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Key to Genera of Gnathophyllidae<br />

<strong>SMITHSONIAN</strong> <strong>CONTRIBUTIONS</strong> <strong>TO</strong> <strong>ZOOLOGY</strong><br />

1. Third pereopod with dactyl biunguiculate 2<br />

Third pereopod with dactyl basally broad, subtriangular, armed with single<br />

extensodistal spine 3<br />

2. Rostrum dentate dorsally; telson bearing 2 or 3 pairs of spines on posterior margin;<br />

3rd pereopod with extensor tooth of dactyl longer than flexor tooth<br />

Gnathophyllum<br />

Rostrum unarmed; telson bearing 1 pair of stout, downcurved spines on posterior<br />

margin; 3rd pereopod with flexor tooth of dactyl longer than extensor tooth<br />

Pycnocaris Bruce, 1972g:50<br />

(Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean; seaward<br />

flats, associated with holothurians)<br />

3. Second maxilliped conventional, not elongate Gnathophylloides<br />

Second maxilliped remarkably elongate, overreaching 1 st pereopod<br />

Levicaris Bruce, 1973f:28<br />

(Ryukyu and Marshall islands, and Hawaii;<br />

associated with echinoids Heterocentrotus)<br />

Gnathophylloides Schmitt, 1933<br />

Gnathophylloides Schmitt, 1933:5 [type species, by monotypy: Gnathophylloides<br />

mined Schmitt, 1933:7; gender: masculine].<br />

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum with dorsal teeth; telson with 3 pairs<br />

of spines on posterior margin; 2nd maxilliped not unusually<br />

elongate; 3rd pereopod with dactyl composed of subtriangular<br />

lamina bearing extensodistal spine.<br />

RANGE.—Zanzibar, Seychelles, Western Australia, Hawaii,<br />

and western Atlantic; associated with echinoids.<br />

REMARKS.—Neither of the two currently recognized species<br />

of Gnathophylloides has been recorded from the Philippine-<br />

Indonesian region, but it is probable that they will eventually be<br />

found there. They are comparatively characterized in Bruce<br />

(1973f:27).<br />

178. Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933<br />

Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933:7, fig. 3 [type locality: Ensenada,<br />

Puerto Rico]; 1935:167, fig. 31.—Bruce, 1974e:313, fig. 1.<br />

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not overreaching eyes; carapace<br />

rounded anteroventrally; telson with lateral margin convex,<br />

posterior margin not bilobed, without posteromedian carina;<br />

eyestalk not extending distally beyond cornea; antennal scale<br />

widest in proximal l /2, lateral margin distinctly concave;<br />

mandible without trace of incisor process; 2nd maxilliped with<br />

2 distal segments, together, subquadrate; 3rd maxilliped with<br />

antepenultimate segment 1 3 A times as long as wide in proximal<br />

'/2, lateral margin slightly convex, exopod longer than<br />

endopod; 1st pereopod without acute distal prolongation on<br />

basis; 2nd pereopod with chela about 3 times as long as wide,<br />

movable finger unarmed on opposable margin; color pattern of<br />

single wide longitudinal stripe of dark brown or black;<br />

maximum postorbital carapace length 2.3 mm.<br />

RANGE.—Zanzibar, Seychelles, New South Wales, Australia,<br />

Tonga Islands, Hawaii, and western Atlantic from Florida<br />

to Yucatan and Grenadines: associated with echinoids<br />

Tripneustes.<br />

179. Gnathophylloides robustus Bruce, 1973<br />

Gnathophylloides robustus Bruce, 1973f:17, figs. 1-7 [type locality: off Point<br />

Moore, Geraldton, Western Australia; associated with echinoid Centrostephanus<br />

in 3 meters].<br />

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum overreaching eyes; carapace acute<br />

anteroventrally; telson with lateral margins nearly straight,<br />

posterior margin bilobed, with short posteromedian carina;<br />

eyestalk produced distally beyond cornea; antennal scale with<br />

margins subparallel, lateral margin nearly straight; mandible<br />

with vestige of incisor process; 2nd maxilliped with 2 distal<br />

segments, together, elongate triangular; 3rd maxilliped with<br />

antepenultimate segment 3 3 A times as long as wide, lateral<br />

margin distinctly concave, exopod shorter than endopod; 1st<br />

pereopod with acute distal prolongation on basis; 2nd pereopod<br />

with chela about 5 times as long as wide, movable finger with<br />

single tooth on opposable margin; color pattern of fine<br />

longitudinal red stripes; maximum postorbital carapace length<br />

6.2 mm.<br />

RANGE.—Known only from the type locality off Western<br />

Australia; associated with echinoid, Centrostephanus.<br />

REMARKS.—Because of the numerous differences, especially<br />

in the second and third maxillipeds, between the two<br />

species assigned to Gnathophylloides, G. robustus may qualify<br />

as a distinct genus, unless intermediate forms eventually<br />

appear.<br />

Gnathophyllum Latreille, 1819<br />

Gnatophyllum Latreille, 1819:72 [type species, selected by H. Milne Edwards<br />

in Cuvier, 1837, pi. 52: fig. 2: Alpheus elegans Risso, 1816:92; gender<br />

neuter].<br />

Gnathophyllum Desmarest, 1823:322-324 [emendation of Gnatophyllum<br />

Latreille, 1819].<br />

Drimo Risso, 1827:70 [type species, by monotypy: Alpheus Elegans Risso,<br />

1816:92; gender: masculine].

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