120 FLABELLIFERA • AEGIDAE 



Rocinela cubensis Richardson, 1898 

 Figure 52A 



DIAGNOSIS S 16 mm. Cephalon with two small tubercles between well- 

 separated eyes; rostrum broadly rounded, extending anteriorly, very ob- 

 vious. Flagellum of antenna with about 15 articles. Propodi of pereopods 1-3 

 with two spines. Pleotelson basally wider than middorsal length, lateral mar- 

 gins convex, apex rounded. 



RECORDS Off Cuba, 290 m. 



Rocinela insularis Schioedte and Meinert, 1879 

 Figure 52B 



DIAGNOSIS Ovigerous 9 24.5 mm. Eyes medially barely separated but not 

 contiguous. Flagellum of antenna of more than 12 articles. Propodus of per- 

 eopods 1-3 with two to four spines on posterior lobe. Uropodal endopod 

 barely reaching beyond pleotelsonic apex. Pleotelson basally slightly wider 

 than middorsal length, lateral margins convex, apex rounded. 



RECORDS Florida Keys; West Indies; between Mississippi delta and west 

 coast of Florida, Gulf of Mexico; 550 m. 



Rocinela oculata Harger, 1883 

 Figure 52C 



DIAGNOSIS 9 21.0 mm. Eyes contiguous. Cephalon with rostrum truncate 

 in dorsal view. Antennal flagellum with 12 articles. Propodi of pereopods 1-3 

 with six to eight spines on lobed posterior margin. Pleotelson with basal 

 width subequal to middorsal length; posterior margin broadly rounded. 



RECORDS Off Georgia; Gulf Stream off Florida, 360-400 m; Puerto Rico, 

 84 m; Guff of Mexico, 380-750 m. 



New South Wales, Queensland, Australia, 450-630 m. 



Rocinela signata Schioedte and Meinert, 1879 

 Figure 52D 



DIAGNOSIS Ovigerous 9 13.0-15.0 mm. Cephalon anteriorly broadly tri- 

 angular, produced over bases of antennules. Eyes widely separate. Flagellum 

 of antenna with 10 or 11 articles. Pereopods 1-3, propodi unarmed or with 



