Table 1.
Character | Yuebeipotamon | Tenuilapotamon | Sinopotamon | Longpotamon |
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Epibranchial teeth | distinct, sharp (Fig. 2A) | indistinct, granular (cf. Dai 1999: pl. 29) | varied (cf. Dai 1999: pl. 17) | varied (cf. Zou et. al. 2008: fig. 1) |
Ambulatory legs | slender (Fig. 2A) | slender (cf. Dai 1999: pl. 29) | stout (cf. Dai 1999: pl. 17) | stout (cf. Zou et al. 2008: fig. 1) |
Size of triangular structure of male thoracic sternites 1, 2 | relatively large (Fig. 4C) | relatively small (unpublished data) |
relatively small (cf. Shih et al. 2016: fig. 3C) | relatively small (cf. Shih et al. 2016: fig. 6C) |
Male telson | relatively short, triangular (Fig. 2C) | relatively long, subtriangular (cf. Dai 1999: fig. 225) | relatively long, nipple shaped (cf. Dai 1999: fig. 139) | relatively long, subtriangular (cf. Zou et al. 2008: fig. 2) |
G1 | long, reaching beyond tubercle of abdominal lock (Fig. 2D) | short, not reaching tubercle of abdominal lock (cf. Dai 1999: fig. 225) | long, reaching beyond tubercle of abdominal lock (cf. Dai 1999: fig. 139) | short, not reaching tubercle of abdominal lock (cf. Dai 1999: fig. 137) |
Terminal segment of G1 | lo006Ecxcg, with subbasal flap (Fig. 3C) | short, without subbasal flap (cf. Dai 1999: fig. 225) | short, without subbasal flap (cf. Dai 1999: fig. 139) | short, without subbasal flap (cf. Zou et al. 2008: fig. 2) |