Eusarsiella cornuta (Poulsen 1965) Cohen & Kornicker 1975

Eusarsiella cornuta Poulsen, 1965

Eusarsiella cornuta Poulsen, 1965:105, fig. 32.

Sarsiella cornuta.—Kornicker, 1967:3 [by inference].—Cohen and Kornicker, 1975:26.

HOLOTYPE.—Ovigerous female in Universitets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; unique specimen.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—South of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, West Indies, 5 m.

MATERIAL.—None.

DISTRIBUTION.—Collected only at type-locality (Table 1).

DIAGNOSIS.—Carapace with prominent caudal process forming slightly more than a right-angle with posterior margin of valve (Figure 21). Carapace small, length 0.91 mm. Each valve with lateral oval ridge bearing 3 large processes along posterior part and smaller processes along ventral part; a second ridge bearing 3 processes present between posterior part of oval ridge and posterior edge of valve (Figure 21). Valve surface with fossae bearing central pore (Poulsen, 1965, fig. 32b).

Infold: Infold of caudal process with 2 short bristles (Poulsen, 1965, fig. 32c).

First Antenna: Second joint with bare dorsal bristle with base fairly close to distal margin of joint. Third joint with ventral bristle about half length of dorsal bristle. Fourth joint with 2 ventral bristles (Poulsen, 1965, fig. 32d).

Second Antenna: Endopodite of second joint with 2 anterior bristles and bare ventral margin (Poulsen, 1965, fig. 32e).

Seventh Limb: Two bristles in proximal group, 1 on each side; 5 bristles in terminal group, 2 on one side, 3 on other. Terminus with opposing combs bearing 1 or 2 teeth.