Plate 1 issued from : S. Ohtsuka, M.M. El-Sherbiny & H. Ueda in Crust. Res., 2000, 29. [p.7, Fig.3]. Male (from Gulf of Aden): A, habitus (dorsal); B, urosome and P5 (lateral left side); C, urosomal segmets 1-3 (lateral right side); D, right A1 (terminal part); E, P5 (posterior); F, left P5 (anterior); G, left P5 (terminal part, posterior); H, right P5 (anterior).
Plate 2 Issued from : S.V. Francis & S. Bijoy Nandan in Turkish J. Zool., 2019, 43. [p.435, Table 5]. Differential diagnosis of T. nishidai male. Compare with other species of the subgenus Atortus species from the Indian Ocean.
Morphological characters male: - Left P5 with subdistal spiniform terminal seta, and right leg coxa produced into the rectangular process, basis bearing rounded, flattened process located at inner distal corner.
Distribution
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Distribution map of Tortanus (Atortus) nishidai by geographical zones