184 FLABELLIFERA • CYMOTHOIDAE 



Key to species of Glossohius 



1 . Coxal plates of pereonites 1 and 2 anteroventrally protruding impressus 

 Coxal plates of pereonites 1 and 2 close to body, not protruding 



hemirhamphi 



Glossobius hemiramphi Williams and Williams, 1985a 

 Figure 83A 



DIAGNOSIS Ovigerous 9 27 mm. Eyes small but distinct. Cephalon pointed 

 anteriorly. Fused coxa of pereonite 1 and free coxa of pereonite 2 carinate but 

 not protruding. Coxa of pereonite 7 semicircular in dorsal view. Pleotelson 

 with middorsal length more than half basal width; lateral margins somewhat 

 tapered; posterior margin variable, sinuate or excavate. Uropods reaching to 

 or slightly beyond posterior pleotelsonic margin; rami subequal in length, 

 exopod slightly broader than endopod. 



RECORDS Ballyhoo Hemiramphus brasiliensis : Puerto Rico. 



Glossobius impressus (Say, 1818) 

 Figure 83B 



DIAGNOSIS Ovigerous 9 33 mm. Eyes small but distinct. Cephalon 

 rounded anteriorly. Fused coxal plate of pereonite 1 and distinct coxal plate 

 of pereonite 2 protruding strongly in oblique anteroventral direction. Uropod 

 reaching to posterior half of pleotelson; exopod shorter and narrower than 

 endopod. Pleotelson basal width twice length, posteriorly broadly bilobed. 

 Attaching inside mouth of host. 



RECORDS Flyingfish Exocoetus spp.: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; North Atlantic, 

 especially in the Gulf Stream. 



Mirrorwing flyingfish Hirundichthys speculifer: North Atlantic. No host rec- 

 ord: Senegal, West Africa. 



Kuna Williams and Williams, 1986 



DIAGNOSIS Cephalon somewhat immersed in pereonite 1 . Anterior margin 

 of pereonite 1 not trisinuate. Number of articles in antennules and antennae 



