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Cyathura (Stygocyathura) hummelincki 35<br />

TABLE l. CARIBBEAN SPEGIES OF Cyathura (Stygocyathura), THEIR TOTAL LENGTHS<br />

(MM) AND LOCALITIES<br />

C. (S.) cuborientalis<br />

C. (S.) curassavica<br />

C. (S.) hummelincki<br />

C. (S.) motasi<br />

C. (S.) orghidani<br />

C. (S.) parapotamica<br />

C. (S.) salpiscinalis<br />

C. (S.) sbordonii<br />

C. (S.) specus<br />

C. (S.) univam<br />

9 6.8<br />

6 7.0, 9 9.2<br />

6 4.75, 9 8.5<br />

6 6.8, 9 10.0<br />

9 8.0<br />

ovig. 9 3.6, 9 4.1<br />

6 5.6, 9 7.3<br />

6, 9 9.0<br />

6 18.0, 9 19.8<br />

9 10.0<br />

Cuba<br />

Curasao<br />

Aruba<br />

Haiti<br />

Cuba<br />

Jamaica<br />

Haiti<br />

Vera Cruz, Mexico<br />

Cuba<br />

Venezuela<br />

10 pectinate marginal spines; low triangular ridge present. Pleotelson evenly<br />

tapering to notched apex; angle of apex about 90°.<br />

RECORDS Oriente Province, Cuba, interstitial in river alluvia.<br />

Cyathura (Stygocyathura) curassavica Stork, 1940<br />

Figures 11E,F; 12<br />

DIAGNOSIS 6 7.0 mm, 9 9.2 mm. Pereopod 1, propodal palm gently con­<br />

vex, bearing about 10 pectinate spines. Pleotelsonic margins in anterior two-<br />

thirds subparallel, tapering gently to finely notched apex; angle of apex less<br />

than 90°.<br />

RECORDS Curagao, from pits and wells.<br />

Cyathura (Stygocyathura) hummelincki Botosaneanu and Stock, 1982<br />

Figure 11G,H<br />

DIAGNOSIS 6 4.75 mm, 9 8.5 mm. Pereopod 1, propodal palm gently sinu­<br />

ate, bearing 11-23 marginal pectinate spines. Pleotelsonic margins faintly<br />

concave in midregion, posterior margin evenly convex, apex with slight<br />

notch.<br />

RECORDS Aruba, in pits, wells, and temporary water sources.

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