98 ASELLOTA • SANTIIDAE 



Figure 44. Pleurocope Jloridensis: adult in dorsal 



Pleurocope Jloridensis Hooker, 1985 

 Figure 43C-E, 44 



DIAGNOSIS 6 1.15 mm, 9 0.96 mm. Body ovate, tapering posteriorly. In- 

 tegument very finely tuberculate. Mesiodistal lobe on antennal peduncle ar- 

 ticle 3 bearing five distal setae. Pereon lacking long dorsal setae. Pereopod 1 

 subchelate, but almost carpochelate. Pleon consisting of single segment, pos- 

 teriorly narrowly tapered and produced. Uropodal rami as long as sympod. 



RECORDS Turks and Caicos Islands, 1 m; Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 3-10 m; 

 Florida Middlegrounds, Gulf of Mexico, 55 m. 



Family Santiidae Wilson, 1987 



DIAGNOSIS Antennular flagellum with at most, three articles, antennular 

 scale sometimes present. Pereopod 1 prehensile. Pereopods 2-7, dactyli 

 biunguiculate. Coxae visible at least on pereonites 5-7. Pleon consisting of 

 single short pleonite plus pleotelson. Uropods pedunculate, biramous, inser- 

 ted dorsally or laterally. (One species of Santia possesses a uniramous 

 uropod.) 



Santia Sivertsen and Holthuis, 1980 



DIAGNOSIS Cephalon about twice wider than long. Eyes present. Antennu- 

 lar peduncle of three articles. Pereonites laterally rounded, sometimes bear- 

 ing short lateral spines. 



