6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

260 VALVIFERA • IDOTEIDAE
Miratidotea bruscai Kensley, 1987a
Figure 108G
DIAGNOSIS Ovigerous 9 13.0 mm. Body parallel sided. Maxillipedal palp
of four articles, terminal article very short. Pereopods 1—3 increasing in
length posteriorly, pereopod 4 reduced, shorter than pereopod 5, and with
dactylus spinelike, pereopods 5—7 increasing in length. Pleotelson consisting
of two complete and two incomplete pleonites plus pleotelson; latter with
broadly rounded posterior margin, and with bifid median process situated
dorsal to posterior oblique-concave area.
RECORDS Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 1.5 m, in hollow root-internodes of sea-
grass Syringodium filiforme.