Microprosthema jareckii, a new species of stenopodidean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) from Guana Island, British Virgin Islands

A new species of the stenopodidean shrimp genus Microprosthema Stimpson, M. jareckii, is described from two specimens collected off the coast of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. The species differs from known congeners by the shape and spination of the rostrum, spination of the carapace, shape of the third pereiopod, dentition of the mandibular palp. and coloration (the new species is completely white). The new species is compared to all other known species of Microprosthema in the Caribbean.