6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

Limnoria tuberculata Sowinsky, 1884
Figure 87F
Paralimnoria andrewsi 199
DIAGNOSIS 6 2.8 mm, ovigerous 9 3.0 mm. Pleonite 5 with two anterior
tubercles, one middorsal posterior tubercle, area between tubercles de­
pressed. Pleotelson basally with middorsal tubercle, followed by pair of sub-
median tubercles, all three tubercles having short obscure carina; posterior
margin and lateral crests tuberculate.
RECORDS Rhode Island to Venezuela; Cuba; Man o'War Cay, Belize; Gulf
of Mexico.
Uruguay; West Africa; Mediterranean; Black Sea; India; Hong Kong;
Hawaii; Australia; California.
REMARKS This species has frequently been recorded under the name Lim­
noria tripunctata Menzies, 1951a.
Limnoria unicornis Menzies, 1957
Figure 88A,B
DIAGNOSIS 6 2.6 mm, ovigerous 9 2.6 mm. Mandibular palp of one arti­
cle. Pleonite 5 with somewhat obscure Y-shaped ridge middorsally.
Pleotelson in 6 with strong basal slightly curved middorsal tubercle; lateral
crests lacking tubercles.
RECORDS Bahamas; Man o'War Cay and Twin Cays, Belize.
Caroline Islands; Palau; Society Islands.
Paralimnoria Menzies, 1957
DIAGNOSIS Antennular flagellum of five articles. Antennal flagellum of five
or six articles. Mandibular incisor with rasp and file. Pleopod 5, rami bearing
marginal setae. Uropodal rami subequal in length, each with clawlike apex.
Paralimnoria andrewsi (Caiman, 1910)
Figure 88C,D
DIAGNOSIS 6 2.6 mm, 9 2.6 mm. Pleonite 5 with or without triangular
middorsal depressed area. Pleotelson with basal submedian pair of tubercles
either obscurely or strongly carinate; lateral crest tubercles of variable
strength.