Thomas E. Bowman, Thomas M. Iliffe and Jill Yager. 1984. New records of
the troglobitic mysid genus Stygiomysis: S. clarkei, sp. nov. from the Caicos Islands, and
S. holthuisi (Gordon) from Grand Bahama Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of
Washington, 97:637-644.
Stygiomysis clarkei is described from Conch Bar
Cave, Middle Caicos Island, and Snake Cave, Providenciales Island.
Stygiomysis holthuisi, previously reported from the Antilles (St. Martin,
Anguilla, Puerto Rico), is recorded from Lucayan Caverns, Grand Bahama Island,
including a female with four fully developed oostegites, a number unique among
the Mysidacea.
Thomas E. Bowman, deceased -
Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at
Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail:
iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: mysid; Stygiomysis; Caicos Islands; Grand Bahama Island.
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