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<mods:title>Description of the supergiant isopod Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from southern Java, the first record of the genus from Indonesia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Sidabalok, Conni M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Ng, Peter K. L.</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figs 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 2 merus, posterolateral margin D uropod, ventral view E uropod, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 cm (A, B, D, E); 0.5 cm (C)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430115" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. A, C, E Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov. holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia B, D, F B. giganteus male (354 mm) (ZRC 2014.0837), Caribbean A, B clypeus ventral surface C, D anterior of head E, F body, ventral view." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430116" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A, C, E, G Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov. holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia B, D, F, H B. giganteus male (354 mm) (ZRC 2014.0837), Caribbean A, B pleotelson dorsal view C, D pleotelson posterior view E, F pleotelson lateral view G, H pleopod 2." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430117" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">, 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Holotype</emphasis>
, male, 363 mm; Indonesia, Sunda Strait (between Sumatra and Java);
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="104" direction="east" minutes="49.428" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="104.8238">104°49.428'E</geoCoordinate>
; 26 Mar. 2018; SJADES exped.; station CP 13, beam trawl 1259 m; MZB Cru.Iso 097.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Paratype</emphasis>
, female, 298 mm; Indonesia, Indian Ocean (East of Tinjil Island);
<geoCoordinate degrees="6" direction="south" minutes="59.778" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-6.9962997">6°59.778'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="105" direction="east" minutes="55.224" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="105.9204">105°55.224'E</geoCoordinate>
; 28 Mar. 2018; SJADES exped.; station CP 28, beam trawl 957 m; ZRC 2020.0015.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Comparative material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus giganteus</emphasis>
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A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 - 1 male, 354 mm; U.S.A., Virginia, 100 miles off Virginia Beach; 36.483N, 74.8W; 30 May 1962; 73 m depth; ZRC 2014.0837.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ortmann" authorityYear="1894" class="Malacostraca" family="Cirolanidae" genus="Bathynomus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bathynomus doederleini" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="doederleini">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus doederleini</emphasis>
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Ortmann, 1894 - 6 males, 100, 120, 120, 128, 136, 145 mm; 7 females, 88, 90, 94, 130, 130, 138, 145 mm; 3 juveniles; Taiwan; AM P68684. 1 male, 125 mm; 1 female, 85 mm; 4 juveniles; Taiwan, Tashi port; 1990s; P. K. L. Ng leg.; deep-water; ZRC 1998.417.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus</emphasis>
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sp. - 1 subadult, not sexually mature, pereopod 7 not fully developed, 107 mm; Indonesia, Indian Ocean (East of Tinjil Island);
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,
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; 28 Mar. 2018; SJADES exped.; station CP 26, beam trawl 517 m; MZB Cru.Iso 098. 1 juvenile; Indonesia, Sunda Strait (between Tabuan Island and Sumatra);
<geoCoordinate degrees="5" direction="south" minutes="45.126" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-5.7521">5°45.126'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="104" direction="east" minutes="51.080" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="104.85133">104°51.080'E</geoCoordinate>
; 25 Mar. 2018; SJADES exped.; station CP 08, beam trawl 442 m; ZRC 2020.0016. 2 juveniles, 60, 63 mm; Indonesia, Indian Ocean (Pelabuhan Ratu Bay);
<geoCoordinate degrees="7" direction="south" minutes="01.116" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-7.0186">7°01.116'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="106" direction="east" minutes="26.421" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="106.44035">106°26.421'E</geoCoordinate>
; 3 Apr. 2018; SJADES exped.; station CP 55, beam trawl 379 m; ZRC 2020.0017.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Type-locality.</paragraph>
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Indonesia, Sunda Strait: between Sumatra and Java,
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="104" direction="east" minutes="49.428" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="104.8238">104°49.428'E</geoCoordinate>
.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Narrowly rounded clypeus apex (Fig.
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); prominent longitudinal carina on clypeus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">2C</figureCitation>
); convex lateral margins of uropodal exopod and endopod (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 2 merus, posterolateral margin D uropod, ventral view E uropod, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 cm (A, B, D, E); 0.5 cm (C)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430115" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">3D, E</figureCitation>
); produced distolateral corners of uropodal exopod and endopod with acute tips (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 2 merus, posterolateral margin D uropod, ventral view E uropod, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 cm (A, B, D, E); 0.5 cm (C)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430115" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">3D, E</figureCitation>
); uropodal exopod with medium-length setal fringe (69%) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 2 merus, posterolateral margin D uropod, ventral view E uropod, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 cm (A, B, D, E); 0.5 cm (C)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430115" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">3D, E</figureCitation>
); pleotelson 1.6 times wider than long with posterior margin medially concave (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">2D</figureCitation>
); 11-13 spines on pleotelson (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">2D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus raksasa</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru.Iso 097), Indonesia
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dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B</emphasis>
cephalon, anterior view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C</emphasis>
clypeal region
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">D</emphasis>
pleotelson
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body, lateral view
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pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (
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);1 cm (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Description of holotype male.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
Body (Fig.
