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
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1175-5326
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Cumella ocellata
Băcescu, 1992
Cumella ocellata
Băcescu, 1992b
, pp. 259–262, figs. 2, 3.—
Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001
, pp. 91–93, 101–106, figs. 38–62.— Petrescu, 2004, pp. 89, 91–92, 95.—
Petrescu & Iliffe, 2009
, pp. 127, 139.—
Petrescu
et al
., 2014b
, pp. 366, 367.
Cumella
cf.
ocellata
Băcescu, 1992
—
Petrescu, 2002
, pp. 180–183, 194, 199, figs. 21–23.
Material
examined
.
1 subadult
male (
MGAB
CUM
1761
),
Weinberg
,
La Parguera
,
Puerto Rico
,
Caribbean Sea
,
17° 32’03”N
,
66°35’35”W
, sorted from algae,
58 m
,
June 3, 2008
;
1 manca (
MGAB
CUM
1762
),
Collado
reef,
La Parguera
,
Puerto Rico
,
Caribbean Sea
, sorted from a zoanthid
Zoanthus
sp. ball,
0.5 m
,
17°57’15”N
,
67°04’40”W
,
September 16, 2008
, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas; 1 manca (MGAB CUM 1805),
May 4, 2012
,
Salt
River
Canyon
,
St. Croix
,
U.S.
Virgin Islands
,
17°47'12.8040"N
,
64°45'30.8160"W
,
70 m
, 2012, collected by
Nikolaos V.
Schizas during the UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise.
Diagnosis
. Carapace in female with hairy integument, uropodal peduncle 1.29 times pleonite 6 length, 4 medial setae on peduncle, endopod with 2 medial setae. Male uropodal peduncle 1.2 times pleonite 6 length, 5 medial setae on peduncle and on endopod.
Remarks
This species was earlier described from Bermuda (Băcescu, 1992;
Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001
). This is the first record of this species from Puerto Rico.
Distribution
.
Bermuda
(Băcescu, 1992;
Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001
),
Puerto Rico
(present record). Depth range:
0–
70 m
.