6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

Chalixanthura 27
armed. Pereonite 7 less than half length of pereonite 6. Pereopods 4-7, carpi
with free anterior margin shorter than posterior margin. Pleonites 1—5 fused,
6 fused with telson. Pleopod 1, both rami forming operculum.
Apanthuroides millae Menzies and Glynn, 1968
Figure 8
DIAGNOSIS 9: 4.5 mm. Integument with diffuse brown pigmentation and
numerous shallow pits. Antennular flagellum of four articles. Antennal
flagellum of seven articles. Pleotelson with strong middorsal ridge. 6: 5.0
mm. Integumental pigment stronger than in 9, in irregular brown patches.
Eyes larger than in 9 . Antennular flagellum of six or seven articles. Antennal
flagellum of seven articles. Pereopod 1, propodal palm armed with five
fringed spines.
RECORDS Carrie Bow Cay, intertidal to 30 m; Puerto Rico, intertidal.
REMARKS The highly modified mandible probably indicates some spe­
cialized form of feeding, but this has yet to be discovered.
Chalixanthura Kensley, 1984
DIAGNOSIS Eyes present, enormously enlarged, especially ventrally in