(Smith, 1869)
Zoea [no illustration available]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 4.
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 11 First zoeae of Xanthidae]:
Carapace with medio-dorsal knob only in zoea 4.
Carapace with lateral spines.
Abdominal somites 3-5 with a sharp postero-lateral process.
Antennule with 2 aestetatscs and 1 seta.
Antenna type B (type B).
Maxillule endopod setation: 1, 6.
Maxillule scaphognatite with 5 plumose seate.
Maxillliped 1 basis and endopod setation: 8; 3, 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, no outer and no inner spines.
Megalopa [Eurypanopeus depressus]
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1.
¥ Morphological characters of megalopa [Table 18 Mgp Xanthidae]:
Rostrum short, deflected ventrally.
Carapace with protuberances.
Maxillule (mx1) endopod setation: 1, 6.
Maxilla (mx2) endopod setation: 8.
First maxilliped (mxp1) epipod setation: 7.
Third maxilliped (mxp3) epipod setation: 12.
Larval stages described by Costlow and Bookhout, 1961a.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: Massachusetts through Florida to southerm Texas, Dutch West Indies, Bermuda and Uruguay. Not recorded along the Brazilian coast..
Depth range of adult
Unknown.