260 VALVIFERA • IDOTEIDAE 



Miratidotea bruscai Kensley, 1987a 

 Figure 108G 



DIAGNOSIS Ovigerous 9 13.0 mm. Body parallel sided. Maxillipedal palp 

 of four articles, terminal article very short. Pereopods 1-3 increasing in 

 length posteriorly, pereopod 4 reduced, shorter than pereopod 5, and with 

 dactylus spinelike, pereopods 5-7 increasing in length. Pleotelson consisting 

 of two complete and two incomplete pleonites plus pleotelson; latter with 

 broadly rounded posterior margin, and with bifid median process situated 

 dorsal to posterior oblique-concave area. 



RECORDS Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 1.5 m, in hollow root-internodes of sea- 

 grass Syringodium filiforme. 



