Cumella medeeae Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994

Petrescu, Iorgu, Chatterjee, Tapas & Schizas, Nikolaos V., 2016, New species and new records of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida: Cumacea) from mesophotic reefs of Puerto Rico and U. S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, Zootaxa 4199 (1), pp. 1-78 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4199.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A4189C55-131B-4879-9147-D8FF3279D473
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6063342
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B87CE-4525-316D-75FA-FB36E44DF91A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cumella medeeae Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
status

Treatment

Cumella medeeae Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994 View in CoL

Cumella medeeae Petrescu et al., 1994 View in CoL , pp. 358–361, figs. 7, 8.— Petrescu, 2002, p. 187.— Petrescu et. al,. 2012, p. 58.— Petrescu et al., 2013, p. 260.— Petrescu et al., 2014a, p. 188.— Petrescu et al., 2014b, p. 366.

Material examined. 1 subadult female ( MGAB CUM, 1752), Weinberg , La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, 17°53.429' N, 66°59.320' W, extracted from macroalgae, 58 m, June 3, 2008, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Carapace with 5 dorsal denticles, uropodal peduncle 0.84 times pleonite 6 length, uropodal peduncle with 4 medial setae, endopod with 2 medial ones.

Remarks. This species was originally described from St. Ann Parish, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, 2–8 m depth ( Petrescu et al., 1994). The present record is the first report of this species from the mesophotic reefs of Puerto Rico ( 58 m depth).

Distribution. Jamaica ( Petrescu et al., 1994), Puerto Rico (present report). Depth range: 2– 58 m.