Urchin Shrimp

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.

Shallow-waters (0-100 m)