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Trinidad; Ilha Sao Sebastiao, Brazil (Powers,
1977).
Persephona medUerranea (Herbst, 1794)
Description: Williams, 1984:288, fig. 223.
Type-locality: Erroneously, Mediterranean
Sea.
Distribution: New Jersey through Gulf of
Mexico and Caribbean Sea to Santa Catarina,
Brazil (Williams, 1984).
Speloeophorus elevatus Rathbun, 1898
Description: Rathbun, 1937:145, pi. 39: figs.
7-9.
Type-locality: Off Key West.
Distribution: Florida Keys; Jamaica; off Cape
St. Roque and from Maranhao to Alagoas,
Brazil (Powers, 1977).
Speloeophorus nodosus (Bell, 1855)
Description: Williams, 1984:285, figs. 218-219.
Type-locality: Unknown.
Distribution: Florida; West Indies (Williams,
1984).
Speloeophorus pontifer (Stimpson, 1871)
Description: Williams, 1984:286, figs. 220-221.
Type-locality: Barbados.
Distribution: Southeast of Cape Lookout and
off Beaufort, North Carolina, to west Florida;
West Indies to Barbados (Williams, 1984).
Uhlias limbatus Stimpson, 1871
Description: Rathbun, 1937:150, pi. 36: figs.
3-5.
Type-locality: St. Thomas.
Distribution: West of Key West, Florida; north
coast of Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti; St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands (Powers, 1977).
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Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Description: Rathbun, 1925:142, fig. 52, pi.
44, pi. 222: figs. 1-6.
Type-locality: Antilles.
Distribution: Bahamas; southeast and
northwest Florida; Texas; Cuba; Jamaica;
Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Netherlands
Antilles; Panama (Caribbean) to Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. Along the Pacific coast, from Baja
California to Caldera, Chile; Galapagos Islands
(Powers, 1977).
Achaeopsis thomsoni (Norman, 1873)
Description: Rathbun, 1925:29, text-fig. 7, pi.
10.
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Type-locality: Deep water between the Faroes
and Scotland.
Distribution: Western Atlantic from Nantucket
Shoals to Grenada. Eastern Atlantic from
Faroe Islands to Cape Verde; Mediterranean,
Gough Island (South Atlantic); Agulhas Bank,
near cape of Good Hope. Indian Ocean. West
and South Pacific Ocean. South Australia
(Rathbun, 1925).
Aepinus septemspinosus (A. Milne Edwards,
1879)
Description: Williams, 1984:292, fig. 227,241c.
Type-locality: Florida Strait, 24°55'N,
83°25 W, 67.7 m.
Distribution: S Cape Lookout, North Carolina,
34°10*N, 76°10'W; SW Cape San Bias,
Florida, and Bahama Banks to Bahia, Brazil
(Williams, 1984).
Anosimus latus Rathbun, 1894
Description: Williams, 1984:293, fig. 228,24In.
Type-locality: Gulf of Mexico, east of delta of
Missippi River, 29°14'30" N, 88°09'30"W,
124.4 m.
Distribution: Off Cape Lookout, North
Carolina, through Gulf of Mexico (Felder,
1973) to Amapa, Brazil (Coelho and Ramos,
1972).
Anomalothir furcillatus (Stimpson, 1871)
Description: Williams, 1984:294, fig. 229,241a.
Type-locality: Off "The Samboes" (southern
Florida), 225 m.
Distribution: Off Cape Lookout, North
Carolina, through eastern Gulf of Mexico and
West Indies to Grenada (Williams, 1984).
Arachnopsis filipes Stimpson, 1871
Description: Williams, 1984:295, fig. 230, 24Id.
Type-locality: Off Conch, Carysfort and
French reefs, Florida.
Distribution: SE Capes Hatteras and Lookout,
North Carolina; Gulf of Mexico off NW
Florida; through West Indies to off Rio Grande
do Norte, Brazil.
Batrachonotus fragosus Stimpson, 1871
Description: Williams, 1984:296,297, fig.
231,241e.
Type-locality: South of Tortugas, (Florida),
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