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exopod with articulation. Uropodal rami lamellar. 9 : Mouthparts not meta- 

 morphosed. One pair of oostegites arising from pereonite 4, short, not reach- 

 ing midline. Brood held in pouch formed by two opposing pockets covering 

 entire ventrum, opening by transverse slit between 4th pereopods. 6 : Penes 

 long, basally fused. Copulatory stylet basally narrow, extending further be- 

 yond endopod than in Dynamenella. Uropods broader than in 9 . 



Paradella dianae (Menzies, 1962b) 

 Figure 98A-C 



DIAGNOSIS 6 3.4 mm, ovigerous 9 3.7 mm. S: Pereonite 7, posterior mar- 

 gin broadly bilobed. Pleonite 5 with two rounded submedian tubercles. 

 Pleotelsonic foramen distinctly heart shaped with median point. Pleotelson 

 with four submedian and two lateral tubercles in 6 and 9, plus median 

 tubercle at base of foramen in 6 ; tubercles tending to be elongate and sub- 

 carinate. Uropodal rami lamellar, margins finely crenulate, relatively 

 broader than in 9 . 9 : Pleotelsonic slit wide, dorsally visible. 



RECORDS Key West, Florida; Puerto Rico, intertidal. 

 Baja California, intertidal. 



Paradella plicatura (Glynn, 1970) 

 Figure 98D,E 



DIAGNOSIS S 4.1 mm, 9 3.6 mm. Pleon and pleotelson with tiny scattered 

 tubercles. 6: Pereonites 5-7 with posteriorly directed flanges, that of per- 

 eonite 7 largest, bilobed. Pleotelson with four submedian and two lateral 

 discreet rounded tubercles. Pleotelsonic foramen wider than long, with basal 

 bulge but lacking median point. 9 : Pleotelson with wide posterior slit not 

 visible dorsally, posterior margin appearing truncate. Pleotelsonic tubercles 

 less marked than in 6 . 



RECORDS Jamaica, under red mangroves; Margarita Island, Venezuela, 

 shallow infratidal. 



Paradella quadripunctata (Menzies and Glynn, 1968) 

 Figure 98F,G 



DIAGNOSIS 6 2.5 mm, 9 2.5 mm. Pleonite 5 with two low rounded subme- 

 dian tubercles. Pleotelson with four low submedian rounded tubercles and 