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) 363 mm long, 155 mm wide at pereonite 5, length 2.3 times width. Head (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">2B</figureCitation>
) with ridge above eyes discontinuous; clypeus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">2C</figureCitation>
) with prominent longitudinal carina, distal margins slightly concave, apex narrowly rounded.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
Antenna 2 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">2A, E</figureCitation>
) flagellum extending to end of pleonite 2.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
Pereopod 1 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 2 merus, posterolateral margin D uropod, ventral view E uropod, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 cm (A, B, D, E); 0.5 cm (C)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430115" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">3A</figureCitation>
) ischium with 2 posteroproximal robust setae, 2 robust setae on posterodistal margin; merus with 4 short robust setae on anterodistal angle, posterior margin with 4 robust setae in proximal row and 2 robust setae in distal row; propodus length 2.3 times width, with 5 robust setae on posterior margin. Pereopod 2 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 2 merus, posterolateral margin D uropod, ventral view E uropod, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 cm (A, B, D, E); 0.5 cm (C)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430115" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">3B, C</figureCitation>
) ischium with 3 robust setae on posterior margin and 2 robust setae on posterodistal margin; merus with 7 short robust setae on anterodistal angle, posteromedial margin with 3 robust setae in proximal row and 2 robust setae in distal row; propodus with 4 robust setae on posterior margin. Pereopod 7 coxa (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru. Iso 097), Indonesia A dorsal view B cephalon, anterior view C clypeal region D pleotelson E body, lateral view F pereon, lateral view. Scale bars: 5 cm (A, D, E); 1 cm (B, C, F)." figureDoi="/10.3897/zookeys.947.53906.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/430114" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">2F</figureCitation>
) distally attenuated, curved posteriorly.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru.Iso 097), Indonesia
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pereopod 1
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pereopod 2
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pereopod 2 merus, posterolateral margin
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uropod, ventral view
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uropod, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 cm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">A, B, D, E</emphasis>
); 0.5 cm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
Pleonite 3 (Fig.
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) not extending beyond pleonite 5.
</paragraph>
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Uropod (Figs
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,
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) not extending beyond pleotelson; peduncle with 3 robust setae; exopod and endopod with smooth lateral and distal margins; exopodal lateral margin convex with 10 robust setae along margin, setal fringe medium to continuous in length (69%), medial margin straight, distomedial corner rounded, distal margin convex with 5 robust setae, distolateral corner slightly produced, acute; endopodal lateral margin convex, distally sinuate, with 4 robust setae; medial margin straight; distomedial corner rounded; distal margin straight with 11 robust setae; distolateral corner produced, acute.
</paragraph>
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Pleotelson (Fig.
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) broader than long, 1.6 times as wide as length, posterior margin medially concave, smooth (minute pores), conspicuous longitudinal carina on dorsal surface, with 11 distal and 2 lateral straight acute prominent spines along distal margin, without setae between spines, central distal spine simple.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="female">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Female.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Similar to male.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Robust setae count on female as follows: exopodal lateral margin with 7-10 robust setae, distal margin with 4 or 5, endopodal lateral margin with 3-5 and distal margin with 8-10; pleotelson with 9 distal and 2 lateral straight acute prominent spines along distal margin.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
The epithet is the Indonesian word &quot;
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&quot; for giant, alluding to its enormous size and the significance of the find. The name is used as a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus raksasa</emphasis>
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sp. nov. can be readily identified by its large size (330 mm on average), narrowly rounded clypeus apex, produced and acute distolateral corners of uropodal rami, wider rather than long pleotelson with medially concave posterior margin and the presence of 11-13 pleotelson spines.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus raksasa</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is the sixth
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species from the Indo-West Pacific and is one of the largest known members of the genus.
</paragraph>
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In general appearance,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. raksasa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is most similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. lowryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. All three are large, averaging 300 mm in length, possess a prominent longitudinal carina on the dorsal surface of the pleotelson and have acute spines on the distal margin of the pleotelson. The new species is closest to
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. giganteus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, sharing the relatively medium length of antenna 2 (reaching to between the posterior of pereonite 2 and anterior of pereonite 3), lateral and posterior shape of the uropodal exopod and endopod, and the pleotelson spine count.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus raksasa</emphasis>
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sp. nov., however, differs markedly from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its more conspicuous longitudinal carina on the clypeus ventral surface (Fig.
