taxonID	type	description	language	source
CB5ED651FC759315FCEEF91D4B63F8C7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype. Adult male, length 3.3 mm, (ANC 07.1.3.009 – Marine collections of the Acuario Nacional de Cuba), associated with filamentous algae at a depth of 20 m, from the Cayo Matias Blue Hole, SW Cuba, 22 ° 07 ’ 06 ” N, 81 ° 30 ’ 45 ” W, Carlos Varela coll., 18 July 2010. Paratype. Adult male, length 2.8 mm; adult male, length 2.6 mm; praniza larva, all specimens deposited on ANC 07.1.3.010 – Acuario Nacional de Cuba, associated with filamentous algae at a depth of 20 m, from the Cayo Matias Blue Hole, SW Cuba, 22 ° 07 ’ 06 ” N, 81 ° 30 ’ 45 ” W, Carlos Varela coll., 18 July 2010.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC759315FCEEF91D4B63F8C7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Cephalosome 1.25 times longer than wide, without posterior tubercle, dorsal notch wide and deep; mandible with 1 seta, blade with 11 teeth, inner and incisor lobes present; pylopod with 2 articles, basal article foliaceous with 3 long distal setae, distal article circular with 3 short subdistal setae; maxilliped with basal article foliaceous and subquadrate, subequal in length to other 4; pereonal segment 1 short, hardly visible; pleotelson with 2 teeth on each lateral margin.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC759315FCEEF91D4B63F8C7.taxon	description	Description. Body with cephalosome quadrate, half length of pereon, lateral margins convex; numerous very fine granules on cephalosome; pereonal segments 1 – 4 smooth, pereon 5 with one subterminal small tubercle on each side, pereon 6 bearing 2 small anterior tubercles, 1 at middle area and 1 posterior on each side. Eyes well developed, lateral and sessile, 0.25 length of cephalosome; frontal border transverse; mediofrontal process absent; inferior frontolateral process conical, half length of superior frontolateral process; superior frontolateral process conical with two setae on tip and one on basal inner side; lamina dentate not visible in dorsal view, with 9 teeth; external scissura shallow; supraocular lobe pronounced; ventral accessory supraocular lobe very small. Cephalosome with broad dorsal sulcus which is tapering backward, without posterior median tubercle at base of sulcus (Fig. 1 A – C, F). Antenna 1 sparsely setose, article 3 elongate, flagellum of 6 articles (Fig. 1 E). Antenna 2 longer than antenna 1; flagellum of antenna 2 of 8 articles (Fig. 1 F). Mandible curved half length of cephalosome; incisor present; unarmed carina; slight mandibular incisor halfway alone; ventral dentate; blade on proximal half, without pseudoblade; (Fig. 1 C, D). Maxilliped with 5 articles; external margins of articles 2 – 4 bearing long plumose setae; endite barely, reaching one third of article 3 (Fig. 2 B). Pylopod 2 - articulated, internal margin of article 1 convex and covered with long plumose setae; with one long lateral and one short distal areolae; inner margin concave, covered with very short setae; distal border concave with 3 subdistal setae; distal article 0.15 times of basal, rounded with 3 small distal setae (Fig. 2 A). Pereon widest anteriorly, as wide as cephalosome. Pereonite 1 dorsally not reaching lateral margins; pereonites 2 and 3 subequal; pereonite 3 with posterolateral lobe; pereonite 4 with deep anterior constriction; pereonites 4 – 6 narrower than pereonite 3, as long as pereonites 2 and 3 combined; pereonite 6 posterolateral corner with 5 setae; pereonite 7 narrow overlapping pleon (Fig. 1 A). Pereopod 2 article 2 narrow, anterior margin with 3 tubercles and 4 robust setae directed upward, posterior margin with 4 setae; article 3 with a long robust seta and a short subdistal seta on anterior margin; 4 short setae and 2 long setae on posterior margin; article 4 with one long and one short setae on anterior margin, 3 setae and one distal tubercle on posterior margin, article 5 with one distal seta on anterior margin and one tubercle and 4 robust setae on posterior margin, article 6 with 3 equidistant anterior setae, 4 robust setae, and 2 short and robust distal setae on posterior margin, article 7 with one posterior robust seta and 3 setae anterior to nail (Fig. 3 A). Pereopod 3 article 2 wide, anterior margin with 8 tubercles and 5 setae, posterior margin with 8 very short setae and one long distal seta; article 3 with one long and one short seta on anterior margin, 8 short setae on