Cubanocuma gutzui Băcescu & Muradian, 1977

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 : 7

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scientific name	Cubanocuma gutzui Băcescu & Muradian, 1977
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Cubanocuma gutzui Băcescu & Muradian, 1977 View in CoL

Cubanocuma gutzui Băcescu & Muradian, 1977a View in CoL , pp. 3–9, figs. 1–3.— Ortiz & Lalana, 1988, p. 15;—Băcescu, 1992, p. 211;— Petrescu, 1992, p. 276;— Petrescu & Heard, 2001, p. 474; – Petrescu, 2003, p. 121;—Petrescu, 2004, p. 90;— Heard et al., 2006, pp.47–51;— Heard et. al., 2007, p. 128;— Petrescu & Iliffe, 2009, p. 127.

Cubanocuma cf. gutzui View in CoL — Markham & Sterrer, 1986, pp. 362–364, fig. 120.— Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001, p. 95, figs. 2–11. Campylaspis cousteaui Petrescu, 1990 View in CoL , pp. 9–12, fig. 1.— Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1993, p. 393.— Petrescu, 1996, pp. 158, 160–161, fig. 2;— Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001, p. 95 (nomen nudum).

Material examined. 4 adult females, 8 mancae ( MGAB CUM 1719 ), El Seco, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, 18°07'24.8520"N, 65°12'05.7600"W, 71 m, January 17, 2010, collected during the 2010 UPRM- DMS Mesophotic cruise. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Carapace, maxillipeds and pereopods similar to those found in Campylaspis species. Antenna 2 in male with lanceolate sensory setae on 4th and 5th article. Three pairs of exopods in female, 4 pairs in male. Uropodal peduncle shorter than pleonite 6.

Remarks. Cubanocuma gutzui was first described from Cuba, 3 m depth, in muddy sand with Thalassia seagrass ( Băcescu & Muradian, 1977a); also reported from Bermuda by Markham & Sterrer (1986), Petrescu & Sterrer (2001), from Jamaica ( Petrescu et al., 1993), Bahamas ( Petrescu, 1996, 2003) and Honduras ( Petrescu, 2003). Cubanocuma gutzui was found in Guana ( British Virgin Islands), Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast Florida and the Gulf of Mexico ( Heard et al., 2006).

The present record is the first report of this species from Puerto Rico.

Distribution. Cuba, Bermuda, Jamaica, Bahamas, Honduras, Guana ( British Virgin Islands), southeast Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands. Depth range: 1– 60 m.