Cumella murariui Petrescu, 2002

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 : 69

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4199.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6063386
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scientific name	Cumella murariui Petrescu, 2002
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Cumella murariui Petrescu, 2002 View in CoL

Cumella murariui Petrescu, 2002 View in CoL , pp. 176–180, figs 18–20.— Petrescu et al., 2014b, p. 367.

Material examined. 1 female ( MGAB CUM 1802 ), St. John , U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, 54 m, May 8, 2012, 18°13'18.6960"N, 64°40'33.4560"W, 54 m, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Carapace of female with 1 dorsal denticle on tip of pseudorostrum, uropodal peduncle 0.7 times pleonite 6 length, 4 setae on medial margin, endopod with 2 medial setae. Male uropodal peduncle 0.6 times pleonite 6 length, 1 seta on medial margin, 2 times endopod length, 4 setae on medial margin.

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Puerto Rico.

Distribution: Belize ( Petrescu, 2002), Puerto Rico (present record). Depth range: 3– 54 m.