6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

124 FLABELLIFERA • CIROLANIDAE
Key to genera of Cirolaninae (Continued)
4. Merus of pereopod 1 posterodistally produced; merus of pereopods 2
and 3 anterodistally produced Bahalana
Meri of pereopods 1—3 not markedly produced 5
5. Animal able to conglobate Creaseriella
Animal unable to conglobate 6
6. Mandibular palp directed anteriorly Anopsilana
Mandibular palp directed posteriorly Haptolana
7. Pleopod 1, exopod longer and broader than endopod Oncilorpheus
Pleopod 1, endopod longer and broader than exopod Calyptolana
Anopsilana Paulian and Delamare Deboutteville, 1956
DIAGNOSIS Body unable to conglobate. Eyes present or absent. Frontal
lamina well developed, as long as broad, or longer than broad, anteriorly
Key to species of Anopsilana
1. Estuarine-brackish water species; integument pigmented when alive 2
Cave species; lacking integumental pigment 3
2. Frontal lamina distally rounded, projecting browni
Frontal lamina distally acute, not projecting jonesi
3. Posterior margin of pleotelson with 10 or more spines 4
Posterior margin of pleotelson with less than 10 spines 5
4. Posterior margin of pleotelson with 10 spines; found in cave on Cuba
Posterior margin of pleotelson with 10—12 spines; found in cave on
Haiti
5. Posterior margin of pleotelson with eight spines; found in cave on
cubensis
acanthura
Grand Cayman crenata
Posterior margin of pleotelson with four spines; found in cave on Haiti
radicicola