Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt 1933

Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933

Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933:7, fig. 3 [type locality: Ensenada, Puerto Rico]; 1935:167, fig. 31.—Bruce, 1974e:313, fig. 1.

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not overreaching eyes; carapace rounded anteroventrally; telson with lateral margin convex, posterior margin not bilobed, without posteromedian carina; eyestalk not extending distally beyond cornea; antennal scale widest in proximal , lateral margin distinctly concave; mandible without trace of incisor process; 2nd maxilliped with 2 distal segments, together, subquadrate; 3rd maxilliped with antepenultimate segment 1 times as long as wide in proximal , lateral margin slightly convex, exopod longer than endopod; 1st pereopod without acute distal prolongation on basis; 2nd pereopod with chela about 3 times as long as wide, movable finger unarmed on opposable margin; color pattern of single wide longitudinal stripe of dark brown or black; maximum postorbital carapace length 2.3 mm.

RANGE.—Zanzibar, Seychelles, New South Wales, Australia, Tonga Islands, Hawaii, and western Atlantic from Florida to Yucatan and Grenadines: associated with echinoids Tripneustes.

Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933

Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933:7, fig. 3; 1935:167, fig. 31.—Lewis, 1956:288, figs. 1, 2.—Chace, 1972:52 Bruce, 1973:27.

MATERIAL.—1 ovigerous female.

MEASUREMENTS.—Ovigerous female cl 1.9 mm, tl 5.5 mm.

DISTRIBUTION.—Southeastern Florida, Yucatan, and Caribbean Sea (Chace, 1972). The species is now reported from the eastern Pacific at Malpelo Island.