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Pleon (
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, 
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) with pleura 1–5 rounded ventrally; pleomere 6 without posteroventral articulated flap, posterolateral projection truncate; preanal plate posteriorly rounded. Telson (
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) subtrapezoidal, broad at base, strongly tapering to narrow truncate posterior margin, with 2 pairs of dorsolateral spiniform setae, first and second pair situated at about mid-length and posterior three-quarters of telson length, respectively; lateral margins faintly constricted at about anterior one-third; posterior margin with 2 pairs of spiniform setae at each lateral angle (mesial setae exceeding 5 times length of lateral) and between them 1 pair of stiff setae, latter longer than mesial pair of spiniform setae.
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Eyestalks (
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D526EA5EFEC56514C8D123C7" box="[322,442,1915,1942]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1834,1858]" captionTargetBox="[212,1340,191,1775]" captionTargetId="figure-23@6.[200,1347,181,1785]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, carapace and cephalic appendages, lateral view; B, anterior part of carapace and cephalic appendages, dorsal view (right carpocerite missing; antennular flagella omitted); C, pleon, lateral view (pleomeres 5 and 6 somewhat deformed due to preservation); D, telson, dorsal view; E, posterior margin of telson, dorsal view; F, anterior part of basicerite, ventrolateral view; G, left antennal scaphocerite, dorsal view (setae omitted); H, left pleopod 1, posterior view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397709" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397709/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="306">Fig. 3A, B</figureCitation>
) fully exposed dorsally and laterally, juxtaposed, flattened dorsoventrally, subtriangular, tapering to rounded apex; cornea darkly pigmented, subterminal and lateral in position.
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Antennular peduncle (
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) elongate, attaining approximately 0.6 times of carapace length, somewhat flattened dorsoventrally. Article 1 with mesial margin armed with 1 spiniform seta at proximal angle; ventromesial carina unarmed; stylocerite terminating in small spine, not reaching distal margin of article 1. Article 2 slightly longer than visible portion of article 1, slightly tapering distally, 3.5 times as long as basal width. Article 3 subquadrate, short, about 0.2 length of article 3. Lateral flagellum not subdivided, slightly longer than peduncle, aesthetasc-bearing portion restricted to distal 0.7 length; mesial flagellum distinctly longer and more slender than lateral flagellum.
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D525EA5DFF106511C87E23C7" bold="true" box="[151,277,1918,1942]" pageId="2" pageNumber="307">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005), colouration in life. A, lateral view; B, cephalothorax and appendages, dorsolateral view. Photo by T. Tamego.
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Antennal peduncle (
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) with basicerite bearing small acute tooth on ventrolateral distal margin. Carpocerite slender, subcylindrical, reaching far beyond scaphocerite and exceeding distal margin of antennular peduncle. Scaphocerite suboval, reaching mid-length of article 2 of antennular peduncle; lateral margin slightly convex with curvature distal to mid-length (not sinuous), distolateral spine small, reaching convex distal margin of blade.
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Mouthparts not dissected, appearing quite typical for 
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. Maxilliped 2 with podobranch.
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Maxilliped 3 (
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) elongate, total length of endopod approximately 1.5 times of carapace length, overreaching distal end of antennal carpocerite by 0.8 length of ultimate article. Coxal lateral plate conspicuous, bearing strap-like epipod. Antepenultimate article strongly compressed laterally; dorsal margin slightly uneven, forming distinct keel delimited laterally for proximal 0.8 length of article, distodorsal margin produced; ventral margin broadly convex in lateral view, forming narrow, flat face flanked by sharply delimited margins. Penultimate article about half-length of ultimate article; lateral surface with short longitudinal row of setae on distal half, aligned with setal rows on ultimate article; mesial surface almost glabrous. Ultimate article slightly tapering distally to obliquely truncate apex bearing cluster of 3 spiniform setae; dorsal surface with 5 evenly spaced, transverse rows of long spiniform setae and/or short to long setae, number of spiniform setae decreasing from most-distal to most-proximal, as following: 
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distal-most row, 
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second, 
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third, none in fourth and fifth; lateral surface with row of numerous, moderately long setae adjacent to dorsal margin; mesial surface with numerous stiff setae composing grooming apparatus.
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Pereopods 1 (chelipeds) strongly asymmetrical, left larger (in 
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). Left major cheliped of type I (
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, 
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), very stout. Ischium unarmed, medially constricted. Merus stout, somewhat thickened in central portion, margins generally smooth, not rugose; dorsal margin rounded, with slight concavity proximally; lateral surface gently convex, distoventral angle produced into prominent rounded process; mesial surface nearly flat, with short row of minute setae adjacent to slightly sinuous ventromesial margin; ventrolateral margin sinuous; space between ventrolateral and ventromesial margin forming concave facet. Carpus short, robust, cup-shaped, subdistally with deep transverse groove on extensor surface. Chela subequal in length to carapace, somewhat compressed laterally; palm subrectangular in lateral view, 1.4 times as long as wide; dorsal surface rounded, slightly convex in lateral view, bearing row of moderately short setae on distal half; lateral surface gently convex, almost glabrous, distolateral margin articulating with dactylus divided into 3 lobes by deep notches; mesial surface gently convex, almost glabrous, except for submarginal row of setae extending along distomesial margin to occlusal margin of fixed finger; lower surface rounded, noticeably sinuous in lateral view. Fingers not gaping when closed. Fixed finger (pollex) short, robust, slightly deflexed, terminating in subacute tip; occlusal margin bearing 3 blunt triangular teeth in proximal half and slightly sinuous in distal half. Dactylus robust, about 0.6 times as long as palm; dorsal margin rounded, with row of moderately short setae; lateral surface almost glabrous; mesial surface with row of tufts of moderately short setae adjacent to dorsal margin; occlusal margin generally slightly sinuous, proximally with small shallow concavity; tips of fingers crossing.
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Minor cheliped (
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C–F) moderately stout, laterally compressed, chela much more slender compared to major cheliped. Ischium short, stout, distinctly constricted proximally, without conspicuous spiniform setae. Merus about twice as long as wide; dorsal margin rounded, slightly convex in lateral view; lateral and mesial surfaces almost glabrous, except for short, obliquely transverse rows of minute setae on mesial surface adjacent to ventromesial margin; ventrolateral and ventromesial margins clearly delimited, gently convex in lateral view, former with rounded distolateral lobe; ventral surface forming narrow facet. Carpus widened distally, cup-shaped, about twice as long as wide; extensor margin slightly depressed subdistally, with scattered setae extending onto mesial face; mesial face with grooming apparatus composed of shallow concavity and 2 short transverse rows of short stiff setae on distal flexor part. Chela 0.6 times as long as carapace, somewhat compressed dorsoventrally; palm subrectangular in lateral view, 1.6 times as long as wide; dorsal margin rounded, non-carinate, gently convex in outline, with row of moderately long setae over entire length; outer and inner surfaces gently convex, almost glabrous; lower margin also non-carinate, slightly convex in outline, with row of long setae extending onto pollex; pollex slightly deflexed, terminating in curved, acute tip, occlusal margin without conspicuous teeth. Dactylus moderately slender, subequal in length to palm, slightly arcuate, terminating in curved, acute tip; dorsal margin rounded, with row of moderately short setae aligned with setal row on palm; occlusal margin without conspicuous tooth; fingers not gaping; finger tips crossing.
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Pereopod 2 (
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) slender, elongated, reaching beyond tip of maxilliped 3 when fully extended. Merus 1.1 times as long as ischium. Carpus 1.2 times as long as merus, subdivided into 5 sub-articles, their ratio from proximal to distal approximately equal to 1: 5.5: 3.1: 1.9: 2.4; chela subequal in length to distalmost carpal sub-article.
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Pereopod 3 (
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) robust, laterally compressed; coxa with gonopore mesially, circumscribed by sparse setae; ischium armed with 1 ventral spiniform seta; merus unarmed, both dorsal and ventral margins gently convex; carpus without flexor distal spiniform seta; propodus slightly longer than carpus, with row of long setae, without spiniform setae; dactylus robust, flattened, subspatulate, slightly curved, approximately half-length of propodus, with acute tip. Pereopod 4 (
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) generally similar to pereopod 3, shorter; propodus subequal in length to carpus; dactylus less than half-length of propodus. Pereopod 5 (
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D523EA5BFC9463FCCA0725FC" box="[787,876,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1876,1900]" captionTargetBox="[197,1340,190,1821]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[186,1352,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005), left thoracic appendages. A, maxilliped 3, lateral view; B, same, ultimate article, dorsal (extensor) view; C, pereopod 2, lateral view; D, pereopod 3, lateral view; E, same, dactylus, dorsal (extensor) view; F, pereopod 4, lateral view; G, pereopod 5 (propodus and dactylus missing), lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397711/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="309">Fig. 4G</figureCitation>
) damaged, right one missing, ischium and merus preserved in left one; ischium-merus distinctly shorter than those of pereopods 3 and 4, slightly curved upwards; ischium unarmed.
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Pleopod 1 (
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) with small, lance-shaped endopod (about 0.2 length of exopod), with sparse marginal setae; exopod shorter than protopod; protopod with tuft of ovigerous setae at distomesial angle. Other pleopods missing.
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Uropod distinctly exceeding telson (
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); endopod falling slightly short of exopod; exopod with 2 obtuse convexities on diaeresis, posterolateral corner weakly produced, blunt, with short spiniform seta adjacent and mesial to it.
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<paragraph id="5C580A36D523EA5BFF4060DCC89B2744" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,789]" pageId="4" pageNumber="309">
Gill formula typical for 
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: pleurobranchs on thoracic somites 4–8 (above bases of pereopods 1–5); 1 arthrobranch above base of maxilliped 3; strap-like epipods on maxilliped 3 and pereopods 1–4, corresponding setobranchs on pereopods 1–5.
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D523EA5BFF1064F2C87922E4" bold="true" box="[151,274,1693,1717]" pageId="4" pageNumber="309">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D523EA5BFE9F64F2C8DD22E4" box="[280,438,1693,1717]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="309">Automate awaji</emphasis>
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, paratype, sex unknown (cl 5.2 mm; CBM-ZC 16007), colouration in life, dorsal view. Photo by T. Tamego.
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Note on 
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.
