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Family Hippidae<br />

Key to genera and species<br />

[Adapted from Haig, 1974]<br />

Family Hippidae 433<br />

Antennal flagella very long; dactyli of first pereopods oval and lamellate... Emerita<br />

Antennal flagella short; dactyli of first pereopods styliform, not multiarticulate<br />

Hippa cubensis<br />

Genus Emerita Scopoli, 1777<br />

Key to species<br />

[From Felder, 1973]<br />

1. Dactyli of first thoracic pereopods rounded or obtuse distally E. talpoida<br />

Dactyli of first pereopods subacute or sharply pointed distally 2<br />

2. (1) Lateral epimeral expansion of carapace (lower postero-lateral area) marked to<br />

inferior margin with transverse lines continued from posterior dorsum of carapace ..<br />

-.E. benedicti<br />

Lateral epimeral expansion of carapace smooth and punctate, light traces of<br />

transverse lines of dorsum showing only on upper part of epimeral expansion<br />

E. portoricensis

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