SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY • NUMBER 543 ...
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY • NUMBER 543 ...
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY • NUMBER 543 ...
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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].