posterior margin, distal half finely serrate; article 4 with one long seta on anterior margin, 7 tubercles and 3 setae on posterior margin; article 5 with 2 big tubercles among which there are 4 smaller ones, and 6 setae of different lengths; article 6 with 2 distal setae on anterodistal edge, 8 tubercles and one robust distal setae on posterior margin; article 7 with one long and one short seta (Fig. 3 B). Pereopod 4 article 2 wide with 4 tubercles on posterior margin; article 3 with 2 long setae on anterior margin, 11 tubercles on posterior; article 4 with 5 tubercles and 5 setae on posterior margin; article 5 with one short seta on anterior margin and one big and 5 small tubercles on posterior; article 6 with 2 setae on anterior margin, and 7 tubercles, one robust intermediate seta and one distal seta on posterior; article 7 with one short and one long seta (Fig. 3 C). Pereopod 5 article 2 narrow with 5 short and one long setae on anterior margin, 3 long and 2 short setae on posterior; article 3 with 2 setae on anterior margin, 5 setae on posterior serrate margin; article 4 with 3 subdistal tubercles, 2 distal setae on anterior margin, 2 setae on posterior; article 5 with 3 posterior robust setae and 3 long anterior setae on posterior margin; article 6 with 3 robust setae and one seta on anterior margin, a serrate margin on basal half of posterior margin, 3 setae on distal half; article 7 with 2 long robust posterior setae (Fig. 3 D). Pereopod 6 article 2 narrow with 8 tubercles and 5 setae on anterior margin, 3 distal setae on posterior; article 3 with 3 setae on anterior margin, 2 setae on basal half and a serrate margin with 2 distal setae on posterior margin; article 4 with 3 distal setae on anterior margin and 3 on posterior; article 5 with one distal seta on anterior margin, a serrate margin on anterior half and 3 setae on distal half of posterior margin; article 6 with 4 setae on anterior margin, a serrate margin on basal half with 2 strong robust setae and 4 setae on distal margin; article 7 with 4 basal setae and 4 intermediate anterior setae (Fig. 4 A). Pleopod 2 with 7 long and 2 short distal setae on exopod; 7 long and one short on endopod; appendix masculina wide, almost straight and 0.33 times length of endopod (Fig. 4 B). Uropod outer ramus longer and wider than inner; with 5 plumose distal setae on exopod; 4 plumose distal setae on endopod (Fig. 2 C). Pleotelson subtriangular, 2 teeth on each lateral margin, shorter than endopod of uropod (Fig. 2 D).	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC759315FCEEF91D4B63F8C7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named in honor of our friend Michel Hendrickx, researcher of Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, for his extensive contributions to carcinology.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC759315FCEEF91D4B63F8C7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Gnathia micheli n. sp. is closely related to G. beethoveni Paul and Menzies, 1971 and G. hemingwayi, Ortiz and Lalana, 1997. The new species may be separated from these species by the following characters: G. beethoveni and G. h e m i n g w a y i have four subequal frontolateral processes on the frontal margin of the cephalosome, while in G. micheli n. sp. the two internal processes are short and the external ones are longer. The ventral view of the cephalosome of G. micheli n. sp. bears 9 teeth on lamina dentata whereas in G. beethoveni and G. hemingwayi it has no teeth. The pylopod of G. beethoveni and G. h e m i n g w a y i has three articles, while Gnathia micheli n. sp. has two articles. In G. micheli n. sp., the pereonal segment 4 is long and narrow anteriorly, whereas in G. beethoveni and G. hemingwayi it is short. Gnathia micheli n. sp. has two robust setae on each lateral margin of the pleotelson, while G. beethoveni and G. hemingwayi have none.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC739318FCEEFD0A492AFAE3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype. Adult female with oostegites, length 1.5 mm, presence of an embryo, (ANC 07.1.3.011 – Acuario Nacional de Cuba), associated with filamentous algae at a depth of 20 m, from the Cayo Matias Blue Hole, SW Cuba, 22 ° 07 ’ 06 ” N, 81 ° 30 ’ 45 ” W, Carlos Varela coll., 18 July 2010.