(Rathbun, 1921)
Zoea [Garthiope barbadensis 1]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 3(4).
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 11 First zoeae of Xanthidae]:
Carapace with medio-dorsal knob.
Carapace with lateral spines.
Abdominal somites without a sharp postero-lateral process.
Antenna type C (type C).
Maxillule endopod setation: 1, 6.
Maxillule scaphognatite with 4 plumose seate.
Maxillliped 1 basis and endopod setation: 10; 2, 2, 1, 2, 5.
Maxillliped 2 basis and endopod setation: 4; 1, 1, 5.
Furcae of telson with smooth surface.
Telson furcae with 1 dorsal, 2 outer and no inner spines.
Megalopa [Garthiope barbadensis]
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1.
¥ Morphological characters of megalopa [Table 18 Mgp Xanthidae]:
Rostrum short, deflected ventrally.
Carapace smooth.
Maxillule (mx1) endopod setation: 5.
Maxilla (mx2) endopod setation: 5.
First maxilliped (mxp1) epipod setation: 7.
Third maxilliped (mxp3) epipod setation: 15.
Larval stages described by Gore et al., 1981.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The West Indies, and Brazil (Espírito Santo).
Depth range of adult
10 - 30 m.