Ostracoda (Myodocopa) from Anchialine Caves and Ocean Blue Holes Author Kornicker, Louis S. Author Iliffe, Thomas M. Author Harrison-Nelson, Elizabeth text Zootaxa 2007 2007-08-31 1565 1 1 151 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1565.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1565.1.1 1175­5334 5095810 A2CDD9CB-CA5E-418B-A471-9EEFDC5CCF16 Spelaeoecia styx Kornicker 1990 in Kornicker et al. 1990 Spelaeoecia styx Kornicker 1990 in Kornicker et al. 1990: 6 , figs. 2–8.— Kornicker & Iliffe 1998: 26 , figs. 17–29.— 2000: 85.—Kornicker et al. 2002: 23, figs. 14, 15. Spelaeoecia exleyi Kornicker & Iliffe 1998 : Table 6 (typographical error, should have been Spelaeoecia styx ). Holotype . USNM 194270 , undissected adult male in alcohol. Type locality. El Dorado Cave , South Andros Island , Great Bahama Bank. TABLE 7. Number of claws and bristles on each lamella of caudal furca of growth stages of species of Spelaeoecia and Deeveya (if growth stage is uncertain, number is italicized). (F = female, M = male, - = growth stage unknown.)

Growth Stages
A-5	A-4	A-3	A-2	A-1	Adult F	Adult M
Spelaeoecia
S. barri	-	4	5	6	7	8	8
S. bermudensis	-	-	-	-	7	7	7
S. capax	-	4	5	6	7	8	8
S. cubensis	-	4	-	-	5	5	5
S. hox	-	-	-	-	6	6	6–7
S. jamaicensis	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
S. mayan	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
S. parkeri	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
S. sagax	-	-	-	6	7	8	8
S. saturno	-	-	-	-	7	8	-
S. styx	3	4	5	6	7	7	7
Deeveya
D. bransoni	3	4	5	6	7	7	7
D. exleyi	-	4	-	-	-	7	-
D. hirpex	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
D. jillae	-	4	-	6	-	-	-
D. medix	-	-	-	-	-	7	7
D. spiralis	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
D. styrax	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Material. Sanctuary Blue Hole, Sta 99-061: USNM 1021381 , 1 adult female in alcohol ); USNM 1021382 , 6 adult females, 8 adult males, all in alcohol ; USNM 1021382 (1 A- 1 male , 1 A-1 instar, 1 A-4 instar and 1 A-5 instar, all in alcohol)) . Distribution. Great Bahama Bank: Exuma Cays: Norman’s Pond Cay (Norman’s Pond Cave); Great Guana Cay (Oven Rock Cave). South Andros Island (El Dorado Cave, Stargate Blue Hole, and Sanctuary Blue Hole). Supplementary description of adult male. Carapace size (length, height in mm): USNM 1021382, 7 specimens : 1.04, 0.52; 1.00, 0.59; 1.04, 0.58; 1.04, 0.53; 1.03, 0.55; 1.04, 0.56; 1.02, 0.60. Ornamentation: Carapace with distinct reticulations. Furca. Each lamella with 7 claws. Supplementary description of adult female. Carapace size (length, height in mm): USNM 1021382, 6 specimens : 1.02, 0.50; 0.98, 0.47; 1.02, 0.51; 1.00, 0.49; 0.99, 0.56; 0.99 (length only). Ornamentation: Distinct reticulations. Furca: Each lamella with 7 claws. Supplementary description of A-1 instar. Carapace size (length, height in mm): USNM 1021383, 2 specimens : 0.83, 0.42 (male); 0.82, 0.43 (sex unknown). Ornamentation: With distinct reticulations. Furca: Each lamella with 7 claws. Copulatory organ: Male not dissected but slender lobe with 3 short terminal bristles observed on specimen; lobe medial to 5th and sixth limbs. Supplementary description of A-4 instar (sex unknown). Carapace size (length, height in mm): USNM 10213783: 0.47, 0.28. Ornamentation: Carapace with distinct reticulation. Sixth limb: Present, but not reaching past 5th limb. Seventh limb: Absent. Furca: Each lamella with 4 claws followed by small triangular process (incipient 5th claw). Supplementary description of A-5 instar (sex unknown). Carapace size (length, height in mm): USNM 10213783: 0.37, 0.23. Ornamentation: Carapace with distinct reticulations. Sixth and Seventh limbs: Absent. Furca: Each lamella with 3 claws followed by small triangular process (incipient 4th claw). Remarks. This is the first report of the species in Sanctuary Blue Hole. Correction. Kornicker & Iliffe (1998 : Table 6 ) listed Spelaeoecia exleyi Kornicker & Iliffe 1998 [nomen nudum]. It should have read Spelaeoecia styx 1990 in Kornicker et al. 1990 .