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) (vs. less conspicuous in
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; Fig.
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), absence of a transverse carina on the anterior of the head (Fig.
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) (vs. carina present in
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; Fig.
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), the relatively shorter uropodal endopod (0.12 total body length, Fig.
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) (vs. relatively longer, 0.15 body length in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. giganteus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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), the body surface, including that of the pleotelson, being covered with small low granules and smooth to the touch (Fig.
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) (vs. granules more prominent and the surfaces distinctly rough in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. giganteus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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), the almost flat posterior ventral surface of the pleotelson (Fig.
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) (vs. surface distinctly concave in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. giganteus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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), the straight spines of pleotelson (Fig.
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) (vs. gently curved upwards in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. giganteus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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), the pleotelson is broader than long (Fig.
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) (vs. as long as broad in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. giganteus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Fig.
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), and the posterior margin of the pleotelson is broad and medially concave (Fig.
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) (vs. broadly rounded in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. giganteus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Fig.
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).
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sp. nov. can easily be distinguished from
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lowryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="lowryi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. lowryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in possessing a relatively longer antenna 2 which reaches to the ends of pereonite 2 (vs. shorter antenna 2 which reaches only to the anterior part of pereonite 2 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lowryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="lowryi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. lowryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the narrowly rounded clypeus apex (vs. apex truncate in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lowryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="lowryi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. lowryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), straight pleotelson spines (vs. spines upwardly curved in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lowryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="lowryi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. lowryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the larger number (13) of robust setae on the pleotelson (vs. 9 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lowryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="lowryi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. lowryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
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: figs 1, 6).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">A, C, E</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus raksasa</emphasis>
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sp. nov. holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru.Iso 097), Indonesia
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B, D, F</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
male (354 mm) (ZRC 2014.0837), Caribbean
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clypeus ventral surface
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anterior of head
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">E, F</emphasis>
body, ventral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Bathynomus raksasa</emphasis>
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sp. nov. shares the same general uropodal exopod and endopod shape as
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</taxonomicName>
,
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and
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but can easily be distinguished from them in its possession of a conspicuous longitudinal carina on the dorsal surface of the pleotelson (Fig.
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). Although the number of spines on the margin of the pleotelson (at least 11) is similar to those of
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. richeri</emphasis>
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, the presence of the longitudinal ridge on the pleotelson easily separates
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. raksasa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. from these species.
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sp. nov. also has the same number of spines on the margin of the pleotelson but can easily be distinguished from
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in having the distolateral corners of the uropodal exopod and endopod distinctly produced (Fig.
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) (vs. rounded and not produced in
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; see
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: fig. 17).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">A, C, E, G</emphasis>
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sp. nov. holotype male (363 mm) (MZB Cru.Iso 097), Indonesia
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male (354 mm) (ZRC 2014.0837), Caribbean
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pleotelson dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C, D</emphasis>
pleotelson posterior view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">E, F</emphasis>
pleotelson lateral view
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pleopod 2.
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The appendix masculina is absent on the holotype male of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B. raksasa</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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) but this is almost certainly not a species-character. It is known to be sometimes absent in
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from Taiwan (present study); with five out of seven males below the size of 130 mm lacking it. The largest males of
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(136-145 mm) possess appendix masculina. The absence or presence of appendix masculina has been previously used by
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to determine the maturity of males of
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; &quot;mature males&quot; were males with appendix masculina and &quot;maturing males&quot; were those without appendix masculina and testes.
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reported that some adult males of
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from Brazil (mostly smaller specimens below 290 mm) lacked appendix masculina, especially in summer. They suggested that these smaller males might have been less reproductively active in summer and/or the appendix masculina may be a non-permanent organ which is lost or regrown when the animals moult (
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).
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also noted that larger male specimens of
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tend to keep the organ for longer periods than smaller ones, although even large individuals (310 mm) sometimes do not possess the structure. We cannot be certain that either of the patterns above apply to
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sp. nov. as only one male was collected. The appendix masculina (Fig.
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) is present on the large male American specimen of
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(ZRC 2014.0837) examined here.
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The SJADES cruise also obtained four juvenile and subadult specimens from southern Java (here identified as
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sp.) (Fig.
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) which we are unable to identify to the species level, especially as the diagnostic characters may not be developed. They are clearly not
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sp. nov. with a different pleotelson spination, shapes of pleotelson and uropodal rami. The largest specimen in the lot (107 mm) has an almost fully-developed pereopod 7 which indicates that the adult would not be too much larger in size. This, along with the presence of setae between the pleotelson spines, suggest that this species belongs to the
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group. The number of spines on the posterior margin of the pleotelson ranges between 5+2, 7+2 and 9+2.
