198 FLABELLIFERA • LIMNORIIDAE 



Limnoria pfejferi Stebbing, 1904 

 Figure 87B 



DIAGNOSIS 6 3.8 mm, ovigerous $ 4.0 mm. Pleonite 5 with conspicuous 

 middorsal Y-shaped carina. Pleoteison basally with pair of submedian 

 rounded ridges; lateral crests lacking tubercles. 



RECORDS Florida Keys; Bahamas; Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands; Twin 

 Cays and Man o'War Cay, Belize; Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. 



Minikoi Atoll and Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean; Philippines; New Guinea; 

 Panama. 



Limnoria platycauda Menzies, 1957 

 Figure 87C 



DIAGNOSIS 6 2.5 mm, ovigerous 9 2.6 mm. Pleonite 5 with broad middor- 

 sal longitudinal rounded ridge. Pleoteison lacking dorsal ornamentation; 

 posterior margin and lateral crests bearing tubercles. 



RECORDS Cuba; Puerto Rico to Curasao; Cozumel, Mexico; Twin Cays 

 and Man o'War Cay, Belize. 

 Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. 



Limnoria saseboensis Menzies, 1957 

 Figure 87D 



DIAGNOSIS 6 3.5 mm. Pleonite 5 with submedian pair of ridges, converging 

 slightly posteriorly. Pleoteison basally with submedian pair of anteriorly tu- 

 berculate ridges; posterior margin and lateral crests tuberculate. 



RECORDS Miami, Florida. 

 Japan; Fiji. 



Limnoria simulata Menzies, 1957 

 Figure 87E 



DIAGNOSIS 6 3.8 mm, ovigerous 9 4.0 mm. Pleonite 5 with obscure me- 

 dian longitudinal groove. Pleoteison basally with submedian pair of tubercles 

 and small lateral tubercles, latter often difficult to detect; lateral crests 

 tuberculate. 



RECORDS Florida Keys; U.S. Virgin Islands; Gulf of Mexico. 