</emphasis>
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generally similar to 
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. Number of transverse rows of setae + spiniform setae on ultimate article of maxilliped 3 varying from 4 to 5. One of three 
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with both chelipeds intact, major cheliped corresponding to type II (
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A–D). Ischium unarmed, medially constricted. Merus moderately stout, slightly thickened in central portion, margins generally smooth; dorsal margin almost straight; lateral surface gently convex, distoventral angle produced into rounded process; mesial surface nearly flat, with short rows of minute setae adjacent to gently convex ventromesial margin; ventrolateral margin sinuous; space between ventrolateral and ventromesial margin forming concave facet. Carpus short, robust, cup-shaped, subdistally with deep transverse groove on extensor surface; ventrolateral distal angle somewhat produced into triangular lobe. Chela shorter than carapace, somewhat compressed laterally, rotated about 30° counterclockwise from perpendicular at articulation to carpus; palm subrectangular in lateral view, 1.6 times as long as wide; upper surface rounded, slightly convex in lateral view, bearing row of moderately long setae over entire length; outer surface gently convex, almost glabrous, distolateral margin articulating to dactylus divided into 3 unequal lobes; inner surface also gently convex, almost glabrous; lower surface rounded, gently sinuous in lateral view; pollex moderately long and slender, slightly deflexed, terminating in acute tip, occlusal margin only faintly dentate, without conspicuous tooth. Dactylus moderately slender, about 0.7 times as long as palm, gently curved; upper margin rounded, with row of moderately long setae; lateral surface almost glabrous; mesial surface with row of tufts of moderately short setae adjacent to upper margin; occlusal margin without conspicuous teeth or concavity; tips of fingers crossing. No hiatus between fingers when fully closed.
</paragraph>
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Pereopod 5 (
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E–G) shorter than pereopods 3 and 4. Ischium unarmed. Merus slightly upcurved. Propodus 1.3 times as long as carpus, with grooming apparatus consisting of closely spaced transverse rows of stiff setae, increasing in length distally, in distal half of flexor margin; flexor distal margin without spiniform seta. Dactylus flattened, sickle-shaped, terminating in basally demarcated unguis, about 0.4 times as long as propodus; extensor margin bearing row of short setae in distal half.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFF4060B9C8F926A1" bold="true" box="[199,402,726,752]" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Coloration in life</emphasis>
. 
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(
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): Body generally semitransparent, yellowish; carapace with small red dots in pairs on anterolateral angles, anterior part of gastric region, at about mid-length of flanks and cardiac region; major cheliped fingers and merus ivory-white, occlusal margins of fingers brownish; other appendages semitransparent; cornea dark gray with scattered white dots; ovary and hepatopancreas visible as yellow masses inside of cephalothorax; eggs yellow.
</paragraph>
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(
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): Body and appendages generally whitish transparent; stomach light brown; hepatopancreas visible as white mass; otherwise similar to 
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="14FD59BDD522EA5AFF4061BDCBB8215C" pageId="5" pageNumber="310" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="5C580A36D522EA5AFF4061BDCC6427BC" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1941]" box="[199,1295,978,1005]" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFF4061BDC83227BD" bold="true" box="[199,345,978,1004]" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Distribution</emphasis>
. Presently known only from Awaji Island, eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, 
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5C580A36D522EA5AFF406199CBB8215C" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFF406199C8112040" bold="true" box="[199,378,1014,1041]" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Biological note</emphasis>
. The specimens of the new species were collected at depth of 
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on a muddy sand flat, with sparse clusters of sea grass, 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFD976674CBD42065" box="[528,703,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Zostera marina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFD7F6674CADF2064" box="[760,948,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Halophila ovalis</emphasis>
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, and scattered burrow openings, indicating the presence of a rich infauna. Noteworthy, an undescribed species of the laomediid mud shrimp genus 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFAAE6650CCF72008" box="[1321,1436,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Axianassa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(Komai 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFE1E660CC8A1202C" box="[409,458,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">et al</emphasis>
., in preparation) was collected at the same locality as 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFBAC660CCDE3202D" box="[1067,1160,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
Most members of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFF1066E8C86120F0" box="[151,266,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Axianassa</emphasis>
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are known to burrow deep in soft sediments (e.g. 
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Kensley &amp; 
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1990
</bibRefCitation>
; 
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). It has been suggested that species of the 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFDC666C4CA422095" box="[577,809,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Automate evermanni</emphasis>
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group probably live “commensally” in burrows of other animals, including callianassids and laomediids, although it remains to be confirmed (e.g. 
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; 
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Anker 
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. 2015
</bibRefCitation>
; 
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="14FD59BDD522EA51FF406778CDBE21B4" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="319" pageId="5" pageNumber="310" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFF406778C85F2160" bold="true" box="[199,308,1303,1329]" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Remarks</emphasis>
. Of the four specimens examined, only the 
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and one of the 
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possess both of their chelipeds. The 
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, which carries a very stout major cheliped of type I (
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D522EA5AFC6F6754CD0B2104" box="[1000,1120,1338,1365]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[191,1397,193,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[178,1410,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, left major cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, right minor cheliped, lateral view; D, same, mesial view; E, same, chela, lateral view (setae omitted); F, same, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397715" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397715/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">Fig. 5A, B</figureCitation>
), is an ovigerous female and the largest specimen of the type series. One of the three 
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has both chelipeds, of which the major one could be attributed to type II (
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A–D). In the three 
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, gonopores are absent on the coxae of pereopods 3 and 5; therefore, the sex of these specimens could not be determined. The polymorphism of the major cheliped is clearly not related to the sex of the individuals, but more likely to the growth change, as shown for 
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. cf. 
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by 
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. 
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also identified the sex of their specimens of 
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with the type I major cheliped as females (illustrated specimens include the 
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and one of the 
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), although they did not specifically comment on the major cheliped polymorphism in their species.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFE006434C8A12224" bold="true" box="[391,458,1627,1653]" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">
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</emphasis>
is referred to the 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D522EA5AFD226434CA542225" box="[677,831,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="310">A. evermanni</emphasis>
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species group on account of the following features (
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): (1) rostrum not concealing most part of eye-stalks, very short, triangular, not reaching to level of lateral margins of frontal concavity; (2) eyestalks parallel and mesially juxtaposed; (3) ventromesial carina on article 1 of antennular peduncle unarmed; (4) stylocerite not reaching distal margin of article 1 of antennular peduncle; (5) scaphocerite somewhat reduced, not reaching distal margin of article 2 of antennular peduncle; (6) maxilliped 2 with podobranch; (7) major chela more or less rounded in general outline, with ventral margin more or less constricted; (8) propodus of third pereopod without spiniform setae, however, with long stiff setae; (9) dactyli of pereopods 3 and 4 subspatulate; (10) uropodal endopod only slightly exceeding exopod; (11) diaeresis of uropodal exopod devoid of acute teeth laterally.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D521EA59FF106545C87E2313" bold="true" box="[151,277,1834,1858]" pageId="6" pageNumber="311">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D521EA59FE9A6545C8D52313" box="[285,446,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="311">Automate awaji</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, carapace and cephalic appendages, lateral view; B, anterior part of carapace and cephalic appendages, dorsal view (right carpocerite missing; antennular flagella omitted); C, pleon, lateral view (pleomeres 5 and 6 somewhat deformed due to preservation); D, telson, dorsal view; E, posterior margin of telson, dorsal view; F, anterior part of basicerite, ventrolateral view; G, left antennal scaphocerite, dorsal view (setae omitted); H, left pleopod 1, posterior view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="5C580A36D520EA58FF10653BC87F2389" blockId="7.[151,1436,1876,2008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D520EA58FF10653BC87E233D" bold="true" box="[151,277,1876,1900]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005), left thoracic appendages. A, maxilliped 3, lateral view; B, same, ultimate article, dorsal (extensor) view; C, pereopod 2, lateral view; D, pereopod 3, lateral view; E, same, dactylus, dorsal (extensor) view; F, pereopod 4, lateral view; G, pereopod 5 (propodus and dactylus missing), lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52FEA57FF1065F8C87F23E1" bold="true" box="[151,276,1943,1968]" pageId="8" pageNumber="313">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52FEA57FE9B65F7C8D623FE" box="[284,445,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="313">Automate awaji</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, left major cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, right minor cheliped, lateral view; D, same, mesial view; E, same, chela, lateral view (setae omitted); F, same, mesial view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="5C580A36D52EEA56FF106570C9A523F5" blockId="9.[151,1436,1823,1956]" pageId="9" pageNumber="314">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52EEA56FF106570C8782366" bold="true" box="[151,275,1823,1847]" pageId="9" pageNumber="314">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52EEA56FE9D654FC8D12366" box="[282,442,1824,1847]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="314">Automate awaji</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, paratype, sex unknown (cl 5.3 mm; CBM-ZC 16008). A, left major cheliped, lateral view; B, same, ischium, merus and carpus, mesial view; C, same, chela, outer view; D, same, mesial view; E, left pereopod 5, lateral view; F, same, propodus and dactylus, ventral (flexor) view; G, same, distal part of propodus and dactylus, dorsal (extensor) view.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5C580A36D52DEA55FF4062F8CB4525A4" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2014]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FF4062F8C8A624E0" author="Anker, A. &amp; Komai, T." box="[199,461,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="1895 - 1914" refId="ref9708" refString="Anker, A. &amp; Komai, T. (2004) Descriptions of two new species of alpheid shrimps from Japan and Australia, with notes on taxonomy of Automate De Man, Coronalpheus Wicksten and Bermudacaris Anker and Iliffe (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Journal of Natural History, 38, 1895 - 1914. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 0022293031000156312" type="journal article" year="2004">Anker &amp; Komai (2004)</bibRefCitation>
referred five species to this group, viz., 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC0B62F8CD2324E0" box="[908,1096,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FBD262F8CD9F24E0" box="[1109,1268,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FA8662F8CCFE24E1" box="[1281,1429,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FF1062D4C8482484" box="[151,291,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FEDB62D4C8A02485" box="[348,459,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. rugosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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referred their new species 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC7362D4CD872484" box="[1012,1260,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FAA162D4CCF62485" box="[1318,1437,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. spinosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
to the 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FE4F62B0CB0B24A9" box="[456,608,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FD3B62B0CAE524A8" box="[700,910,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">Automate isabelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was compared with 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB0662B0CD9B24A9" box="[1153,1264,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. rugosa</emphasis>
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in the original description, although 
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claimed the distinctiveness of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC48636CCD20254C" box="[975,1099,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. isabelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB04636CCD9A254D" box="[1155,1265,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. rugosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In spite of the original assignment, 
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clearly belongs to the 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FD7A6348CAD42510" box="[765,959,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. dolichognatha</emphasis>
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species group, because the propodi of the pereopods 3 and 4 bear stout spiniform setae on the flexor margins (
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: fig. 4I–K). Indeed, 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FADD6324C9A725D9" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. rugosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FE836300C8EA25D8" box="[260,385,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. isabelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are quite distinctive in the dorsally and ventrally tuberculate major cheliped palm (
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; 
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), and thus it is not necessary to make detailed comparison with the new species. Potential diagnostic features differentiating the new species and the other five species in the 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FBAF63D8CDD72581" box="[1064,1212,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group are discussed below (also summarised in 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5C580A36D52DEA55FF406390CAA527BC" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2014]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">
