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 antipai
Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
Cumella antipai
Petrescu
et al
., 1994
, pp. 347–353, figs. 1–4.—
Petrescu, 2002
, pp. 166, 194, 199.—Petrescu, 2004, pp. 89, 91, 94.—
Petrescu
et al
., 2013
, p. 260.—
Petrescu
et al
., 2014a
, p. 188.—
Petrescu
et al
., 2014b
, p. 366.
Material examined
.
1 female
(
MGAB
CUM
1794
),
St. John
,
U.S.
Virgin Islands
,
Caribbean Sea
54 m
,
May 8, 2012
,
18°02.2186”N
64°06.7596”W
,
54 m
, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise.
Diagnosis
. Carapace with 1 dorsal denticle, uropodal peduncle 0.84 times pleonite 6 length, 4 medial setae, endopod with 4 medial setae.
Remarks
. This species was originally described from Jamaica (
Petrescu
et al
., 1994
). This is the first record of the species from
U.S.
Virgin Islands
.
Distrbution
.
Jamaica
,
U.S.
Virgin Islands
, Caribbean Sea. Depth range:
1–54 m
.