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 murariui
Petrescu, 2002
Cumella murariui
Petrescu, 2002
, pp. 176–180, figs 18–20.—
Petrescu
et al
., 2014b
, p. 367.
Material
examined
.
1 female
(
MGAB
CUM
1802
),
St. John
,
U.S.
Virgin Islands
,
Caribbean Sea
,
54 m
,
May 8, 2012
,
18°13'18.6960"N
,
64°40'33.4560"W
,
54 m
, collected by
Nikolaos V.
Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS
Mesophotic Cruise.
Diagnosis
. Carapace of female with 1 dorsal denticle on tip of pseudorostrum, uropodal peduncle 0.7 times pleonite 6 length, 4 setae on medial margin, endopod with 2 medial setae. Male uropodal peduncle 0.6 times pleonite 6 length, 1 seta on medial margin, 2 times endopod length, 4 setae on medial margin.
Remarks
. This is the first record of this species from Puerto Rico.
Distribution
:
Belize
(
Petrescu, 2002
),
Puerto Rico
(present record). Depth range:
3–
54 m
.