(1) 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FF776390CB6A2648" box="[240,513,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">Automate anacanthopus</emphasis>
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was originally described on the basis of two specimens from 
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. None of them was intact and both were missing their major chelipeds (de 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FCE3604CCAB3266C" author="Man, J. G. de" box="[868,984,547,573]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="287 - 319" refId="ref11575" refString="Man, J. G. de (1910) Diagnoses of new species of macrurous decapod Crustacea from the &quot; Siboga-Expedition &quot;, V. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, 11, 287 - 319." type="journal article" year="1910">Man 1910</bibRefCitation>
, 1911). Since de 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FB13604CCC73266C" author="Man, J. G. de" box="[1172,1304,547,573]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="53 - 167" refId="ref11613" refString="Man, J. G. de (1911) The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition, Part II. Family Alpheidae. Siboga Expeditie Monographie, 39 a 1, 53 - 167. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10512" type="journal article" year="1911">Man (1911)</bibRefCitation>
, the species has been recorded from several Indo-West Pacific localities, including 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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and 
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(
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FCD96004CD0726D4" author="Banner, A. H. &amp; Banner, D. M." box="[862,1132,619,645]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="1 - 164" refId="ref9845" refString="Banner, A. H. &amp; Banner, D. M. (1983) An annotated checklist of the alpheid shrimp from the western Indian Ocean. Travaux et Documents de l'ORSTOM, 158, 1 - 164." type="journal article" year="1983">Banner &amp; Banner 1983</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FBFD6004CC6A26D4" author="Bruce, A. J." box="[1146,1281,619,645]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="611 - 648" refId="ref9932" refString="Bruce, A. J. (1990) Additions to the marine shrimp fauna of Hong Kong. In: Morton, B. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1986. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 611 - 648." type="book chapter" year="1990">Bruce 1990</bibRefCitation>
; 
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; 
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Anker 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FF6460E0C87126F8" box="[227,282,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">et al.</emphasis>
2015
</bibRefCitation>
; 
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). 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FD0C60E0CA5226F8" author="Ledoyer, M." box="[651,825,655,681]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="121 - 157" refId="ref11462" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1970) Etude systematique et remarques ecologiques sur les Caridae recueillis principalement dans les biotopes de substrat meuble regions de Tulear et de Nosy-Be. Annales de l'Universite de Madagascar, Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques, 7, 121 - 157." type="journal article" year="1970">Ledoyer (1970)</bibRefCitation>
and 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FCE960E0CD6A26F8" author="Bruce, A. J." box="[878,1025,655,681]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="611 - 648" refId="ref9932" refString="Bruce, A. J. (1990) Additions to the marine shrimp fauna of Hong Kong. In: Morton, B. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1986. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 611 - 648." type="book chapter" year="1990">Bruce (1990)</bibRefCitation>
published figures of specimens from 
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and 
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, respectively, whereas 
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Anker 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FCB460DCCA06269C" box="[819,877,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">et al.</emphasis>
(2015)
</bibRefCitation>
and 
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published colour photographs of living specimens. 
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: fig. 46) provided illustrations of chelipeds of three different specimens identified as 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FE256094CB362744" box="[418,605,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FCB46094CA2F2744" box="[819,836,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A</emphasis>
. cf. 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FCF36094CD7A2744" box="[884,1041,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">anacanthopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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and 
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). The author also noted that the identity of the specimens reported by 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FC326170CD272768" author="Bruce, A. J." box="[949,1100,799,825]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="611 - 648" refId="ref9932" refString="Bruce, A. J. (1990) Additions to the marine shrimp fauna of Hong Kong. In: Morton, B. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1986. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 611 - 648." type="book chapter" year="1990">Bruce (1990)</bibRefCitation>
was questionable because of substantial differences in the cheliped morphology between them and 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FC3F612CCD16270C" author="Ledoyer, M." box="[952,1149,835,861]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="121 - 157" refId="ref11462" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1970) Etude systematique et remarques ecologiques sur les Caridae recueillis principalement dans les biotopes de substrat meuble regions de Tulear et de Nosy-Be. Annales de l'Universite de Madagascar, Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques, 7, 121 - 157." type="journal article" year="1970">Ledoyer’s (1970)</bibRefCitation>
specimens. 
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believed that the specimens reported by 
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might represent 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FBAF6108CC4B27D0" box="[1064,1312,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, a more thorough comparison showed that 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FDF261E4CA5227F4" author="Ledoyer, M." box="[629,825,907,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="121 - 157" refId="ref11462" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1970) Etude systematique et remarques ecologiques sur les Caridae recueillis principalement dans les biotopes de substrat meuble regions de Tulear et de Nosy-Be. Annales de l'Universite de Madagascar, Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques, 7, 121 - 157." type="journal article" year="1970">Ledoyer’s (1970)</bibRefCitation>
material differs from that of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB0161E4CC1527F4" box="[1158,1406,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in some features, as discussed below. For all the reasons, the comparison between 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB8C61C0CD0C2799" box="[1035,1127,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB6661C0CCF72798" box="[1249,1436,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
must be based solely on de 
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description of the 
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material.
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The new species can be readily distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC826198CAAA2040" box="[773,961,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
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by the shape of the antennal scaphocerite: in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FF336674C8792065" box="[180,274,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, the distolateral spine of the scaphocerite is very small, only reaching as far as the rounded distal margin of the blade (
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); in contrast, in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FD1D6650CA3C2008" box="[666,855,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
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, the distolateral spine is very slender and elongate, extending far beyond the obliquely truncate distal blade (de 
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: pl. 1, fig. 3). The cornea is comparatively small and located in the distolateral position of the eyestalk in the new species (
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), whereas it is comparatively larger and located in the more subterminal and median position of the eyestalk in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB9F66C4CDB82094" box="[1048,1235,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. de 
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: pl. 1, fig. 3). The ischium of the minor cheliped is unarmed in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FCDA66A0CAD020B9" box="[861,955,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(
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), whereas armed with a long spiniform seta on the dorsal margin in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FD06669CCA56215C" box="[641,829,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. de 
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: pl. 1, fig. 3b).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5C580A36D52DEA55FF406778CDE823C4" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2014]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">
(2) 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FF776778CB502160" box="[240,571,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">Automate anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
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was originally described on the basis of 
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, including the ovigerous female 
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, from Beibu Gulf in the South 
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Sea. Comparison with the original description by 
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reveals a series of differences between the two species. The lateral margin of the antennal scaphocerite is slightly convex in distal to the mid-length in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FD2F67ECCA6E21CD" box="[680,773,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(
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), rather than slightly concave in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FAA667ECC8762190" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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: fig. 1B); its distolateral tooth is very short and reaches as far as the rounded distal blade in the new species (
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), whereas it is long and distinctly overreaches the blade in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB2267A4CCF721B4" box="[1189,1436,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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: figs. 1B, 2K, O). The cornea is relatively smaller in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC446780CD4B2259" box="[963,1056,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FBA06780CD0D2258" bold="true" box="[1063,1126,1519,1545]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD52DEA55FBA06780CD0D2258" box="[1063,1126,1519,1545]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
than in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB466780C9D7227C" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D52DEA55FF4A647CC848227C" box="[205,291,1555,1581]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1834,1858]" captionTargetBox="[212,1340,191,1775]" captionTargetId="figure-23@6.[200,1347,181,1785]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, carapace and cephalic appendages, lateral view; B, anterior part of carapace and cephalic appendages, dorsal view (right carpocerite missing; antennular flagella omitted); C, pleon, lateral view (pleomeres 5 and 6 somewhat deformed due to preservation); D, telson, dorsal view; E, posterior margin of telson, dorsal view; F, anterior part of basicerite, ventrolateral view; G, left antennal scaphocerite, dorsal view (setae omitted); H, left pleopod 1, posterior view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397709" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397709/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FEAC647CC818227D" box="[299,371,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">versus</emphasis>
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: figs. 1B, 2K, O). The cheliped ischia are unarmed in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB3F647CCC7D227D" box="[1208,1302,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FA99647CCC35227C" bold="true" box="[1310,1374,1555,1581]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD52DEA55FA99647CCC35227C" box="[1310,1374,1555,1581]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D52DEA55FAE8647CC9CF2200" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[191,1397,193,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[178,1410,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, left major cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, right minor cheliped, lateral view; D, same, mesial view; E, same, chela, lateral view (setae omitted); F, same, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397715" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397715/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
A–D, 6A, B), in contrast, bearing a semicircular row of minute spiniform setae on the mesial face and one strong spiniform seta on the dorsal margin in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FDC56434CA532224" box="[578,824,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, (
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: fig. 1C, E). Within 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB7C6434CC0D2224" box="[1275,1382,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">Automate</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, this characteristic armature of the cheliped ischia seems to be unique to 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC0B6410CDE822C8" box="[908,1155,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The major chela of type I is less stout in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FECB64CCC8C222ED" box="[332,425,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FE3764CCC88522EC" bold="true" box="[432,494,1699,1725]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">
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</emphasis>
than in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FDCE64CCCA2B22EC" box="[585,832,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC7664CCCD5222ED" box="[1009,1081,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">versus</emphasis>
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: figs. 1C, D, 2P); the ventral margin of the palm is evenly sinuous, entirely smooth in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FC5E64A8CD5C22B1" box="[985,1079,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FBB864A8CD1422B0" bold="true" box="[1087,1151,1735,1761]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">
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</emphasis>
(
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), rather than rugose distal to a deep notch at the base of the fixed finger in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FCDC6484CD3F2354" box="[859,1108,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: figs. 1C, D, 2P); the mesial surface of the palm is almost glabrous except for a submarginal row of setae adjacent to the dactylar articulation in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FE1D655CC89D231D" box="[410,502,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(
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), whilst being covered with numerous long setae in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FB65655CC9B62320" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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: figs. 1C, 2P); the chela fingers do not gape, when closed, in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FBED6538CDAC2321" box="[1130,1223,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. awaji</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
(
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) 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FF106514C9B423C5" box="[151,223,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">versus</emphasis>
leaving a wide gape in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FE6E6514CB8B23C4" box="[489,736,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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: figs. 1C, D, 2P).
