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 gomoiui
Băcescu & Muradian, 1977
Cumella gomoiui
Băcescu & Muradian, 1977b
, pp. 92–95, figs. 3, 4.—
Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992
, pp. 289, 298.—
Petrescu
et al
., 1994
, pp. 347, 366.—
Petrescu, 2002
, pp. 174–175, 180, 194, 200, fig. 17.—
Petrescu, 2003
, pp. 117, 122, 126.
Material examined
.
2 males
,
2 females
, 1 manca (
MGAB
CUM
1768
),
St. John
,
U.S.
Virgin Islands
,
Caribbean Sea
,
18°13'18.6960"N
,
64°40'33.4560"W
,
May 8, 2012
;
4 males
(
MGAB
CUM
1798
),
San Cristobal
reef,
La Parguera
,
Puerto Rico
,
Caribbean Sea
,
17°56'28.68"N
,
67° 04'34.75"W
,
September 6, 2012
,
3 m
;
2 males
(
MGAB
CUM
1770
),
El Seco
,
Vieques
,
Puerto Rico
,
18°07'38.0280"N
,
65°10'39.9720"W
,
71 m
,
January 17, 2010
, collected by
Nikolaos V.
Schizas during the 2010 UPRM-DMS
Mesophotic
cruise.
Diagnosis.
Carapace of female with smooth ventral margin, uropodal peduncle 0.93 times pleonite 6 length, without lateral setae, endopod with 1 medial seta. Male uropodal peduncle 1.2 times pleonite 6 length, without lateral setae, endopod with 4 medial setae.
Remarks
. This is the first record of the species from
Puerto Rico
.
Distribution
.
Cuba
(
Băcescu & Muradian, 1977a
) and
Bahamas
(
Abaco
Island
) (
Petrescu, 1996
),
Belize
(
Petrescu, 2002
),
U.S.
Virgin Islands
and
Puerto Rico
(present record). Depth range:
0.2–
71 m
.