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC739318FCEEFD0A492AFAE3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Head short with big ovoid eyes. Antenna 1 with an accessory flagellum with 2 articles, second 0.5 times length of first. Epistome and upper lip fused. Mandible with mobile plate represented by one seta; molar rounded without setae; article 3 of mandibular palp with 2 distal setae, 8 long parallel setae and 5 very short setae on distal half. Maxilla 1 with 7 setae on outer lobe. Gnathopod 1 subchelate, article 7 almost straight. Coxa 1 reduced. Coxae 2 and 3 similar in shape and size. Coxa 5 with posteroventral lobe. Coxa 6 with reduced posteroventral lobe. Pereopods with anterodistal spur on article 6, article 7 ending in nail. Inner ramus of uropod 3 shorter than outer. Telson with lobes slightly separated. Gills sack-shaped without folds. Oostegites short and without setae.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC739318FCEEFD0A492AFAE3.taxon	description	Description. Body without setae, gnathopods and pereopods with few setae. Head shorter than pereonite 1; compound eye with big ommatidia occupying half of head; rostrum absent; lateral cephalic lobe big and at right angle (Fig. 5 A, B). Antenna 1 subequal in length to head, 2 first segments of pereon combined; peduncle subequal in length to flagellum; 3 distoventral sensorial callinophores; article 2 of accessory flagellum with 2 terminal setae more than half length of main flagellum, this with 3 articles (Fig. 5 E). Antenna 2 subequal in length to antenna 1; distoventral angle of article 4 of peduncle forming a small lobe directed towards front; flagellum with 4 articles (Fig. 5 D). Mouthpart bundle quadrangular in lateral view. Mandible incisor with four teeth surrounding one big and central tooth; accesory setae absent; palp inserted in mandibular medial zone, 3 articles, first two without setae, article 3, 0.75 times length of second article, 1 A- 3 seta, 3 submarginal B- 3 setae, 12 B- 3 setae (Fig. 5 C). Maxilla 1 with narrow inner lobe, 3 distal setae with setules; outer lobe widened, with 7 robust setae; ST 1 long; ST 2, ST 4 and ST 7 short; STA and STD short; palp with 2 articles, second longer than first, with 3 robust setae toothed distally (Fig. 5 H). Maxilla 2 with outer lobe with 8 distal setae, one long and strong; inner lobe short, armed with 7 simple setae, 2 with setules (Fig. 5 F). Maxilliped with inner lobe 0.5 times length of outer lobe, 3 apical setae; outer lobe foliaceous, 3 small subdistal setae; palp 2 articles; article 2 shorter than 1; one short seta and one long seta (Fig. 5 G). Gnathopod 1 article 2 longer than others combined; one short robust posterodistal seta; article 3 with one long robust posterodistal seta; posterior margin of article 4 with tuft of 3 small and one long setae; article 5 forming small posterior lobe, armed with 4 long setae; article 6 oval with 2 short distal setae; distal half of palm margin with 4 short setae and setules; article 7 half length of 6 (Fig. 6 A). Gnathopod 2 article 2 elongate and slightly curved backwards; article 3 with small posterodistal seta; article 4 short, with one long posterior seta; article 5 0.33 times longer than 6, anterior margin with 3 long setae, 12 long setae on posterior margin; article 6 forming small anterior lobe with 4 long setae, long setae on both margins, small chela; article 7 transformed into a diminutive mobile finger (Fig. 6 B). Pereopod 3 article 2 narrow, subequal in length to articles 3, 4 and 5 combined; article 6 two times length of article 5, one posterodistal spur; article 7 with nail (Fig. 6 C). Pereopod 4 similar to previous pereopod, anterior margin of article 6 with 2 small subdistal tubercles (Fig. 6 D). Pereopods 5 – 7 article 2 widened, forming posterior lobe. Pereopod 5 anterior margin of article 2 with 4 robust setae; article 4 with one robust anterodistal seta (Fig. 6 E). Pereopod 6 anterior margin of article 2 with 3 robust setae, 3 on posterior margin; article 4 with one robust posterodistal seta (Fig. 7 A). Pereopod 7 article 2 quadrangular, posterodistally narrow; anterior margin with 3 robust setae, posterior margin with 3 posterior robust setae; articles 3, 4 and 5 with one robust anterodistal seta (Fig. 7 B). Uropod 1 rami longer than peduncle, one long robust seta on posterodistal angle of peduncle; rami subequal in length, outer ramus finely serrate on both sides (Fig. 7 C). Uropod 2 rami longer than peduncle, one short robust seta on posterodistal angle of peduncle; rami subequal in length, outer ramus finely serrate on posterior margin, inner ramus distally serrate on posterior margin (Fig. 7 D). Uropod 3 peduncle with 2 short robust posterodistal setae, as long as inner ramus; outer ramus with 2 articles, article 1 subequal in length to inner ramus; article 2 less than half length of article 1, posterior margin finely serrate; article 2 of outer ramus with posterior margin serrate (Fig. 7 E). Telson subrectangular, deeply cleft; lobes obliquely truncate, with a short robust seta subdistally and minute seta marginally on apex of both lobes (Fig. 7 F). Epimeron 2 – 3 with ventral margin rounded, posteriorly angular (Fig. 6 F).	