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FF4065F0C8CC23E8" author="Wang, Y. - R. &amp; Sha, Z. - L." box="[199,423,1951,1977]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="30 - 42" refId="ref12235" refString="Wang, Y. - R. &amp; Sha, Z. - L. (2017) Description of two new species of the genus Automate De Man, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa, 4238 (1), 30 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4238.1.2" type="journal article" year="2017">Wang &amp; Sha (2017)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that the specimens reported by 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FCF865F0CD4523E8" author="Ledoyer, M." box="[895,1070,1951,1977]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" pagination="121 - 157" refId="ref11462" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1970) Etude systematique et remarques ecologiques sur les Caridae recueillis principalement dans les biotopes de substrat meuble regions de Tulear et de Nosy-Be. Annales de l'Universite de Madagascar, Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques, 7, 121 - 157." type="journal article" year="1970">Ledoyer (1970)</bibRefCitation>
as 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FBD465F0CC6423E8" box="[1107,1295,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
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could represent 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52DEA55FE1265ACCBE0238C" box="[405,651,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="315">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52DEA55FD1165ACCA43238C" author="Anker, A." box="[662,808,1987,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="315" refId="ref9628" refString="Anker, A. (2001) Taxonomie et evolution des Alpheidae (Crustacea, Decapoda). 2 Vols. Ph. D. dissertation. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 547 + 331 pp." type="book" year="2001">Anker (2001</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 46e, f) also illustrated a major cheliped of one of the specimens reported by 
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. Some differences can be observed between the 
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and the South 
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Sea specimens, at least based on the illustrations provided by 
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, 
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and 
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. The distal blade of the specimen from 
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was illustrated as obliquely truncate by 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB6862B0CCF324A8" author="Ledoyer, M." box="[1263,1432,223,249]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="121 - 157" refId="ref11462" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1970) Etude systematique et remarques ecologiques sur les Caridae recueillis principalement dans les biotopes de substrat meuble regions de Tulear et de Nosy-Be. Annales de l'Universite de Madagascar, Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques, 7, 121 - 157." type="journal article" year="1970">Ledoyer (1970</bibRefCitation>
: pl. 17, fig. a, b A2) and as rounded in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FDC7636CCA5C254C" box="[576,823,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by 
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: fig. 1B); the mesial face of the ischium of at least the major cheliped is unarmed in the specimens from 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FBE36348CC6C2510" author="Ledoyer, M." box="[1124,1287,295,321]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="121 - 157" refId="ref11462" refString="Ledoyer, M. (1970) Etude systematique et remarques ecologiques sur les Caridae recueillis principalement dans les biotopes de substrat meuble regions de Tulear et de Nosy-Be. Annales de l'Universite de Madagascar, Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques, 7, 121 - 157." type="journal article" year="1970">Ledoyer 1970</bibRefCitation>
: pl. 17, fig. a P1G) 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF5D6324C8492535" box="[218,290,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">versus</emphasis>
bearing a subcircular row of minute spiniform setae on both cheliped ischia in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FB236324CCF72534" box="[1188,1436,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 1C, E). It is likely that the specimens from 
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might represent a species other than 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF4A63FCC8A825FC" box="[205,451,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
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, but careful reexamination of the voucher material would be necessary to fully assess the taxonomic identity of the 
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specimens.
</paragraph>
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(3) 
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was originally described on the basis of 
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from the Mediterranean coast of 
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, with a female from Gaza designated as 
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(
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). Since the original description, 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF55604CC819266C" box="[210,370,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been reported from almost the entire Mediterranean Sea (e.g. 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FBE6604CCD9E266C" author="Froglia, C." box="[1121,1269,546,573]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="308 - 309" refId="ref10880" refString="Froglia, C. (1975) The occurrence of Automate branchialis Holthuis &amp; Gottlieb (Decapoda, Alpheidae) in the Adriatic Sea. Crustaceana, 29, 308 - 309. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854075 X 00397" type="journal article" year="1975">Froglia 1975</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FA85604BCCFC266C" author="Stevcic, Z." box="[1282,1431,547,575]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="127 - 128" refId="ref12193" refString="Stevcic, Z. (1979) Contribution a la connaissance des crustaces decapodes de Malta. Rapports et Proces-Verbaux des Reunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranee, 25 / 26, 127 - 128." type="journal article" year="1979">Števčić 1979</bibRefCitation>
; Koukouras 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE9F6028C8242630" box="[280,335,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
1993; Kocataş &amp; Katagan 2003; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FD3A6028CA022630" author="Box, A. &amp; Guerao, G. &amp; Abello, P. &amp; Deudero, S." box="[701,873,583,609]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="495 - 501" refId="ref10002" refString="Box, A., Guerao, G., Abello, P. &amp; Deudero, S. (2007) Occurrence of Automate branchialis Holthuis &amp; Gottlieb, 1958 (Decapoda, Alpheidae) in the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean Sea). Crustaceana, 80, 495 - 501. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854007780441000" type="journal article" year="2007">
Box 
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2007
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FCF46028CD122630" author="Garcia Raso, E. &amp; Munoz, V. C. &amp; Garcia Munoz, J. E." box="[883,1145,583,609]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="29" refId="ref10991" refString="Garcia Raso, E., Munoz, V. C. &amp; Garcia Munoz, J. E. (2010) Additional records of two rare crustaceans from southern Spain (Western Mediterranean Sea): Platysquilla eusebia (Stomatopoda) and Automate branchialis (Decapoda). Marine Biodiversity Records, 3, e 29, 1 - 3. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267209990431" type="journal article" year="2010">
García Raso 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FB866028CD532630" box="[1025,1080,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
2010
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, 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB4F6028CCFF2630" author="Grimes, S &amp; Bakalem, A. &amp; Dauvin, J. C." box="[1224,1428,583,609]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="384 - 395" refId="ref10481" refString="Grimes, S, Bakalem, A. &amp; Dauvin, J. C. (2016) Annotated checklist of marine Algerian crustacean decapods. Mediterranean Marine Science, 17 (2), 384 - 395. https: // doi. org / 10.12681 / mms. 1420" type="journal article" year="2016">
Grimes 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FAA76028CC3B2630" box="[1312,1360,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al</emphasis>
. 2016
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FF106004C80D26D4" author="Cesena, F. &amp; Geiselbrecht, H. &amp; Hess, M. &amp; Landmann, S. &amp; Lehmann, T. &amp; Mavric, B. &amp; Melzer, R. R. &amp; Meyer, R. &amp; Pfannkuchen, M. &amp; Bursic, M." box="[151,358,619,645]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="36" refId="ref10066" refString="Cesena, F., Geiselbrecht, H., Hess, M., Landmann, S., Lehmann, T., Mavric, B., Melzer, R. R., Meyer, R., Pfannkuchen, M. &amp; Bursic, M. (2017) First record of the snapping shrimp, Automate branchialis Holthuis &amp; Gottlieb, 1958 for Croatian waters (Decapoda, Alpheidae). Spixiana, 40 (1), 36." type="journal article" year="2017">
Ceseña 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF686004C84326D4" box="[239,296,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
2017
</bibRefCitation>
). In spite of many published records, however, only the original description by 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB626004C87126F8" author="Holthuis, L. B. &amp; Gottlieb, E." pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 126" refId="ref11220" refString="Holthuis, L. B. &amp; Gottlieb, E. (1958) An annotated list of the decapod Crustacea of the Mediterranean coast of Israel, with an appendix listing the Decapoda of the eastern Mediterranean. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, Section B, Zoology, 7, 1 - 126." type="journal article" year="1958">Holthuis &amp; Gottlieb (1958)</bibRefCitation>
provides a good basis for comparison with the new species. 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FC3A60E0CD0626F9" box="[957,1133,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">Automate awaji</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
can be distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF5360DCC818269C" box="[212,371,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by a series of morphological features. The cornea of the eye is smaller in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FB2060DCCC6F269D" box="[1191,1284,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FA8C60DCCC22269C" bold="true" box="[1291,1353,691,717]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">
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</emphasis>
than in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF1060B8C85D26A0" box="[151,310,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(the corneal width is much less than half of the eyestalk width in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FB8860B8CD0726A1" box="[1039,1132,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, rather than about half of it in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF336094C83F2744" box="[180,340,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (cf. 
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Fig. 3 
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and Holthuis &amp; Gottlieb 1958: fig. 5q). The antennal peduncle carpocerite distinctly overreaches the distal end of the antennular peduncle in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FC8F6170CA0E2769" box="[776,869,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(
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), rather than reaching or slightly overreaching it in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FEE0612CCB6C270C" box="[359,519,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 5b). The maxilliped 3 ultimate article bears a fine row of short setae on the lateral surface adjacent to the dorsal margin in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FC776108CD2627D1" box="[1008,1101,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(
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), while such a setal row is absent in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE0161E4CB4E27F4" box="[390,549,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 5h). The ischia of the chelipeds are unarmed in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF3461C0C8642799" box="[179,271,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE9261C0C8392798" bold="true" box="[277,338,943,969]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">
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</emphasis>
(
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A–D, 6A, B), but they are armed with one spiniform seta on each dorsal and ventral margin in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF3261BCC83F27BC" box="[181,340,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: figs. 5i, j, 6a). The merus of the type II major cheliped and minor cheliped is unarmed in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE266198C8942041" box="[417,511,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 
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A–D), while armed with two spiniform setae proximally on the ventral surface in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FEE66674CB6B2064" box="[353,512,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: figs. 5i, j). The fingers of the type I major cheliped are completely closed in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE2A6650CB612009" box="[429,522,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
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(
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), while they leave a wide gape in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FBD76650CD842008" box="[1104,1263,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
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; the dactylus is distinctly shorter than the palm in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FD9F660CCB1D202D" box="[536,630,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
(
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), rather than being subequal in the length to the palm in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF3366E8C83F20F0" box="[180,340,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 6a). The first carpal sub-article of the pereopod 2 is much less than half-length of the second sub-article in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FD0066C4CB8F2095" box="[647,740,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FD6B66C4CA402094" bold="true" box="[748,811,1195,1221]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD52CEA54FD6B66C4CA402094" box="[748,811,1195,1221]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D52CEA54FCBD66C4CAF92094" box="[826,914,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1876,1900]" captionTargetBox="[197,1340,190,1821]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[186,1352,181,1832]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005), left thoracic appendages. A, maxilliped 3, lateral view; B, same, ultimate article, dorsal (extensor) view; C, pereopod 2, lateral view; D, pereopod 3, lateral view; E, same, dactylus, dorsal (extensor) view; F, pereopod 4, lateral view; G, pereopod 5 (propodus and dactylus missing), lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397711" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397711/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
), while about half-length in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FB5766C4CC042094" box="[1232,1391,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 6b). The propodus of pereopod 5 bears only grooming setae on the flexor margin in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF10669CC99F215D" box="[151,244,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(
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), but is armed with a row of about seven spiniform setae on the flexor margin, in addition to grooming setae, in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE0C6778CB412160" box="[395,554,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 6d).
