CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Zoogeographic Notes 1 



Explanations and Acknowledgements 3 



Key to the Western Atlantic genera of Crustacea Stomatopoda . . 6 



Genus Parasquilla, new genus 7 



Parasquilla meridionalis, new species 8 



Genus 5i7M/7/fl Fabricius, 1787 12 



Squilla quadridens Bigelow, 1893 14 



Squilla schmitti Lemos de Castro, 1955 17 



Squilla rugosa Bigelow, 1893 18 



Squilla empusa Say, 1818 20 



Squilla edentata (Lunz, 1937) 22 



Squilla lijdingi Holthuis, 1959 26 



Squilla obtusa Holthuis, 1959 28 



Genus Lysiosquilla Dana, 1852 31 



Lysiosquilla hancocki, new species 32 



Lysiosquilla antillensis , new species 35 



Genus Pseudosquilla Dana, 1852 38 



Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787) 39 



Genus Gonodactylus Latreille, 1825 39 



Gonodactylus spinulosus Schmitt, 1924 41 



Gonodactylus oerstedii Hansen, 1895 43 



Literature Cited 45 



