Rocinela 119 



Aega (Rhamphion) dentata Schioedte and Meinert, 1879 

 Figure 51C 



DIAGNOSIS 9 7.5 mm. Eyes large, just contiguous in midline. Frontal lam- 

 ina distally acute. Uropodal exopod shorter than and half width of endopod; 

 latter with lateral margin entire. Pleotelson with two obscure dorsal depres- 

 sions anteriorly; posterior margin crenulate with seven teeth. 



RECORDS Cuba. 



Aega (Rhamphion) tenuipes Schioedte and Meinert, 1879 

 Figure 51 D 



DIAGNOSIS 9 11.5 mm. Eyes large, contiguous. Frontal lamina distally 

 broadly rounded. Uropodal exopod shorter and narrower than endopod; lat- 

 ter with entire lateral margin. Pleotelson dorsally smooth; posterior margin 

 evenly and broadly convex, obscurely crenulate. 



RECORDS Cuba. 



Rocinela Leach, 1818 



DIAGNOSIS Cephalon with short rostrum sometimes covering antennular 

 bases. Eyes well developed. Frontal lamina small, often indistinct. Mandibu- 

 lar palp of three articles, article 1 elongate. Maxillipedal palp of two or three 

 articles. Pereopods 1-3 usually with spine-bearing expanded lobe on pos- 

 terior margin of propodi. 



Key to species of Rocinela 



Eyes contiguous oculata 



Eyes not contiguous 2 



Cephalon produced anteriorly into broadly rounded rostrum . . cubensis 

 Cephalon lacking obvious broadly rounded rostrum 3 



Eyes well separated, cephalon anteriorly broadly triangular .... signata 

 Eyes barely separate, cephalon anteriorly narrowly triangular insularis 