</paragraph>
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(4) 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF686754C8BC2105" box="[239,471,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">Automate evermanni</emphasis>
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was originally described on the basis of three specimens from 
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, 
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, which were determined as two males and a female, and additional material (number of specimens not specified) from 
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Harbor, also in 
<collectingCountry id="24F04AA6D52CEA54FE3A67ECCB2A21CC" box="[445,577,1411,1437]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FDC867ECCB9921CC" author="Rathbun, M. J." box="[591,754,1411,1437]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 127" refId="ref12033" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1901) The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 20 (2), 1 - 127, pls. 1 - 2. [for 1900]" type="journal article" year="1901">Rathbun 1901</bibRefCitation>
). Since the original description, the species has been reported from both western and eastern Atlantic (
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FDD667C8CB9F2190" author="Holthuis, L. B." box="[593,756,1446,1473]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 187" refId="ref11194" refString="Holthuis, L. B. (1951) The caridean Crustacea of tropical West Africa. Atlantide Report, 2, 1 - 187." type="journal article" year="1951">Holthuis 1951</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FD7867C8CD6C2190" author="Crosnier, A. &amp; Forest, J." box="[767,1031,1447,1473]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="199 - 314" refId="ref10532" refString="Crosnier, A. &amp; Forest, J. (1966) Crustaces Decapodes: Alpheidae. 27. Campagne de la Calypso dans le Golfe de Guinee et aux Iles Principe, Sao Tome et Annobon (1956), et Campagne aux Iles de Cap Vert (1959). Resultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la &quot; Calypso &quot; 7. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 44, 199 - 314." type="journal article" year="1966">Crosnier &amp; Forest 1966</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB9667C8CDD32190" author="Williams, A. B." box="[1041,1208,1447,1473]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" refId="ref12429" refString="Williams, A. B. (1984) Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., xviii + 550 pp." type="book" year="1984">Williams 1984</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB4667C8CCFC2190" author="Abele, L. G. &amp; Kim, W." box="[1217,1431,1447,1473]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 760" refId="ref9413" refString="Abele, L. G. &amp; Kim, W. (1986) An illustrated guide to the marine decapod crustaceans of Florida. State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation Technical Series, 8, 1 - 760." type="journal article" year="1986">Abele &amp; Kim 1986</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FF1067A4C8F521B4" author="Martinez-Iglesias, J. C." box="[151,414,1483,1509]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 37" refId="ref11662" refString="Martinez-Iglesias, J. C. (1986) Los crustaceos decapodos del Golfo de Batabano. Caridea y Penaeidea. Poeyana, 321, 1 - 37." type="journal article" year="1986">Martinez-Iglesias 1986</bibRefCitation>
; Blanco Rambla &amp; Linero Arana 1994; 
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Martinez-Iglesias 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FBAA67A4CD0D21B4" box="[1069,1126,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
1996
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB3267A4CCFC21B4" author="Christoffersen, M. L." box="[1205,1431,1483,1509]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="351 - 372" refId="ref10306" refString="Christoffersen, M. L. (1998) Malacostraca. Eucarida. Caridea. Crangonoidea and Alpheoidea (except Glyphocrangonidae and Crangonidae). In: Young, P. S. (Ed.), Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Serie Livros. No. 6. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, pp. 351 - 372." type="book chapter" year="1998">Christoffersen 1998</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FF106780C8A42258" author="Dworschak, P. C. &amp; Coelho, V. R." box="[151,463,1519,1545]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="475 - 488" refId="ref10716" refString="Dworschak, P. C. &amp; Coelho, V. R. (1999) On two alpheids from Araca (Sao Paulo, Brazil) with a description of a new species of Leptalpheus (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 101, 475 - 488." type="journal article" year="1999">Dworschak &amp; Coelho 1999</bibRefCitation>
; 
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Coelho 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FDB36780CB062258" box="[564,621,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
2006
</bibRefCitation>
; Souza 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FC8F6780CA2A2258" box="[776,833,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
2011; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FC096780CD1A2258" author="Almeida, A. O. &amp; Boehs, G. &amp; Araujo-Silva, C. L. &amp; Bezerra, L. E. A." box="[910,1137,1519,1545]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 35" refId="ref9454" refString="Almeida, A. O., Boehs, G., Araujo-Silva, C. L. &amp; Bezerra, L. E. A. (2012) Shallow-water caridean shrimps from southern Bahia, Brazil, including the first record of Synalpheus ul (Rios &amp; Duffy, 2007) (Alpheidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 3347, 1 - 35." type="journal article" year="2012">
Almeida 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FC716780CD442258" box="[1014,1071,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
, 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB436780CCFA2258" author="Felder, D. L. &amp; Alvarez, L. &amp; Goy, J. W. &amp; Lemaitre, R." box="[1220,1425,1519,1545]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="59" refId="ref10776" refString="Felder, D. L., Alvarez, L., Goy, J. W. &amp; Lemaitre, R. (2019) 59. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea. In: Tunnel, J. W. Jr., Felder, D. L. &amp; Earle, S. A. (Eds.), Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Texas A &amp; M University, Corpus Cristi, pp. 1019 - 1104." type="book chapter" year="2019">
Felder 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FA936780CC262258" box="[1300,1357,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">et al.</emphasis>
2019
</bibRefCitation>
). However, 
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noted that the identity of the Brazilian and West African specimens was uncertain and that they might represent different species. 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FDD26458CAEF2200" author="De Grave, S. &amp; Anker, A." box="[597,900,1591,1617]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="2017015" refId="ref10606" refString="De Grave, S. &amp; Anker, A. (2017) An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama. Nauplius, 25, e 2017015. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 2358 - 2936 e 2017015" type="journal article" year="2017">De Grave &amp; Anker (2017)</bibRefCitation>
also suggested that 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FBE86458CC6D2201" box="[1135,1286,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as currently diagnosed, represents a species complex. Therefore, the present comparison relies only on the original description of 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FF316410C80122C8" author="Rathbun, M. J." box="[182,362,1663,1689]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 127" refId="ref12033" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1901) The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 20 (2), 1 - 127, pls. 1 - 2. [for 1900]" type="journal article" year="1901">Rathbun (1901)</bibRefCitation>
, supplemented by 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FDBB6410CBA522C8" author="Chace, F. A. Jr." box="[572,718,1663,1689]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 179" refId="ref10202" refString="Chace, F. A. Jr. (1972) The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean expeditions with a summary of West Indian shallow water species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 98, 1 - 179. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.98" type="journal article" year="1972">Chace (1972</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FD5D6410CA7D22C8" author="Chace, F. A. Jr." box="[730,790,1663,1689]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 99" refId="ref10260" refString="Chace, F. A. Jr. (1988) The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907 - 1910. Part 5. Family Alpheidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 466, 1 - 99." type="journal article" year="1988">1988</bibRefCitation>
). In his key to the species of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FBD86410CDA122C8" box="[1119,1226,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">Automate</emphasis>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FB5E6410CCF722CB" author="Chace, F. A. Jr." box="[1241,1436,1663,1690]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 99" refId="ref10260" refString="Chace, F. A. Jr. (1988) The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907 - 1910. Part 5. Family Alpheidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 466, 1 - 99." type="journal article" year="1988">Chace (1988: 64)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
used the armature of the antennal basicerite in discriminating 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FCC964CCCA8622EC" box="[846,1005,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(basicerite armed with a minute distal tooth near the base of the scaphocerite) from 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FD1564A8CA4C22B1" box="[658,807,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="9BE771B5D52CEA54FCD964A8CAA022B1" authorityName="Coutiere" authorityYear="1902" box="[862,971,1735,1761]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Automate" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FCD964A8CAA022B1" box="[862,971,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. rugosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(basicerite unarmed distally). In 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FAB864A8CCF722B1" box="[1343,1436,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF106484C9BD2354" bold="true" box="[151,214,1771,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD52CEA54FF106484C9BD2354" box="[151,214,1771,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the basicerite is armed with a ventrolateral distal spine (
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), differing from 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FBE26484CD912355" box="[1125,1274,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. evermanni</emphasis>
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in this regard. The distolateral tooth of the antennal scaphocerite is short and does not overreach the distal margin of the blade in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF10655CC99E231D" box="[151,245,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF7B655CC850231C" bold="true" box="[252,315,1843,1869]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">
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</emphasis>
(
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), whereas it distinctly overreaches the distal blade in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FC78655CCDFF231D" box="[1023,1172,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 22a). 
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D52CEA54FF5F6538C8E22320" author="Rathbun, M. J." box="[216,393,1879,1905]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" pagination="1 - 127" refId="ref12033" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1901) The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 20 (2), 1 - 127, pls. 1 - 2. [for 1900]" type="journal article" year="1901">Rathbun (1901)</bibRefCitation>
mentioned the two forms of the major cheliped in the 
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material. With regard to the 
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I, 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FF286514C86623C5" box="[175,269,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE936514C83F23C4" bold="true" box="[276,340,1915,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD52CEA54FE936514C83F23C4" box="[276,340,1915,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="316" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA54FE6E6514CB1423C5" box="[489,639,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the more stout chela with a strongly produced dorsodistal margin at the base of the dactylus and the more strongly sinuous, unarmed ventral margin (cf. 
