Mesanthura paucidens 5 1 



five bars on pleon. Mandibular palp article 3 with four spines. Maxilliped 

 with very reduced endite. Pereopod 1, propodal palm with step. 



RECORDS Looe Key, Florida, 5—6 m; Cozumel, Mexico; Jamaica; Carrie 

 Bow Cay, Belize, 0.2-6 m. 



Mesanthura hopkinsi Hooker, 1985 

 Figures 18C, 20I-L 



DIAGNOSIS 9 2.4 mm. Pigment in triangle on cephalon; in irregular rings 

 on pereonites 1—6; four transverse bars on pleon. Mandibular palp article 3 

 with four spines. Maxilliped lacking endite. Pereopod 1, palm of propodus 

 lacking step. 



RECORDS Looe Key, Florida, 0.5 m; Florida Middlegrounds, Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, 55 m. 



Mesanthura looensis Kensley and Schotte, 1987 

 Figures 18D, 21A-D 



DIAGNOSIS 9 10.0 mm. Pigment in solid patches on cephalon, pereonites, 

 pleon, uropods and telson; pereonites 4-6 with open central area in patch. 

 Mandibular palp article 3 with eight spines. Maxilliped lacking endite. Per- 

 eopod 1, propodal palm with step. 



RECORDS Looe Key, Florida, 1 m. 



Mesanthura paucidens Menzies and Glynn, 1968 

 Figures 19A, 21E-I 



DIAGNOSIS 9 : 6.6 mm. Pigment in roughly rectangular to ovate patches on 

 cephalon and pereonites; in five transverse lines connected laterally on pleon. 

 Mandibular palp article 3 with six spines. Maxilliped with short narrow en- 

 dite. Pereopod 1 propodal palm with step. 6: 6.4 mm. Antennular flagellum 

 of seven articles. Pigment more difiuse than in 9 but retaining five pleonal 

 bars. 



RECORDS Looe Key, Florida, 5-6 m; Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 15.2 m; Pu- 

 erto Rico, intertidal; Jamaica. 



