,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="126" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
are longer (propodus length to width ratio 2.63, length of dactylus 1.07 times propodus length; 
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0AFF87CB5DFF6E15BDFF4E" box="[867,952,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1097,1121]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1435,181,1073]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, right and left chelae, outer view; B, right cheliped (partially denuded), dorsal view; C, right P4 (partially denuded), dorsal view; D, right P5 (partially denuded), dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331106/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
) (versus distinctly shorter, propodus length to width ratio 2.41, length of dactylus 0.92 times propodus length, in 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0AFF87CBAEFF0A122CFF63" box="[912,1065,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">C. coppingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; cf. 
<bibRefCitation id="69314B6A9B0AFF87CC67FF0A12D8FF62" author="Davie, P. J. F." box="[1113,1245,223,249]" pageId="7" pageNumber="126" pagination="67 - 73" refId="ref3545" refString="Davie, P. J. F. (1993) Rediscovery of Camptoplax coppingeri Miers, 1884, and its placement in the Pilumnidae (Crustacea: Brachyura). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 41 (1), 67 - 73." type="journal article" year="1993">Davie 1993</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 1D); and the distal half of the G1 of 
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<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0AFF87C9A3FED61402FE86" box="[413,519,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">C. ahmar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3FD4EA899B0AFF87CA30FED61462FE86" bold="true" box="[526,615,259,285]" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="24E757F29B0AFF87CA30FED61462FE86" box="[526,615,259,285]" pageId="7" pageNumber="126" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is proportionately shorter and stouter (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0AFF87CC22FED61293FE86" box="[1052,1174,258,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1328,1352]" captionTargetBox="[158,1428,496,1298]" captionTargetId="figure-148@6.[151,1435,489,1305]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, pleon; B, left G1, ventral view; C, distal part of left G1, ventral view; D, distal part of left G1, dorsal view; E, left G2, ventral view. Scales: A = 1.0 mm; B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331109/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">Fig. 5B–D</figureCitation>
), with the distal curved part also being proportionately longer (
<figureCitation id="959B2A1E9B0AFF87CA71FEF214C2FEDA" box="[591,711,294,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1328,1352]" captionTargetBox="[158,1428,496,1298]" captionTargetId="figure-148@6.[151,1435,489,1305]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., holotype, male (9.7 × 8.0 mm) from Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, FLMNH UF 72875; A, pleon; B, left G1, ventral view; C, distal part of left G1, ventral view; D, distal part of left G1, dorsal view; E, left G2, ventral view. Scales: A = 1.0 mm; B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13331109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13331109/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="126">Fig. 5B–D</figureCitation>
) (versus the distal half of the G1 being shorter and more slender and with a shorter distal curved part, in its congener; cf. 
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: fig. 1F, G).
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The dorsal surface of 
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is distinctly more depressed medially than that of 
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, and this seems to be independent of the angle it is viewed from. The discriminating characters of the P2–P5 are clearly discernible, although their validity need to be ascertained in the future with more specimens collected. Nevertheless, these differences do not seem to be age-related since all examined specimens are in the same size range.
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The 
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specimen of 
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was extracted from a burrow of unknown host (presumably not its own burrow), using a suction (yabby) pump in very shallow water (depth less than 
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). Whether burrows are the typical habitat of the Red Sea species remains uncertain. The 
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specimens of 
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were dredged from a depth of 
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). However, the northern Australian specimen was collected in deeper water, at a depth range of 
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