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC739318FCEEFD0A492AFAE3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Boca normae n. sp. differs from B. megachela in that the dactylus of gnathopod 1 reaches the middle of the palm margin, the mandibular palp lacks setae on article 2, article 3 is very setose, coxa 2 has no anterior cleft, and article 2 of the accessory flagellum is elongate. In B. megachela, the dactylus of gnathopod 2 fixes the palm completely, the mandibular palp has a distal seta on article 2, and article 3 has 2 distal setae. Compared with B. elvae, Boca normae n. sp. has an ovoid and large eye, whereas the eye in B. elvae is small and circular. Also, coxae 1, 2 and 3 have a spiny margin, and the anterior margin of articles 4, 5 and 6 of gnathopod 1 bear robust setae. Finally, it is different from B. campi in that it has a larger eye, article 2 of the accessory flagellum of antenna 1 is elongate, article 4 of antenna 2 forms a distal posterior lobe, the mandibular palp has no setae on article 2, article 3 is more setose, article 2 of the outer lobe of the maxilliped has a very long distal seta, and the inner lobe is half the length of the outer lobe. Boca campi has a smaller eye, article 2 of the accessory flagellum is shorter, article 4 of antenna 2 does not form a distal posterior lobe, the mandibular palp has 2 setae on article 2, article 3 has 2 distal setae, article 2 of the outer lobe of the maxilliped has short setae, and the inner lobe is less than half the length of the outer lobe. Boca normae n. sp. constitutes the first record of the genus for the Caribbean Sea, Cuban waters, and for a blue hole worldwide. This result confirms the endemism of the genus Boca in the Tropical Western Atlantic that includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC739318FCEEFD0A492AFAE3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named in honor to Norma Montes Rodriguez, wife of the first author. Additional records. The following peracarid crustaceans were collected from the Cayo Matias Blue Hole, SW Cuba, 22 ° 07 ’ 06 ” N, 81 ° 30 ’ 45 ” W, Carlos Varela coll., 18 July 2010) together with Gnathia micheli n. sp. and Boca normae n. sp.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC7F931EFCEEF9CB48ECFF42.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Juvenile female, non ovigerous, length 1.9 mm, collection of the Acuario Nacional de Cuba (ANC 07.1.3.012)	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
CB5ED651FC7F931EFCEEF9CB48ECFF42.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species has small lateral eyes with 8 ommatidia; rostrum with a medial notch (Fig. 8 A); antenna 2 with 8 articles, with distal aesthetasc (Fig. 8 B); first pereonal segment almost as long as segment 2; article 2 of pereopod 2 shorter than article 3, article 4 as long as 2, article 5 shorter than 6, article 7 broken (Fig. 8 C); pereopods 3 – 7 incomplete; pleopod 1 absent; pleopod 2 with rami fused into an almost round foliaceous plate (Fig. 8 F); pleopod 3, inner ramus foliaceous and entire, outer with 2 article (Fig. 8 D); pleopod 4, both rami wide and naked (Fig. 8 E); pleotelson rounded with one notch each side, and distal end crenulated (Fig. 8 G). This is the first record of this genus for Cuban waters and the Caribbean Sea. Although there are only two species known in the world, i. e. G. laodicense Amar, 1957 described from the Mediterranean Sea, and G. pugio Hooker, 1985 from the Middlegrounds in Florida (Kensley & Schotte 1989), we have decided not to describe a new species on the basis of this damaged specimen as there is very little information on the females of these rare isopods.	en	Ortiz, Manuel, Winfield, Ignacio, Varela, Carlos (2012): First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3505: 53-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209816
