ASELLOTA • JOEROPSIDAE 



Key to species oijoeropsis 



1 . Lateral margins of cephalon serrate; rostrum triangular personatus 



Lateral margins of cephalon entire; rostrum not triangular 2 



2. Body glabrous; strong band of pigment on cephalon and pereonite 4 



bifasciatus 



Body setose; pigment in reticulation over entire body 3 



3. Rostrum evenly convex; outer uropodal ramus longer than inner 



rathbunae 



Rostrum anteriorly shallowly notched; outer uropodal ramus shorter 

 than inner coralicola 



Joeropsis bifasciatus Kensley, 1984 

 Figure 40A-F 



DIAGNOSIS 6 2.5 mm, 9 2.4 mm. Body glabrous. Lateral margins of 

 cephalon entire. Rostrum semicircular, with marginal flange of transparent 

 teeth. Antennal flagellum of eight articles. Lateral margins of pleotelson ser- 

 rate. Apex of 9 operculum blunt. Broad band of pigment on cephalon be- 

 tween eyes and almost reaching posterior margin; broad band of pigment on 

 pereonite 4. 



RECORDS Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 1-6 m, often on Agaricia sp. and Pontes 

 sp. corals, and Halimeda sp. alga; Anguilla. 



Joeropsis coralicola Schultz and McCloskey, 1967 

 Figure 40G 



DIAGNOSIS 6 2.0 mm, ovigerous 9 1.9 mm. Body setose. Lateral margins 

 of cephalon entire. Rostrum anteriorly notched. Antennal flagellum of five 

 articles. Lateral margins of pleotelson serrate. Apex of 9 operculum acute. 

 Outer uropodal ramus shorter than inner. Pigment spread as reticulation 

 over entire body. 



RECORDS Off North Carohna, on coral Oculina arbuscula; Florida Mid- 

 dlegrounds, Gulf of Mexico, from sponge Agelas sp. and coral Madracis sp., 

 25-33 m. 



