6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

Cirolana minuta Hansen, 1890
Figure 58G-I
Cirolana parva 135
DIAGNOSIS 8 8.9 mm, 9 5.0 mm. Antenna reaching posteriorly to per-
eonite 3. Pleopod 2 copulatory stylet just reaching to distal mar­
gin of rami. Uropodal endopod distally broadly rounded, margin with
rounded teeth; exopod 2.5 times longer than wide, margin with rounded
teeth, apically obscurely subacute. Posterior margin of pleotelson subtrun­
cate, with about eight spines.
RECORDS Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Cozumel, Mexico; Gulf of Mexico.
Cirolana parva Hansen, 1890
Figures 59C-E, 60
DIAGNOSIS 6 6.9 mm, 9 7.9 mm. Cephalon with furrow between eyes hav­
ing middorsal posterior deflection. Antenna reaching posteriorly to pereonite
4. Pleopod 1 (5, endopod narrowed in distal third. Pleopod 2 6, copulatory
stylet reaching by 'A its length beyond rami. Uropodal endopod with mesial
margin convex, apically acute; exopod 2.5 times longer than wide, apically
acute. Pleotelson evenly tapering to angled posterior margin, with seven or
eight spines.
RECORDS North and South Carolina; Turks and Caicos Islands; St.
Thomas and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; Andros Island, Bahamas; Pu­
erto Rico; Jamaica; Florida Keys; Dry Tortugas; Barbados; Carrie Bow Cay,
Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; Panama; Gulf of Mexico; intertidal to 55 m.