Genus Cumella G. O. Sars, 1879

Cumella Sars, 1865, p.198.— Norman, 1869, p. 272.— Sars, 1879, pp. 93, 196.— Calman, 1905, p. 23.— Stebbing, 1912, pp. 129, 164, 166.— Hansen, 1920, p. 29.— Zimmer, 1940, p. 283.— Hale, 1945, pp. 170–171.— Fage, 1951, p. 69.— Gamô, 1967, p. 251.— Băcescu, 1971, pp. 17–18.—Jones, 1984, pp. 242–243.

Spencebatea Norman, 1879, p. 67.

Diagnosis. Carapace antero-ventral corner not strongly projecting, ocular lobe single, uropod peduncle as long as or longer than pleonite 6.

Type species: Cumella pygmaea Sars, 1865 .