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and 
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: fig. 22b; Rathbun specifically noted that the ventral margin of the chela is granulated at about the mid-length in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52CEA51FA0365ACC86624E1" italics="true" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="319" pageId="11" pageNumber="316">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the fingers are completely closed in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FD4262F8CA4F24E1" box="[709,804,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD529EA51FCAB62F8CA0724E0" box="[812,876,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="319" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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), rather than gaping in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FA8162F8CCF724E1" box="[1286,1436,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="387677C7D529EA51FF1862D4C8102484" author="Rathbun, M. J." box="[159,379,187,213]" pageId="14" pageNumber="319" pagination="1 - 127" refId="ref12033" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1901) The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 20 (2), 1 - 127, pls. 1 - 2. [for 1900]" type="journal article" year="1901">Rathbun 1901: 112</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 22b); the carpus has a deep subdistal transverse groove on the dorsal surface in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FAB962D4CCF72485" box="[1342,1436,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FF1062B0C9BD24A8" bold="true" box="[151,214,223,249]" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">
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</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D529EA51FF6062B0C80A24A8" box="[231,353,222,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[191,1397,193,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[178,1410,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, left major cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, right minor cheliped, lateral view; D, same, mesial view; E, same, chela, lateral view (setae omitted); F, same, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397715" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397715/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">Fig. 5A, B</figureCitation>
), whereas such a groove is absent in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FC8362B0CAF124A9" box="[772,922,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(cf. 
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: fig. 22b); the merus has a prominent, rounded ventrodistal lateral projection and a strongly sinuous ventral margin in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FB0F636CCD8F254D" box="[1160,1252,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FB6D636CCC43254C" bold="true" box="[1258,1320,259,285]" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">
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</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="C4DC16B3D529EA51FAB1636CCCE5254C" box="[1334,1422,258,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[191,1397,193,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[178,1410,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Automate awaji n. sp., holotype, ovigerous female (cl 7.4 mm; CBM-ZC 16005). A, left major cheliped, lateral view; B, same, mesial view; C, right minor cheliped, lateral view; D, same, mesial view; E, same, chela, lateral view (setae omitted); F, same, mesial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397715" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4397715/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
), but in contrast, in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FEE46348C8932511" box="[355,504,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it does not have a prominent projection at the ventrolateral distal angle and with a gently convex ventral margin (
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: fig. 22b).
</paragraph>
<caption id="08985ABED52BEA53FF1063B1CC5A25A9" box="[151,1329,478,504]" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<paragraph id="5C580A36D52BEA53FF1063B1CC5A25A9" blockId="12.[151,1329,478,504]" box="[151,1329,478,504]" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52BEA53FF1063B1C86125A9" bold="true" box="[151,266,478,504]" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Comparison among six species of the 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52BEA53FD2063B1CAEE25A9" box="[679,901,478,504]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Automate evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, including 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D52BEA53FB1263B1CD8525A9" box="[1173,1262,478,504]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD52BEA53FB7263B1CC5A25A9" box="[1269,1329,478,504]" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5C580A36D52BEA53FF22606BCF9C2290" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<table id="2EE7F896D52B15A0FF22606BCE882290" box="[165,2019,516,1729]" gridcols="4" gridrows="31" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF22606BCE882671" box="[165,2019,516,544]" gridrow="0" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF22606BCB022671" box="[165,617,516,544]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Characters/species</th>
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E606BCD202671" box="[649,1099,516,544]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<taxonomicName id="9BE771B5D52BEA53FD0E6068CBB62671" authority="Komai &amp; Tamego &amp; Hanano, 2020" authorityName="Komai &amp; Tamego &amp; Hanano" authorityYear="2020" box="[649,733,519,544]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Automate" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="awaji" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52BEA53FD0E6068CBB62671" box="[649,733,519,544]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">A. awaji</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52BEA53FD636068CA762671" bold="true" box="[740,797,519,544]" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="75A06B5FD52BEA53FD636068CA762671" box="[740,797,519,544]" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE606BCF672671" box="[1129,1548,516,544]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<taxonomicName id="9BE771B5D52BEA53FBEE6068CC782671" authorityName="de Man" authorityYear="1910" box="[1129,1299,519,544]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Automate" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anacanthopus">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52BEA53FBEE6068CC782671" box="[1129,1299,519,544]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">A. anacanthopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD606BCE882671" box="[1578,2019,516,544]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<taxonomicName id="9BE771B5D52BEA53F9AD6068CE612671" authorityName="Wang &amp; Sha" authorityYear="2017" box="[1578,1802,519,544]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Automate" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anacanthopusoides">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52BEA53F9AD6068CE612671" box="[1578,1802,519,544]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">A. anacanthopusoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226043CE882618" box="[165,2019,556,585]" gridrow="1" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226043CB022618" box="[165,617,556,585]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Rostrum</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6043CD202618" box="[649,1099,556,585]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Present</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6043CF672618" box="[1129,1548,556,585]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Present</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6043CE882618" box="[1578,2019,556,585]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Present</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF22603BCE882620" box="[165,2019,596,625]" gridrow="2" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF22603BCB022620" box="[165,617,596,625]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Telson posterior margin</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E603BCD202620" box="[649,1099,596,625]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Armed with 2 pairs of spiniform setae</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE603BCF672620" box="[1129,1548,596,625]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Armed with 2 pairs of spiniform setae</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD603BCE882620" box="[1578,2019,596,625]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Armed with 2 pair of spiniform setae</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226013CE8826C8" box="[165,2019,636,665]" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226013CB0226C8" box="[165,617,636,665]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Size and position of cornea on eyestalk</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6013CD2026C8" box="[649,1099,636,665]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Much less than half-width of eyestalk,</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6013CF6726C8" box="[1129,1548,636,665]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">More than half-width of eyestalk, located</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6013CE8826C8" box="[1578,2019,636,665]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">More than half-width of eyestalk, located</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2260CBCE8826EC" box="[165,2019,676,701]" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E60CBCD2026EC" box="[649,1099,676,701]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">located in distolateral position</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE60CBCF6726EC" box="[1129,1548,676,701]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">at more subterminal and median position</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD60CBCE8826EC" box="[1578,2019,676,701]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">at distolateral or terminal position</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2260A6CE8826B4" box="[165,2019,713,741]" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF2260A6CB0226B4" box="[165,617,713,741]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Antennal basicerite ventrolateral distal spine</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E60A6CD2026B4" box="[649,1099,713,741]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Present</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE60A6CF6726B4" box="[1129,1548,713,741]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Present</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD60A6CE8826B4" box="[1578,2019,713,741]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Present</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF22609ECE88275F" box="[165,2019,753,782]" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF22609ECB02275F" box="[165,617,753,782]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Antennal scaphocerite distolateral spine</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E609ECD20275F" box="[649,1099,753,782]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Short, only reaching as far as rounded distal</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE609ECF67275F" box="[1129,1548,753,782]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Very slender and elongate, extending far</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD609ECE88275F" box="[1578,2019,753,782]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Slender and elongate, extending far beyond</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226176CE882763" box="[165,2019,793,818]" gridrow="7" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6176CD202763" box="[649,1099,793,818]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">margin of blade</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6176CF672763" box="[1129,1548,793,818]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">beyond obliquely truncate distal blade</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6176CE882763" box="[1578,2019,793,818]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">rounded distal blade</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226152CE88270B" box="[165,2019,829,858]" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226152CB02270B" box="[165,617,829,858]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Antennal scaphocerite lateral margin</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6152CD20270B" box="[649,1099,829,858]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Slightly convex in distal half</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6152CF67270B" box="[1129,1548,829,858]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Slightly sinuous</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6152CE88270B" box="[1578,2019,829,858]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Slightly concave</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF22610ACE8827D3" box="[165,2019,869,898]" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF22610ACB0227D3" box="[165,617,869,898]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Antennal carpocerite</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E610ACD2027D3" box="[649,1099,869,898]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Distinctly overreaching distal end of</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE610ACF6727D3" box="[1129,1548,869,898]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Distinctly overreaching distal end of</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD610ACE8827D3" box="[1578,2019,869,898]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Distinctly overreaching distal end of</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2261E2CE8827F7" box="[165,2019,909,934]" gridrow="10" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E61E2CD2027F7" box="[649,1099,909,934]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">antennular peduncle</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE61E2CF6727F7" box="[1129,1548,909,934]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">antennular peduncle</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD61E2CE8827F7" box="[1578,2019,909,934]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">antennular peduncle</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2261DDCE88279F" box="[165,2019,946,974]" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF2261DDCB02279F" box="[165,617,946,974]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Maxilliped 3 ultimate article</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E61DDCD20279F" box="[649,1099,946,974]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">With fine row of short setae on lateral</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE61DDCF67279F" box="[1129,1548,946,974]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD61DDCE88279F" box="[1578,2019,946,974]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">With fine row of short setae on lateral</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2261B6CE8827A3" box="[165,2019,985,1010]" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E61B6CD2027A3" box="[649,1099,985,1010]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">surface adjacent to dorsal margin</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD61B6CE8827A3" box="[1578,2019,985,1010]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">surface adjacent to dorsal margin</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226191CE88204A" box="[165,2019,1022,1051]" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226191CB02204A" box="[165,617,1022,1051]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Cheliped ischia</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6191CD20204A" box="[649,1099,1022,1051]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Each unarmed</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6191CF67204A" box="[1129,1548,1022,1051]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND for major cheliped; minor side with</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6191CE88204A" box="[1578,2019,1022,1051]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Each armed with spiniform seta on dorsal</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226649CE88206E" box="[165,2019,1062,1087]" gridrow="14" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6649CF67206E" box="[1129,1548,1062,1087]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">spiniform seta on dorsal margin; mesial</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6649CE88206E" box="[1578,2019,1062,1087]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">surface and subcircular row of minute</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226625CE882032" box="[165,2019,1098,1123]" gridrow="15" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6625CF672032" box="[1129,1548,1098,1123]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">face unarmed</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6625CE882032" box="[1578,2019,1098,1123]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">spiniform setae on mesial face</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226601CE8820DA" box="[165,2019,1134,1163]" gridrow="16" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226601CB0220DA" box="[165,617,1134,1163]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Major cheliped type I merus ventrolateral</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6601CD2020DA" box="[649,1099,1134,1163]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Strongly sinuous, distal angle produced into</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6601CF6720DA" box="[1129,1548,1134,1163]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6601CE8820DA" box="[1578,2019,1134,1163]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Gently