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as long as merus. Third pereiopod \\dth propodus only about twice 

 as long as dactyl. A small species, maximum postorbital carapace 

 length 9 mm. 



Habitat. — Subterranean fresh water. 



Distribution. — KnowTi only from the type-locality, a cave near 

 Goshen, Jamaica. 



Family Hippolytidae 

 Genus Barhouria 



29. Barhouria cubensis (Von Martens) 



Figures 28/, 29 



Hippolyte Cubensis Yon Martens, 1872, p. 136, pi. 5: fig. 14 [type-locality: Cuba]. 



Hippolysmata cubensis. — Kingsley, 1878b, p. 89. 



Barbouria poeyi Rathbun, 1912, p. 455, pis. 2-5 [type-locality: open cave (now 



destroyed) near seashore between Castillo del Morro and Cojfmar, Provincia 



de La Habana, Cuba]. 

 Barbouria poegi. — Spandl, 1926, p. 89. 

 Barbouria poey. — Spandl, 1926, p. 140. 

 Barbouria cubensis.— Uolthuis, 1947, pp. 7, 33; 1963b, p. 272, fig. 2. 



Diagnosis. — Carapace armed wTth antennal and branchiostegal 

 spines, each originating behind anterior margin and each supported 

 by carina. Rostrum not reaching as far as end of second segment 

 of antennular peduncle, armed ^\Tth 4 or 5 dorsal and 2 or 3 ventral 



Figure 29. — Barbouria cubensis, male (carapace length 11.8 mm) from Cojimar, La Habana 

 Province, Cuba (M. L. Jaume). 



