56 ANTHURIDEA • ANTHURIDAE 



Pendanthura Menzies and Glynn, 1968 



DIAGNOSIS 9 : Integument with some red-brown dorsal pigmentation. Eyes 

 small, pigmented. Antennular flagellum of two articles. Antennal flagellum 

 of one article. Mandibular palp of single reduced article; incisor, molar, and 

 lamina dentata present. Maxillipedal palp of single broad article; small tri- 

 angular endite present. Pereopod 1, propodus expanded. Pereopods 4—7, 

 carpi short, triangular, lacking free anterior margin. Pleonites 1-5 very 

 short, fused, 6 fused with telson. Pleopod 1, exopod operculiform. Telson 

 basally broad, with two statocysts at about midlength. S: Antennular ped- 

 uncle of four articles. Antennal flagellum of one article. Pereopod 1, pro- 

 podus with dense clump of spines on mesial surface. Eyes only slightly larger 

 than in 9. 



REMARKS The genus comprises three species, two from the Caribbean and 

 one from the Pacific, all of which have been taken from shallow coral reefs. 



Key to species of Pendanthura 



1. Dorsal pigmentation over entire body; pereopod 1, propodal palm with 



rounded lobe tanaiformis 



Dorsal pigmentation on cephalon, pereonite 2, and pleon; pereopod 1, 

 propodal palm lacking rounded lobe hendleri 



Pendanthura hendleri Kensley, 1984 

 Figure 24A-E 



DIAGNOSIS 9 : 3.3 mm. Dorsal pigmentation limited to cephalon, pereonite 

 2, and very short pleon. Reduced mandibular palp with two setae. Pereopod 

 1, propodus expanded, palm gently convex, lacking rounded lobe, with four 

 spines on mesial surface near palmar margin. 6: 2.8 mm. Pigmentation as in 

 9. Pereopod 1, propodal palm gently convex, lacking rounded lobe. 



RECORDS Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 9-23 m; Twin Cays, Belize, 0-2 m; Pan- 

 ama, 30 m. 



Pendanthura tanaiformis Menzies and Glynn, 1968 

 Figure 24F-H 



DIAGNOSIS Ovigerous 9 : 2.9 mm. Dorsal pigmentation a dense red-brown 



