6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

Anthomuda stenotelson 23
Uropodal exopod with strong distal notch; endopod length about 1.5 times
basal width. Pleotelson widest in posterior half, tapering posteriorly to shal-
lowly notched apex. 6: 4.5 mm. Eyes larger than in 9 . Antennular flagellum
of nine articles. Pereopod 1, carpus with strong distal lobe, propodal palm
with step, convex transparent flange, and numerous setae on mesial surface.
Pleopod 2, copulatory stylet of endopod reaching well beyond ramus.
RECORDS Cuba; Puerto Rico, intertidal to 1.5 m; Carrie Bow Cay, Belize,
intertidal to 24 m.
Amakusanthura significa (Paul and Menzies, 1971)
Figure 6F—I
DIAGNOSIS 9 5.0 mm. Antennular flagellum of three articles. Antennal
flagellum of four or five articles. Mandibular palp article 3 bearing three
spines. Maxilliped lacking endite. Pereopod 1, propodal palm with step;
carpus distally rounded. Uropodal exopod ovate, with distal notch; endopod
length slightly more than twice basal width. Telson elliptical, posterior mar­
gin narrowly rounded.
RECORDS Off Venezuela, 95 m.
Anthomuda Schultz, 1979
DIAGNOSIS Eyes present. Mandibular palp of three articles. Maxillipedal
palp of four articles; endite reaching well beyond base of palp article 2. Per-
eopods 1 and 2 similar, subchelate. Pleonites 1-6 short, free; pleonite 6 dor-
sally demarked. Telson with single semiovate hollow representing statocyst.
Anthomuda stenotelson Schultz, 1979
Figure 7A
DIAGNOSIS 9 8.8 mm. Antennular flagellum of three or four articles. An­
tennal flagellum of six articles. Pereopods 1 and 2 similar, propodi somewhat
inflated; pereopod 1, propodal palm straight, unarmed; pereopod 2 propodal
palm with three sensory spines. Pereopods 4—7 with rectangular carpi.
Pleonite 6 free, posterior margin broadly bilobed. Uropodal exopod elongate-
elliptical, distally narrowly rounded; endopod length 2.5 times basal width,
distally broadly rounded. Telson narrowly lanceolate, posteriorly narrowly
rounded, with single open hollow statocyst.
RECORDS Off Bermuda, 90 m.