Contents 



1 Introduction 



1 HISTORIC BACKGROUND 



3 GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERED IN THIS GUIDE 



4 ARRANGEMENT OF THE GUIDE AND HOW TO USE IT 



5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



7 Glossary of Technical Terms 

 13 Marine Isopods of the Caribbean 



13 ORDER ISOPODA 



15 SUBORDER ANTHURIDEA 



73 SUBORDER ASELLOTA 



107 SUBORDER EPICARIDEA 



114 SUBORDER FLABELLIFERA 



236 SUBORDER GNATHIIDEA 



243 SUBORDER MICROCERBERIDEA 



246 SUBORDER ONISCIDEA 



251 SUBORDER VALVIFERA 



261 Zoogeography 



261 FAUNAE PROVINCES 



262 ANALYSIS OF THE ISOPOD FAUNA 

 266 THE BAHAMAS 



269 BERMUDA 



269 CAVE ISOPODS 



275 Appendix 



277 Literature Cited 



293 Index 