convex, distal angle produced into</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2266FDCE8820FE" box="[165,2019,1170,1199]" gridrow="17" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF2266FDCB0220FE" box="[165,617,1170,1199]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">margin</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E66FDCD2020FE" box="[649,1099,1170,1199]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">rounded projection</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD66FDCE8820FE" box="[1578,2019,1170,1199]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">rounded projection</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2266D5CE882086" box="[165,2019,1210,1239]" gridrow="18" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF2266D5CB022086" box="[165,617,1210,1239]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Major cheliped type II and minor cheliped</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E66D5CD202086" box="[649,1099,1210,1239]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Unarmed</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE66D5CF672086" box="[1129,1548,1210,1239]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Unarmed (only minor side)</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD66D5CE882086" box="[1578,2019,1210,1239]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Unarmed</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2266B1CE88214D" box="[165,2019,1246,1308]" gridrow="19" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF2266B1CB02214D" box="[165,617,1246,1308]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">merus Major cheliped type I carpus</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E66B1CD20214D" box="[649,1099,1246,1308]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">With deep subdistal transverse groove on</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE66B1CF67214D" box="[1129,1548,1246,1308]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD66B1CE88214D" box="[1578,2019,1246,1308]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">With deep subdistal transverse groove on</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226748CE882111" box="[165,2019,1319,1344]" gridrow="20" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6748CD202111" box="[649,1099,1319,1344]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">dorsal surface</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6748CE882111" box="[1578,2019,1319,1344]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">dorsal surface</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226724CE882139" box="[165,2019,1355,1384]" gridrow="21" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226724CB022139" box="[165,617,1355,1384]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Major cheliped type I palm</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6724CD202139" box="[649,1099,1355,1384]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">1.4 times as long as high; dorsodistal</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6724CF672139" box="[1129,1548,1355,1384]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6724CE882139" box="[1578,2019,1355,1384]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">1.0 times as long as high; dorsodistal</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF22671CCE8821DD" box="[165,2019,1395,1420]" gridrow="22" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E671CCD2021DD" box="[649,1099,1395,1420]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">margin strongly produced; ventral margin</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD671CCE8821DD" box="[1578,2019,1395,1420]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">margin strongly produced; ventral margin</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2267F8CE8821E1" box="[165,2019,1431,1456]" gridrow="23" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E67F8CD2021E1" box="[649,1099,1431,1456]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">evenly sinuous, smooth; mesial face without</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD67F8CE8821E1" box="[1578,2019,1431,1456]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">rugose distal to deep notch; mesial face</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2267D4CE882185" box="[165,2019,1467,1492]" gridrow="24" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E67D4CD202185" box="[649,1099,1467,1492]" gridcol="1" gridrow="24" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">covering of long setae</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD67D4CE882185" box="[1578,2019,1467,1492]" gridcol="3" gridrow="24" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">covered with numerous long setae</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2267B0CE8821AD" box="[165,2019,1503,1532]" gridrow="25" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF2267B0CB0221AD" box="[165,617,1503,1532]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Major cheliped type I fingers</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E67B0CD2021AD" box="[649,1099,1503,1532]" gridcol="1" gridrow="25" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Closed, not gaping</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE67B0CF6721AD" box="[1129,1548,1503,1532]" gridcol="2" gridrow="25" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD67B0CE8821AD" box="[1578,2019,1503,1532]" gridcol="3" gridrow="25" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Widely gaping</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226467CE882275" box="[165,2019,1544,1572]" gridrow="26" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226467CB022275" box="[165,617,1544,1572]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Major cheliped type I dactylus</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6467CD202275" box="[649,1099,1544,1572]" gridcol="1" gridrow="26" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Distinctly shorter than palm</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6467CF672275" box="[1129,1548,1544,1572]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6467CE882275" box="[1578,2019,1544,1572]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Subequal in length to palm</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF22645FCE88221C" box="[165,2019,1584,1613]" gridrow="27" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF22645FCB02221C" box="[165,617,1584,1613]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Pereopod 2 first sub-article</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E645FCD20221C" box="[649,1099,1584,1613]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Much less than half-length of the second</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE645FCF67221C" box="[1129,1548,1584,1613]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD645FCE88221C" box="[1578,2019,1584,1613]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
Much less than half-length of second 
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226437CE882220" box="[165,2019,1624,1649]" gridrow="28" pageId="12" pageNumber="317" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6437CD202220" box="[649,1099,1624,1649]" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">subsub-article</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6437CE882220" box="[1578,2019,1624,1649]" gridcol="3" gridrow="28" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">article</td>
</tr>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF226413CE8822C8" box="[165,2019,1660,1689]" gridrow="29" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF226413CB0222C8" box="[165,617,1660,1689]" gridcol="0" gridrow="29" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">Pereopod 5 propodus ornamentation</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E6413CD2022C8" box="[649,1099,1660,1689]" gridcol="1" gridrow="29" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">With only grooming setae on flexor margin</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE6413CF6722C8" box="[1129,1548,1660,1689]" gridcol="2" gridrow="29" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0F9AD6413CE8822C8" box="[1578,2019,1660,1689]" gridcol="3" gridrow="29" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">With only grooming setae on flexor margin</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52B15A0FF2264CBCE882290" box="[165,2019,1700,1729]" gridrow="30" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
<th id="A1066108D52B15A0FF2264CBCB022290" box="[165,617,1700,1729]" gridcol="0" gridrow="30" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">References</th>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FD0E64CBCD202290" box="[649,1099,1700,1729]" gridcol="1" gridrow="30" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">This study</td>
<td id="A1066108D52B15A0FBEE64CBCF672290" box="[1129,1548,1700,1729]" gridcol="2" gridrow="30" pageId="12" pageNumber="317">
De 
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5C580A36D52AEA52FF1063B6C8FB25A3" blockId="13.[151,400,473,498]" box="[151,400,473,498]" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">TABLE 1. (Continued)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5C580A36D52AEA52FF10606FCFD12295" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<table id="2EE7F896D52A15A0FF10606FCEA32295" box="[151,1992,512,1732]" gridcols="4" gridrows="23" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF10606FCEA32648" box="[151,1992,512,537]" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF10606FCB662648" box="[151,525,512,537]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Characters/species</th>
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB6606FCAB12648" box="[561,986,512,537]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<taxonomicName id="9BE771B5D52AEA52FDB6606FCBAB2648" authorityName="Holthuis &amp; Gottlieb" authorityYear="1958" box="[561,704,512,537]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Automate" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="13" pageNumber="318" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="branchialis">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52AEA52FDB6606FCBAB2648" box="[561,704,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">A. branchialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E606FCCB82648" box="[1033,1491,512,537]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<taxonomicName id="9BE771B5D52AEA52FB8E606FCDFB2648" authorityName="Rathbun" authorityYear="1901" box="[1033,1168,512,537]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Automate" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="13" pageNumber="318" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="evermanni">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52AEA52FB8E606FCDFB2648" box="[1033,1168,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">A. evermanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FA76606FCEA32648" box="[1521,1992,512,537]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<taxonomicName id="9BE771B5D52AEA52FA76606FCF1B2648" authorityName="Chace" authorityYear="1972" box="[1521,1648,512,537]" class="Malacostraca" family="Alpheidae" genus="Automate" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="13" pageNumber="318" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rectifrons">
<emphasis id="6E93D624D52AEA52FA76606FCF1B2648" box="[1521,1648,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF10604ACEA3266F" box="[151,1992,549,574]" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF10604ACB66266F" box="[151,525,549,574]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Rostrum</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB6604ACAB1266F" box="[561,986,549,574]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Present</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E604ACCB8266F" box="[1033,1491,549,574]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Present</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA76604ACEA3266F" box="[1521,1992,549,574]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106024CEA32635" box="[151,1992,587,612]" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF106024CB662635" box="[151,525,587,612]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Telson posterior margin</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66024CAB12635" box="[561,986,587,612]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Armed with 2 pairs of spiniform setae</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E6024CCB82635" box="[1033,1491,587,612]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Armed with 2 pairs of spiniform setae</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766024CEA32635" box="[1521,1992,587,612]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Armed with 1 pair of spiniform setae</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF10601ECEA326DB" box="[151,1992,625,650]" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF10601ECB6626DB" box="[151,525,625,650]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Size and position of cornea on</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB6601ECAB126DB" box="[561,986,625,650]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">About half width of eyestalk, located at</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E601ECCB826DB" box="[1033,1491,625,650]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">About half width of eyestalk, located at</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA76601ECEA326DB" box="[1521,1992,625,650]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Subequal to width of eyestalk, located at</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF1060FACEA3269E" box="[151,1992,661,719]" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1060FACB66269E" box="[151,525,661,719]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">eyestalk Antennal basicerite ventrolateral</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB660FACAB1269E" box="[561,986,661,719]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">distolateral position Present</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E60FACCB8269E" box="[1033,1491,661,719]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">terminal position Absent</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA7660FACEA3269E" box="[1521,1992,661,719]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">terminal position Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF1060B5CEA32742" box="[151,1992,730,787]" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1060B5CB662742" box="[151,525,730,787]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">distal spine Antennal scaphocerite distolateral</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB660B5CAB12742" box="[561,986,730,787]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Short, falling short of rounded distal</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E60B5CCB82742" box="[1033,1491,730,787]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Relatively slender, distinctly overreaching</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA7660B5CEA32742" box="[1521,1992,730,787]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Short, exceeding as far as rounded distal blade</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106171CEA32709" box="[151,1992,798,856]" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF106171CB662709" box="[151,525,798,856]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">spine Antennal scaphocerite lateral margin</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66171CAB12709" box="[561,986,798,856]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">margin of blade Slightly concave</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E6171CCB82709" box="[1033,1491,798,856]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">distal margin of blade Nearly straight</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766171CEA32709" box="[1521,1992,798,856]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Faintly sinuous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF10610ACEA3272F" box="[151,1992,869,894]" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF10610ACB66272F" box="[151,525,869,894]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Antennal carpocerite</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB6610ACAB1272F" box="[561,986,869,894]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Reaching or slightly overreaching distal</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E610ACCB8272F" box="[1033,1491,869,894]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Distinctly overreaching distal end of</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA76610ACEA3272F" box="[1521,1992,869,894]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Reaching distal end of antennular peduncle</td>
