6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

128 FLABELLIFERA • CIROLANIDAE
Key to species of Bahalana
1. Pleopods 3—4, endopods lacking setae; maxillipedal endite with one
coupling hook cardiopus
Pleopods 3—4, endopods with few setae; maxillipedal endite with one or
two coupling hooks 2
2. Antennular peduncle, article 3 longest; maxillipedal endite with two
coupling hooks geracei
Antennular peduncle, article 2 longest; maxillipedal endite with one
coupling hook mayana
Bahalana cardiopus Notenboom, 1981
Figure 55A,B
DIAGNOSIS 9 10.0 mm. Maxillipedal endite with single coupling hook. Per-
eopod 1, meral projection bearing five distal spines. Pleopods 3—5, endopods
lacking marginal setae. Uropodal exopod half width of endopod, four spines
on outer margin.
RECORDS Mount Misery Cave, Mayaguana Island, Bahamas.
Bahalana geracei Carpenter, 1981
Figure 55C-G
DIAGNOSIS 9 15.0 mm, 6 8 mm. Maxillipedal endite with two coupling
hooks. Pereopod I, meral projection bearing seven distal spines. Pleopods 3-
5, endopods with 9—13 distal marginal setae; pleopod 5 endopod with four
distal setae. Uropodal endopod bearing few spines at outer distal margin,
margin not serrate, lacking distinct apex; exopod half width of endopod, with
four spines on outer margin.
RECORDS Lighthouse Cave, San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Bahalana mayana Bowman, 1987
Figure 55H
DIAGNOSIS 9 8.4 mm, 6 10.0 mm. Clypeus acutely pointed. Antennular
peduncle, article 2 longest. Maxillipedal endite with one coupling hook. Per-