NO. 3 AMPHirODA OF CUBA — SHOEMAKER 3 



Family SYNOPIIDAE 

 SYNOPIA ULTRAMARINA Dana 



Sy>iof>ia uUramarina Dana, 1853 and 1855, United States Exploring Expedi- 

 tion, Crustacea, vol. 13, II, p. 995, pi. 68, fii^. 6a-h. 



Synopia tillrainarina Stedbing, 1906, Das Tierrcich, Amphipoda I, Gammaridea, 

 p. 271. 



Synopia schectcana Bovallils, 1886, Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsala, ser. 3, 

 vol. 13, No. 9, p. 16, pi. 2, figs. 22-29. 



Synopia tdtramarina Shoemaker, 1945, .Amphipoda of the Bermuda Ocean- 

 ographic Expedition 1 929-1 931, p. 195, fig. 8. 



Station 30. about 50 specimens ; station 48. 3 specimens ; station 49, 

 I specimen ; station 52, 4 specimens ; station 78, i specimen ; station 

 89, 15 specimens; station 112, 18 specimens. 



Widely distributed in all tropical and subtropical seas. The species 

 usually measures from 2 to 5 mm., but specimens may reach 7 mm. 

 in length. 



Family BATEIDAE 



CARINOBATEA CUSPIDATA Shoemaker 



Carinobatca cuspidata Shoemaker, 1926, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., vol. 68, p. 21, 



figs. 14, 15. 

 Carinobatca cuspidata Shoemaker, 1933, Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 598, p. 11. 

 Carinobatca cuspidata Shoemaker, 1935, New York Acad. Sci. Scientific Survey 



of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, vol. 15, pt. 2, p. 235. 



Station 78, i specimen; station 89, 6 specimens; station 124, 8 

 specimens. 



This species was described from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. It 

 has since been taken at Puerto Rico and the west coast of Florida. 

 The animal measures about 5 mm. in length. 



CARINOBATEA CARINATA Shoemaker 



Carinobatca carinata Shoemaker, 1926, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., vol. 68, p. 24, 

 fig. 16. 



Station 169, i specimen. 



This species was described from the west coast of Morida. The 

 jiresent record fr')m off the Isle of Pines is the second of its occur- 

 rence. The animal measures about 5 mm. in length. 



Family POXTOGEXEIIDAE 



The difficulties of the family Pontogeneiidae and the confusion 

 existing among its genera have been discussed by Schellenberg \ 



* Schellenberg, A., Revision der .Aniphipoden-Fainilie Pontogeneiidae. Zool. 

 Anz., Bd. 85, Heft n 12, pp. 273-282, 1929. 



