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No full textGeothelphusa makatao Shih & Shy, 2009, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Geothelphusa makatao</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1, 2)</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b>. <b>Holotype</b>: 1 male (39.3 x 29.3 mm) (NMNS-5915-001), Longcyuan Temple, Chaishan, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. Jung-Hsiang Lee, 31 May 2002. <b>Paratypes</b>: 2 males, CW 32.5, 35.4 mm (NCHUZOOL 13033), same data as holotype; 1 male, CW 35.4 mm, 1 female, CW 43.0 mm (NCHUZOOL 13238), Chaishan, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. J.-H. Lee, 25 May, 2002; 4 ovigerous females, CW 37.1~ 42.6 mm (NCHUZOOL 13032, 13240, 13241), 22 May 2002, Longcyuan Temple, Chaishan, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. Hsi-Te Shih; 1 male, CW 25.3 mm (NCHUZOOL 13239), Cueiheng Dormitory, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. H.- T. Shih, 9 Aug. 2000; 1 male, CW 36.6 mm (NTOU F10708), Cueiheng Dormitory, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. H.- T. Shih, 22 May 2002.</p> <p> <b>Comparative material examined</b>. see Table 2 for the holotypes of <i>G. albogilva</i>, <i>G. ancylophallus</i>, <i>G. pingtung</i>, and <i>G. shernshan</i>.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Carapace swollen longitudinally, transversely; dorsal surface smooth, glabrous, with fine pits. Carapace length, width 1.5-, 1.9-times carapace height, respectively. Frontal margin straight, without tooth. Postorbital cristae distinct, supraorbital margin smooth, without granules; infraorbital margin smooth to almost smooth, lined with very low granules. External orbital angle stout, external orbital region concave. Anterolateral margin faint, smooth, without epibranchial tooth. Postorbital crista faint, smooth. Gastric, cardiac, intestinal regions smooth. H-shaped groove distinct. Tip of medium lobe of epistome slightly stout. Distance between tip of closed male abdomen, anterior margin of thoracic sternite 4 about 2.4 times length of thoracic sternites 1-3. Chelipeds of adult male unequal, fingers of larger chela forming large gape when closed. Ambulatory legs smooth, dorsal, ventral margins of dactyli with 2 rows of small spines. Second leg about 1.8 carapace length. Telson of male abdomen bell-shaped, moderately short, width about 1.4 carapace length. Subterminal segment of G1 (Fig. 1 a-c) slightly curving outwards, outer proximal margin with blunt tooth, inner proximal margin moderately dilated; terminal segment straight or slightly curving inwards; total length of G1 4.9 terminal segment; length of synovial membrane about 6.1 maximum width. Outer proximal margin of basal segment of G2 (Fig. 1d) dilated, showing a single lobe; distal segment short, about 0.14 total length.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species is named for the aboriginal Makatao Tribe, one of the Pingpu Tribes, which once lived in the Chaishan area. The name is used as a noun in apposition.</p> <p> <b>Coloration</b>. Body, including legs, of most adults is yellow (Fig. 2d). Some young individuals range from pale yellow, orange (Fig. 2f, g), or greenish (Fig. 2e), to brown.</p> <p> <b>Ecological notes</b>. The maximum elevation of type locality, Chaishan, is only 330 m and no permanent surface running water is present in this uplifted coral reef mountain system. Aquatic habitats rely on the presence of small ephemeral springs and periodic rainfall. Specimens were collected under rocks (Fig. 2h) or as they moved around on a road after a rain. Some individuals were observed near a burrow entrance. Ovigerous females were observed and collected in May (Fig. 2g).</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. This species is found only in the Chaishan area, Kaohsiung City, southwestern Taiwan.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. Based on Shih <i>et al</i>. (2004, 2007b), <i>G. makatao</i> <b>sp. nov</b>. (as “ <i>G. albogilva</i> ” in Shih <i>et al</i>. 2007b), <i>G. shernshan</i>, <i>G. neipu</i>, and <i>G. pingtung</i> belong to the <i>G. pingtung</i> clade, but <i>G. neipu</i> was formally synonymized under <i>G. pingtung</i> recently (Ng <i>et al</i>. 2008). Morphologically, this new species is close to <i>G. pingtung</i> and <i>G. shernshan</i>, but they can be separated by several characters including carapace height and G1 morphology (Table 2). In particular, the new species differs from <i>G. shernshan</i> by the relatively taller and higher carapace (Table 2; Fig 2A, B in Chen <i>et al.</i> 2005). The external morphology of <i>G.makatao</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>G. albogilva</i>, both of which inhabit the uplifted coral reef mountain and are yellow in color, is also superficially similar. However, the distance between the tip of the closed male abdomen and the anterior margin of thoracic sternite 4, and the relative lengths of the second leg and terminal segment of the G1 of <i>G. makatao</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> are clearly greater than those of <i>G. albogilva</i> (Table 2; Fig. 4 in Shy <i>et al</i>. 1994).</p> <p> <i>Geothelphusa ancylophallus</i> is also close to this new species, with the body height of both species being greater than most other species of <i>Geothelphusa.</i> The G1 of the former, however, is strongly curved outwards, while that of the latter is only slightly curved (Table 2; Fig. 2 in Shy <i>et al</i>. 1994).</p>Published as part of <i>Shih, Hsi-Te & Shy, Jhy-Yun, 2009, Geothelphusa makatao sp. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae), a new freshwater crab from an uplifted Pleistocene reef in Taiwan, pp. 51-60 in Zootaxa 2106 (1)</i> on pages 52-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2106.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5323183">http://zenodo.org/record/5323183</a>
FIGURE 4 in Uca (Xeruca), a new subgenus for the Taiwanese fiddler crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence
No full textFIGURE 4. Carapaces of Uca formosensis and other species with similar morphology. A, U. formosensis (NCHUZOOL 13672, CW 29.6 mm, left-handed; modified from Shih et al. 1999); B, U. bellator (NCHUZOOL 13653, CW 18.7 mm, lefthanded); C, U. seismella (USNM 137666, holotype, CW 13.0 mm, right-handed; modified from Crane 1975); D. U. polita (USNM 137667, holotype, CW 22.5 mm, right-handed; modified from Crane 1975); E, U. arcuata (NCHUZOOL 13660, CW 38.2 mm, left-handed); F, U. urvillei (NCHUZOOL 13661, CW 30.1 mm, left-handed); G, U. tetragonon (NCHUZOOL 13664, CW 18.3 mm, right-handed); H, U. jocelynae (NMNS 6177-001, holotype, CW 21.7 mm, right-handed).Published as part of Shih, Hsi-Te, 2015, Uca (Xeruca), a new subgenus for the Taiwanese fiddler crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence, pp. 151-169 in Zootaxa 3974 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24210
Alteration of disc vacuum contents during prolonged supine positioning: evaluation with MR image
No full textIntravitreal injection of bevacizumab and gas for diabetic premacular hemorrhage with active fibrovascular proliferation.
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