6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

154 FLABELLIFERA • CIROLANIDAE
Metacirolana agaricicola Kensley, 1984
Figure 70A-C
DIAGNOSIS 6 2,6 mm, ovigerous 9 2.1 mm. Antennular flagellum of six or
seven articles. Antennal flagellum of 10 articles. Posterior margin of telson
finely dentate, with broadly obtuse median point. Uropodal exopod about
half width of endopod, margins dentate, apically acute; endopod, margins
dentate, distally angled, apically acute.
RECORDS Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 1-20 m, in coral on reef slope, and spur
and groove zone.
Metacirolana halia Kensley, 1984
Figure 70D-F
DIAGNOSIS 6 2.9 mm, ovigerous 9 2.7 mm. Antennular flagellum of 10
articles in 9, 14 in 6. Antennal flagellum of 10 articles in 9, 11 in 6. Pos­
terior margin of telson truncate, bearing about eight sensory spines. Uropo­
dal exopod distally broadly rounded, more than half distal width of endopod,
outer margin dentate, with about 11 sensory spines; endopod distally broad,
margin straight, bearing about 12 sensory spines.
RECORDS Carrie Bow Cay, Glover's Reef, Belize; intertidal to 23 m; Turks
and Caicos Islands, 1 m; Bahamas; Jamaica; Cozumel, Mexico.
Metacirolana menziesi Kensley, 1984
Figure 71A,B
DIAGNOSIS 8 2.3 mm, ovigerous 9 2.4 mm. Antennular flagellum of six
articles in 9, eight in 6. Antennal flagellum of nine articles in 9, 10 in