DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE WEST INDIES 55 



Distribution. — West Indies and Honduras to Estado de Santa 

 Catarina, Brazil (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Saint Thomas, Trini- 

 dad). 



Genus Xiphopeneus 



5. Xiphopeneus kroyeri (Heller) 

 Figures 6, 7e 



Penaeus Kroyeri Heller, 1862a, p. 425, pi. 2: fig. 51 [type-locality: Rio de Janeiro, 



Brazil]. 

 Xiphopeneus Harltii Smith, 1869b, p. 28, figs. 1, la [type-locality: Caravelas, 



Estado da Bahia, Brazil]. 

 Xiphopeneus Kroyeri. — Smith, 1885, p. 188. 

 Xiphopenaeus kroyeri. — Boschi, 1963, p. 32, fig. 10. 



Diagnosis. — Lateral rostral grooves not reaching nearly to posterior 

 margin of carapace, ending near posterior dorsal tooth. Rostrum longer 

 than antennal scales, without ventral teeth. Dorsal antennular flagellum 

 about six times as long as peduncle. Basis oj second pereiopod unarmed. 



Figure 6. — Xiphopeneus kroyeri, female (carapace length 17.5 mm) from off Surinam 



{Coquette station 44). 



Fourth and fifth pereiopods much longer than third, filijorm. Petasma 

 tubular with large hornlike transverse distal processes. Thelycum covered 

 by long posterior and short anterior membranes separated by anteriorly 

 convex transverse fissure. A moderately large species, maximum post- 

 orbital carapace length about 40 mm. 



Habitat. — Marine and brackish environment, exceptionally in 

 fresh water. 



Distribution. — North Carolina to Estado do Parand, Brazil 

 (Cuba, Puerto Rico). 