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<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1061E6CB662792" box="[151,525,905,963]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Maxilliped 3 ultimate article</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB661E6CAB12792" box="[561,986,905,963]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">end of antennular peduncle Without fine row of short setae on lateral</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E61E6CCB82792" box="[1033,1491,905,963]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">antennular peduncle ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA7661E6CEA32792" box="[1521,1992,905,963]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">ND</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF1061A1CEA32056" box="[151,1992,974,1031]" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1061A1CB662056" box="[151,525,974,1031]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Cheliped ischia</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB661A1CAB12056" box="[561,986,974,1031]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">surface adjacent to dorsal margin Each armed with spiniform seta on dorsal</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E61A1CCB82056" box="[1033,1491,974,1031]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Unarmed</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA7661A1CEA32056" box="[1521,1992,974,1031]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Armed with spiniform seta on dorsal margin</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF10667DCEA3207A" box="[151,1992,1042,1067]" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="318" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB6667DCAB1207A" box="[561,986,1042,1067]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">and ventral margins; mesial face unarmed</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA76667DCEA3207A" box="[1521,1992,1042,1067]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">(major) or unarmed (minor); mesial face</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106659CEA32021" box="[151,1992,1078,1136]" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF106659CB662021" box="[151,525,1078,1136]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Major cheliped type I merus</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66659CAB12021" box="[561,986,1078,1136]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Not described or figured</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E6659CCB82021" box="[1033,1491,1078,1136]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Slightly convex, ventrolateral distal angle</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766659CEA32021" box="[1521,1992,1078,1136]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">unarmed Slightly sinuous, ventrolateral distal angle</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106614CEA320E4" box="[151,1992,1147,1205]" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF106614CB6620E4" box="[151,525,1147,1205]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">ventrolateral margin Major cheliped type II and minor</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66614CAB120E4" box="[561,986,1147,1205]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Armed with 2 spiniform setae proximally</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E6614CCB820E4" box="[1033,1491,1147,1205]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">not produced Unarmed</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766614CEA320E4" box="[1521,1992,1147,1205]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">produced into rounded process Unarmed (only minor cheliped)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF1066AFCEA320A8" box="[151,1992,1216,1273]" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1066AFCB6620A8" box="[151,525,1216,1273]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">cheliped merus Major cheliped type I carpus</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB666AFCAB120A8" box="[561,986,1216,1273]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">on ventral surface With deep subdistal transverse groove on</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E66AFCCB820A8" box="[1033,1491,1216,1273]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Without transverse groove on dorsal surface</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA7666AFCEA320A8" box="[1521,1992,1216,1273]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Without transverse groove on dorsal surface</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF10676BCEA3216F" box="[151,1992,1284,1342]" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF10676BCB66216F" box="[151,525,1284,1342]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Major cheliped type I palm</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB6676BCAB1216F" box="[561,986,1284,1342]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">dorsal surface 1.1 times as long as high; dorsodistal</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E676BCCB8216F" box="[1033,1491,1284,1342]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">1.5 times as long as high; dorsodistal margin</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA76676BCEA3216F" box="[1521,1992,1284,1342]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">1.4 times as long as high; dorsodistal margin</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106726CEA32133" box="[151,1992,1353,1378]" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="318" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66726CAB12133" box="[561,986,1353,1378]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">margin strongly produced; ventral margin</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E6726CCB82133" box="[1033,1491,1353,1378]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">not produced; ventral margin evenly sinuous,</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766726CEA32133" box="[1521,1992,1353,1378]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">produced; ventral margin evenly sinuous,</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106702CEA321D7" box="[151,1992,1389,1414]" gridrow="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="318" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66702CAB121D7" box="[561,986,1389,1414]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">smooth, notched at base of fixed finger;</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E6702CCB821D7" box="[1033,1491,1389,1414]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">granulated at about mid-length; setation on</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766702CEA321D7" box="[1521,1992,1389,1414]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">smooth; setation on mesial face not mentioned</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF1067FECEA3219A" box="[151,1992,1425,1483]" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1067FECB66219A" box="[151,525,1425,1483]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Major cheliped type I fingers</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB667FECAB1219A" box="[561,986,1425,1483]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">mesial face glabrous Widely gaping</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E67FECCB8219A" box="[1033,1491,1425,1483]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">mesial face not mentioned Gaping</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA7667FECEA3219A" box="[1521,1992,1425,1483]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Slightly gaping</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF1067B8CEA321A1" box="[151,1992,1495,1520]" gridrow="18" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1067B8CB6621A1" box="[151,525,1495,1520]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Major cheliped type I dactylus</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB667B8CAB121A1" box="[561,986,1495,1520]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Subequal in length to palm</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E67B8CCB821A1" box="[1033,1491,1495,1520]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Distinctly shorter than palm</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA7667B8CEA321A1" box="[1521,1992,1495,1520]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Shorter than palm</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106792CEA32247" box="[151,1992,1533,1558]" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF106792CB662247" box="[151,525,1533,1558]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Pereopod 2 first sub-article</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66792CAB12247" box="[561,986,1533,1558]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">About half-length of second sub-article</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E6792CCB82247" box="[1033,1491,1533,1558]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Much less than half-length of second sub-</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766792CEA32247" box="[1521,1992,1533,1558]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">About half-length of second sub-article</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF10644ECEA3220A" box="[151,1992,1569,1627]" gridrow="20" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF10644ECB66220A" box="[151,525,1569,1627]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Pereopod 5 propodus ornamentation</th>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB6644ECAB1220A" box="[561,986,1569,1627]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">With some transverse rows of short setae</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FB8E644ECCB8220A" box="[1033,1491,1569,1627]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">article ND</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA76644ECEA3220A" box="[1521,1992,1569,1627]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">With 7 transverse rows of setae in distal half</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF106409CEA3222E" box="[151,1992,1638,1663]" gridrow="21" pageId="13" pageNumber="318" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FDB66409CAB1222E" box="[561,986,1638,1663]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">and row of about 7 spiniform setae</td>
<td id="A1066108D52A15A0FA766409CEA3222E" box="[1521,1992,1638,1663]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">and 2 widely separated spiniform setae on</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2D70874D52A15A0FF1064E5CEA32295" box="[151,1992,1674,1732]" gridrow="22" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">
<th id="A1066108D52A15A0FF1064E5CB662295" box="[151,525,1674,1732]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="13" pageNumber="318">Reference(s)</th>
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mesial face 
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(5) 
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). Subsequently, the species has been scarcely recorded from Florida to 
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Soledade 
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2015
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; 
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Felder 
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). 
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Soledade 
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(2015)
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provided a brief account accompanied with figures of selected parts on the basis of a single specimen from Abrolhos, 
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. When the figure of 
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Soledade 
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(2015)
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and that of the 
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are compared, the following discrepancies are found: the posterior margin of the telson is armed with two pairs of greatly unequal spiniform setae in the specimen from 
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, rather than only one pair of moderately long spiniform setae in the 
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; the antennal peduncle distinctly overreaches the end of the antennular peduncle in the specimen from 
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, whereas it just reaches the latter in the 
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; the eyestalk tapers more strongly in the specimen from 
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than in the 
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; the lateral margin of the antennal scaphocerite is gently convex in the specimen from 
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, rather than faintly sinuous in the 
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; the uropod is relatively shorter in the specimen from 
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than in the 
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. 
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Soledade 
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(2015)
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pointed also the differences in the major cheliped shape between their specimen and the 
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, but those differences seem to be attributable to polymorphism generally seen in species of 
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. It is likely that the specimen from 
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represent a species distinct from 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FA03612CC86927D0" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
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. Consequently, the following comparison is restricted to the original description by 
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.
</paragraph>
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is rather easily distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FCD461E4CAB427F4" box="[851,991,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
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by the presence of a tiny rostrum (
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) (
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rostrum absent in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FE6561C0CB002798" box="[482,619,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
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: fig. 24b), the much smaller cornea located at the distolateral position of the eyestalk (
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) (
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cornea distinctly larger, occupying the distal portion of the eyestalk; 
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a, b), the comparatively long antennal carpocerite (distinctly overreaching the distal end of the antennular peduncle 
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only reaching it), the proportionally shorter article 1 of the pereopod 2 carpus (much less than half length of the article 
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versus about half length of the latter in 
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) (
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versus 
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: fig. 24n), and the grooming apparatus on the pereopod 5 propodus consisting of closely spaced transverse rows of stiff setae in the distal half (
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) (versus consisting of seven clearly separated, transverse rows of short stiff setae in the distal half and two widely separated spiniform setae on the mesial surface in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FB3B66C4CC2C2094" box="[1212,1351,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
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: fig; 24q). The major cheliped of the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FD7B66A0CAED20B8" box="[764,902,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems to represent the type I: the ischium has a spiniform seta on the dorsal margin (cf. 
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: fig. 
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), but such a seta is absent in 
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(
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); there is no transverse groove on the dorsal surface of the carpus (cf. 
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: fig. 
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), whereas the carpus has a deep transverse groove on the dorsal surface in 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FD616754CA292105" box="[742,834,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. awaji</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FCCE6754CAEC2104" bold="true" box="[841,903,1339,1365]" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">
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(
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). The telson posterior margin of the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FE996730C8442128" box="[286,303,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FEBA6730C8C32128" box="[317,424,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">rectifrons</emphasis>
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is armed only with one pair of spiniform setae (
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: fig. 24b), as noted above, but this condition is rather exceptional in the 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FDEB67ECCA6921CD" box="[620,770,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. evermanni</emphasis>
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species group. In the present specimens of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FB7767ECCC2621CD" box="[1264,1357,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. awaji</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, there are two pairs of greatly unequal setae there (
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), as in other species in the species group. If the condition in the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FE1067A4CB4A21B4" box="[407,545,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
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is normal, this character could be diagnostic for 
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FBC367A4CDA521B4" box="[1092,1230,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">A. rectifrons</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="6E93D624D529EA51FF406780C8232258" bold="true" box="[199,328,1519,1545]" pageId="14" pageNumber="319">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet “awaji” refers to the island, which harbors the 
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locality of the new species. Used as a noun in apposition.
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