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Genus Typhlatya 

 14. Typhlatya garciai Chace 



Typhlatya garciai Chace, 1942, p. 99, pi. 29 [type-locality: cave at Banes, Pro- 

 vincia de Oriente, Cuba]. 



Diagnosis. — Orbital margin unarmed. Rostrmn represented only 

 by unarmed angular projection of frontal margin not reaching ends 

 of eyestalks. Ventral margins of abdominal pleura unarmed. Eyes 

 reduced, cornea limited to distolateral pigment spot on eyestalk. 

 Basal segment of antennular peduncle mthout dorsal spines. All 

 pereiopods with weU-developed exopods. Fingers of chelae of fii-st 

 and second pereiopods bearing terminal tufts of long hair. Carpus of 

 second pereiopod much longer than broad. Last three pereiopods 

 without horny scales or tubercles. Merus of third pereiopod not 

 noticeably broader than that of fourth. A small species, maximum 

 postorbital carapace length about 5 mm. 



Habitat. — Subterranean fresh water. 



Distribution. — Known only from a cave at Banes, Provincia de 

 Oriente, Cuba. 



15. Typhlatya monae Chace 



FiGUEE 16 



Typhlatya monae Chace, 1954, p. 318, fig. 1 [type-locality: well near Sardinera, 

 Isla Mona, Puerto Rico]. 



Diagnosis. — Orbital margin unarmed. Rostrum represented only 

 by unarmed, angular projection of frontal margin not reaching ends 

 of eyestalks. Ventral margins of abdominal pleura unarmed. Eyes 

 reduced, cornea limited to distolateral pigment spot on eyestalk. 



Figure 16.— Typhlatya monae, female (carapace length 4.5 mm) from Dark Cave, Barbuda 

 (Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1959). 



