6 - Sphaeromatidae::“Cute As Buttons”

Paanthura infundibulata 71
panded, palm bearing row of setae, mesial surface near palmar margin with
convex flange and row of about 10 spines. Pereopod 2, propodal palm with
five stout sensory setae. Pleonite 6 free, posterior margin bilobed. Uropodal
exopod ovate, outer margin sinuous; endopod almost circular, as wide as
long. Telson posteriorly rounded.
RECORDS St. Johns, St. James, U.S. Virgin Islands, 32 m; Carrie Bow Cay,
Belize, intertidal to 1.5 m.
Paranthura barnardi Paul and Menzies, 1971
Figure 31G-K
DIAGNOSIS 9 6.0 mm. Mandibular palp article 3 with eight spines. Max-
illipedal palp of single article, length four times basal width. Pereopod 1,
propodal palm concave, with convex flange and row of about 17 spines on
mesial surface. Uropodal exopod broadly ovate, apically subacute; endopod
ovate, length about 1.5 times basal width. Telson evenly elliptical, apex
evenly rounded.
RECORDS Off Venezuela, 95 m.
Paranthura Jloridensis Menzies and Kruczynski, 1983
Figure 32A-E
DIAGNOSIS 9 6.3 mm. Integument with sparse irregular pigmentation.
Mandibular palp article 3 with eight spines. Maxillipedal palp of single arti­
cle, length 3.5 times basal width. Pereopod 1, propodal palm with trans­
parent flange and row of 10 setae on mesial surface. Uropodal exopod
elongate-elliptical; endopod ovate, length 1.5 times greatest width. Telson
posteriorly broadly rounded, parallel sided for about half its length.
RECORDS OfTSanibel Island, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, 73 m.
Paranthura infundibulata Richardson, 1902
Figure 32F-J
DIAGNOSIS 9 8.2 mm, 6 6.0 mm. Integument with red-brown pigmenta­
tion; broad irregular patch between eyes running onto bases of antennules;
pereonites 1 and 2 with anterior patches, remainder of pereonites with pos­
terior patches; strong patch on uropodal exopod, endopod, and telson. Man­
dibular palp article 3 with 11 or 12 spines. Maxillipedal palp of single article,