84 ASELLOTA • JANIRIDAE 



RECORDS Bermuda; eastern and southern coasts of Florida, 1.5-15 m. 



Carpias brachydactylus Pires, 1982 

 Figure 38E 



DIAGNOSIS 6 1.6 mm. Pereopod 1 6, carpus distally between two and 

 three times wider than proximal width, with strong triangular outer tooth 

 defining palm, middle tooth apically faintly bifid, inner tooth rounded; pro- 

 podus widening to distal truncate margin, overreaching carpal palm by short 

 distance, with very low tubercle at about midlength of flexor margin. 

 Pleopod 1 S , outer distal lobe slightly produced, rounded. Operculum of 9 

 wider than long, distal margin broadly emarginate. 



RECORDS Puerto Rico, 1.5 m. 



Carpias harrietae Pires, 1981 

 Figure 38F,G 



DIAGNOSIS 6 2.3 mm. Closely resembling C. brachydactylus. Pereopod 1 (?, 

 carpus with posterodistal area somewhat expanded, with strong tooth defin- 

 ing outer margin of palm, middle tooth rounded, inner tooth distally faintly 

 bifid; propodus widening to shallowly bilobed distal margin. Pleopod 1 6 , 

 inner distal lobe rounded, outer lobe narrowly acute. Operculum of 9 with 

 mediodistal margin gently concave. Uropod about twice length of pleotelson. 



RECORDS Biscayne Bay, Florida, intertidal to 2 m. 



Carpias minutus (Richardson, 1902) 

 Figure 39A 



DIAGNOSIS 6 1.9 mm, ovigerous 9 1.8 mm. Pereopod 1 c?, carpus distally 

 widening, palm defined by strong triangular tooth, two inner teeth of palm 

 separated by rounded notch; propodus with strong proximal tooth on flexor 

 margin, distally produced into small triangular lobe below dactylus. Pleopod 

 1 6 , outer distal lobe narrowly triangular and produced well beyond inner 

 lobe. Uropod subequal to pleotelson in length. 



RECORDS Bermuda, on Sargassum. 



