6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

198 FLABELLIFERA • LIMNORIIDAE
Limnoria pfefferi Stebbing, 1904
Figure 87B
DIAGNOSIS 8 3.8 mm, ovigerous 9 4.0 mm. Pleonite 5 with conspicuous
middorsal Y-shaped carina. Pleotelson basally with pair of submedian
rounded ridges; lateral crests lacking tubercles.
RECORDS Florida Keys; Bahamas; Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands; Twin
Cays and Man o'War Cay, Belize; Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Minikoi Atoll and Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean; Philippines; New Guinea;
Panama.
Limnoria platycauda Menzies, 1957
Figure 87C
DIAGNOSIS 6 2.5 mm, ovigerous 9 2.6 mm. Pleonite 5 with broad middor­
sal longitudinal rounded ridge. Pleotelson lacking dorsal ornamentation;
posterior margin and lateral crests bearing tubercles.
RECORDS Cuba; Puerto Rico to Curasao; Cozumel, Mexico; Twin Cays
and Man o'War Cay, Belize.
Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean.
Limnoria saseboensis Menzies, 1957
Figure 87D
DIAGNOSIS 6 3.5 mm. Pleonite 5 with submedian pair of ridges, converging
slightly posteriorly. Pleotelson basally with submedian pair of anteriorly tu-
berculate ridges; posterior margin and lateral crests tuberculate.
RECORDS Miami, Florida.
Japan; Fiji.
Limnoria simulata Menzies, 1957
Figure 87E
DIAGNOSIS 6 3.8 mm, ovigerous 9 4.0 mm. Pleonite 5 with obscure me­
dian longitudinal groove. Pleotelson basally with submedian pair of tubercles
and small lateral tubercles, latter often difficult to detect; lateral crests
tuberculate.
RECORDS Florida Keys; U.S. Virgin Islands; Gulf of Mexico.