Cumella biserrata Petrescu, 2002

Cumella biserrata Petrescu, 2002, pp. 166, 194, 201, figs. 12–14.— Petrescu, 2003, p. 122.— Petrescu et al., 2013, p. 260.— Petrescu et al., 2014b, p. 366.

Material examined. 1 ovigerous female (MGAB CUM 1759), Lang Bank, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, 17°50'03.1560"N, 64°28'33.0240"W, 55 m, May 6, 2012, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic cruise ; 1 subadult female (MGAB CUM 1796), San Cristobal reef, La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, September 6, 2012, 3 m, 17°56'28.68"N, 67° 04'34.75" W, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas.

Diagnosis. Carapace with 2 parallel rows of 6 denticles on ocular lobe, uropodal peduncle with serrate margins without medial setae, endopod with 2 medial setae in female, 4 in male.

Remarks: This is the first record of the species from Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands .

Distribution: Belize (Petrescu, 2002), Exuma Islands of Bahamas (Petrescu, 2003), Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (present report). Depth range: 1– 21 m.