Bioacoustics of Hexaplax

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diagnosis · Plazi

Diagnosis. Carapace broader than long, surface very finely granular; regions indistinct, with shallow median H-shaped depression. Anterolateral margin arcuate; pterygostomial region with row of short striae forming long oblique stridulatory ridge. Eye large, movable; cornea dilated. Third maxilliped wide, leaving gap when closed; ischium longer than merus, dilated distally, mesial margin rounded; carpus, propodus and dactylus cylindrical; dactylus longer than propodus; exopod narrow, flagellum present. Chelipeds stout, subequal or unequal, P2–P4 long, slender. Thoracic sternites 1 and 2 fused; sternites 3 and 4 fused; sternite 8 exposed, triangular, reaching proximal half of male abdominal somite 2. Sternal abdominal cavity reaching distal margin of thoracic sternite 4. Male thoracic sternal groove absent. Male abdomen relatively narrow; somite 1 hidden under carapace; male abdominal somites 2 and 6 free; somites 3–5 fused (but sutures may be visible); distal margin of telson rounded. G1 straight to sinuous, apice concealed under abdomen. Female abdomen with 6 free somites and telson. Species included. Hexaplax megalops Doflein, 1904 ( type species by original designation), Hexaplax aurantium , new species , and Hexaplax saudade , new species .

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SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
PlaziHexaplaxGenusHexapodidaePlazi/Hexaplax

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