6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

Oncilorpheus Paul and Menzies, 1971
Natatolana 139
DIAGNOSIS Frontal lamina projecting ventrally. Pleopod 1, exopod indu­
rate, opercular; endopod membranous, less than half width of exopod.
Uropodal sympod longer than rami, slightly produced along mesial margin
of endopod; rami inserted subapically.
Oncilorpheus stebbingi Paul and Menzies, 1971
Figure 61E
DIAGNOSIS 9 11.0 mm. Body narrow, about five times longer than wide.
Pleotelson triangular, bearing faint middorsal longitudinal ridge, apex nar­
rowly rounded.
RECORDS Off Venezuela, 73 m.
Subfamily Conilerinae, new name
DIAGNOSIS Clypeus flattened. Frontal lamina flat, narrow. Antennal ped­
uncular articles 3 and 4 subequal. Pereopods 1-3, ischium and merus pro­
duced anterodistally. Pereopods lacking secondary unguis on dactyli. Nata­
tory setae present on pereopods 4—7.
REMARKS In a discussion of the Cirolanidae, Botosaneanu, Bruce, and
Notenboom (1986:412) refer to the subfamilies Eurydicinae and Cirolaninae
but place the Conilera group under the heading "Unnamed Subfamily." For
consistency, the Conilera group is here recognized as a subfamily.
Key to genera of Conilerinae
1. Uropodal endopod with distal notch; pereopods 4-7 natatory, ischium,
merus, and carpus flattened Politolana
Uropodal endopod lacking distal notch; pereopods 4-7 with basis
flattened and expanded, bearing natatory setae Natatolana
Natatolana Bruce, 1981
DIAGNOSIS Frontal lamina narrow; clypeus flat. Pereopods 1-3 bearing
long setae. Pleopod 2