New species and new records of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida: Cumacea) from mesophotic reefs of Puerto Rico and U. S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea Author Petrescu, Iorgu Author Chatterjee, Tapas Author Schizas, Nikolaos V. text Zootaxa 2016 4199 1 1 78 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4199.1.1 69a1f8c2-5c8b-426f-b854-966a30eed12e 1175-5326 168483 A4189C55-131B-4879-9147-D8FF3279D473 Vaunthompsonia cristata Bate, 1858 Scorpionura vulgaris (J. Vaughn Thompson) W. Thompson, 1856 , p. 394 (nomen nudum).— Bate, 1858 , pp. 101, 102. Vaunthompsonia cristata Bate, 1858 , p. 203.— Norman, 1863 , p. 271.— Sars, 1879 , pp. 13–22, figs. 23–26.— Stebbing, 1893 , p. 304.— Calman, 1905 , p. 17.— Stebbing, 1913 , pp. 10–11, figs. 4–7.— Fage, 1928 , p. 231.— Zimmer, 1941 , pp. 13, 36, 76, figs. 11, 49, 125.— Fage, 1951 , pp. 24–26, figs. 17, 18.— Jones, 1960 , pp. 171–172.— Gamô, 1967 , p. 144.— Ledoyer, 1983 , pp. 70–71.— Petrescu, et al ., 2014c , pp. 533–536, figs. 4, 5. Vaunthompsonia cf. cristata Bate, 1858 .— Petrescu & Iliffe, 2009 , p. 132. Bodotria longipes Sars, 1879 , pp. 13. Material examined . 1 ovigerous female ( MGAB CUM 1803 ), Weinberg , La Parguera , Puerto Rico , Caribbean Sea , 17° 32’03”N 66° 35’35”W , sorted from algae, 58 m , June 3, 2008 ; 1 ovigerous female ( MGAB CUM 1716 ), Ponce Ledge, Puerto Rico , Caribbean Sea , 17°55'27.68"N 66°32'39.08"W , 52 m , October 19, 2010 ; 1 subadult female, 1 manca ( MGAB CUM 1806 ), St. John , U.S. Virgin Islands , 54 m , May 8, 2012 , 18°13'18.6960"N , 64°40'33.4560"W , collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise ; 1 subadult female ( MGAB CUM 1799 ), Tourmaline reef, Puerto Rico , Caribbean Sea , April 29, 2012 , 18°10'31.0800"N , 67°19'38.2800"W , 54 m , collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise. Diagnosis . Carapace with double crest of spines on dorsal margin. Elongated body. Pereopod 1 basis with two stout long setae on medial margin. Uropodal peduncle as long as exopod. Remarks . This species has been recorded earlier from the mesophotic zone of Puerto Rico : Tourmaline reef, Puerto Rico , 50 m depth ; St. Croix , U.S. Virgin Islands , 68 m depth; Lang Bank , St. Croix , U.S . Virgin Islands , 55 m depth; Cane Bay , St. Croix , U.S . Virgin Islands , 60 m depth ( Petrescu et al ., 2014c ). Herein , it is reported from La Parguera and Ponce , Puerto Rico . Distribution . Initially described from the Atlantic waters of Europe ( Bate, 1858 , Jones, 1976), but also from the Mediterranean Sea ( Sars, 1879 ), South Africa (Day, 1975), southeast Asia, Annam , ( Fage, 1951 ), Japan ( Gamô, 1962 , 1967 ), South Korea ( Kang & Lee, 1995 ), Indonesia ( Petrescu, 1997 ). The species was first mentioned by Calman (1907) from Cruz Bay , St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (then called Danish West Indies ). Other reports from the western Atlantic are from Belize ( Petrescu, 2002 ), Exuma Islands ( Bahamas ) ( Petrescu, 2003 ), Puerto Rico , and U.S. Virgin Islands ( Petrescu et al ., 2014c , present report). Depth range: 0–2338 m deep.