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used the development of pereopod 7 as one of the characters to classify the development stages of
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. According to
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, individuals with &quot;small, white&quot; pereopod 7 and lacking either oostegites or penes and/or appendix masculina were categorised as &quot;subadult I&quot; which equals to stage 2 of five development stages they proposed. However, we will not apply this approach to
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sp. because of the limited specimen number.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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sp. (107 mm) (MZB Cru.Iso 098), Indonesia
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uropod, ventral view
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uropod, dorsal view
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pleotelson central spine
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pleotelson
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length of antenna 2
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cephalon, anterior view
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clypeal region
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pereopod 7, ventral view
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pereopod 7 coxa.
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sp. superficially resembles the poorly known
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Richardson, 1910, described from the Philippines from one specimen. There is, however, a problem with what has been identified as &quot;
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&quot; by
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: 169, figs 2, 3), who listed among their material, the type from the Philippines as well as two females from the Arafura Sea, providing figures of the latter.
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: fig. 87A-E) had earlier figured the uropods, and pereopods 1 and 3 of the type specimen (sex not specified). The problem is that the distolateral corners of uropodal rami of the holotype from the Philippines is distinctly acute and curved (
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: fig. 87A-C) whereas that of
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: fig. 3D, E) from the Arafura Sea is distinctly wider and not produced. Significantly,
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: fig. 1) figures of the uropods are the same as those by
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. The material from Arafura Sea are thus unlikely to be
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s. str.
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Our material of
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sp. from Java resembles the &quot;
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&quot; of
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in possessing the same relative length of antenna 2 (reaching between pereonites 3 and 4), straight clypeus distal margins, the setal fringe on the uropodal exopod is long and continuous (
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90%), and similar pleotelson spine count (5+2, 7+2 and 9+2). The marked difference in the form of the uropodal endopod distolateral corner, however, indicates they are not conspecific. In addition, the uropod of
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sp. reaches to the end of the pleotelson (Fig.
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) (vs. slightly extended beyond the pleotelson;
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: fig. 2F) and the pleotelson central spine is weakly bifid (Fig.
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) (vs. simple;
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: fig. 2F). The uropods of our material from Java agree very well with the figures by
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and
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, but until a complete redescription of the holotype of
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is done and more character states are known, we are not certain if they are actually conspecific.
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sp. differs from
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Bruce, 1986 (from northwestern Australia) in having a longer antenna 2 that reaches to the middle of pereonite 4 (Fig.
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) (vs. middle of pereonite 2;
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: fig. 91A), weakly bifid pleotelson central spine (Fig.
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) (vs. strongly bifid;
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: fig. 91B), and the conspicuous longitudinal carina on the pleotelson (Fig.
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) (vs. inconspicuous;
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: fig. 91C). Both species share similar shape of uropodal rami with more acute and curved distolateral corner on the endopod of
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sp. (Fig.
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) (vs. less acute and curved;
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: fig. 91D). It differs from
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Bruce, 1986, in the slightly concave lateral of uropodal exopod (Fig.
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) (vs. strongly concave;
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: fig. 90C, D), greater length of fringing setae (
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80%) on the lateral uropod exopod (Fig.
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) (vs. 66%;
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: fig. 90C, D) and the weakly bifid pleotelson central spine (Fig.
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) (vs. simple;
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: fig. 89 D). The two species together with
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share similar uropodal endopod shapes (Fig.
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).
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sp. shares with
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Griffin, 1975 (from Australia) a similar bifid central pleotelson spine but can easily be distinguished by its relatively longer antenna 2 (Fig.
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) (middle of pereonite 4 vs. within pereonite 3;
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: fig. 14 C), the straight head ridge (Fig.
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) (vs. curved;
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: fig. 14 D), a narrowly rounded clypeus apex (6G) (vs. broadly rounded;
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: fig. 14 E), with only one row of fringing setae on the anterior margin of the basis of pereopod 7 (Fig.
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) (vs. with two rows;
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: fig. 23 F) and the uropodal endopod distolateral margin is subacute and only slightly produced (Fig.
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) (vs. not produced;
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: fig. 15 D, E).
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Compared to
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,
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sp. has pereopod 7 coxa more slender (Fig.
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) (vs. relatively broader;
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: fig. 10B), there is one row of fringing setae on the anterior margin of the basis of pereopod 7 (Fig.
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) (vs. with two rows;
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: fig. 23D), and the lengths of the pleotelson spines are similarly sized (Fig.
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) (vs. uneven;
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: fig. 10F).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Sunda Strait and Indian Ocean, South Java, Indonesia; at depths of 957-1259 m.</paragraph>
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