Coricuma nicoyensis Watling & Breedy, 1988

Jarquín-González, Jani & García-Madrigal, María Del Socorro, 2013, Annotated checklist and keys for cumaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific, with six new species from the Southern Mexican Pacific, Zootaxa 3721 (3), pp. 201-257 : 206

Coricuma nicoyensis Watling & Breedy, 1988

Coricuma nicoyensis Watling & Breedy, 1988: 530 –533, Figs 1–4 (Type locality: Upper part of tidal flat near Punta Morales, Costa Rica, 10°04'N, 84°58'W. Holotype female, USNM 241875; Paratypes, USNM 241876, UCR-PM 038).—Watling 1991a: 576 (diagnosis emended).—Petrescu et al. 2009: 202, 237–244 (CD-Rom Species List 18.2). Coricuma nicoyense .—Bacescu 1992: 432 (Catalogue).

Geographic distribution. Only known from type locality.

Habitat. Found in fine sand and muddy, shallow water. Observation. This species was not found in our samples.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of localities belonging to the Southern Mexican Pacific, where cumaceans were collected.

FIGURE 2. Coricuma zurai, Paratype male, 2.1 mm, UMAR-Pera 493, Ventura Beach, Arriaga, Chiapas: A) habitus dorsal view; B) habitus lateral view; C) antenna 1; D) antenna 2; E) mandible; F) maxilliped 1; G) detail of the propodus of the maxilliped 1; H) endite of the maxilliped 1; I) maxilliped 2.

FIGURE 3. Coricuma zurai, Paratype male, 2.1 mm, UMAR-Pera 493, Ventura Beach, Arriaga, Chiapas: A) maxilliped 3; B) pereopod 1; C) pereopod 2; D) pereopod 3; E) pereopod 4; F) pereopod 5; G) pleopod 1; H) pleopod 2; I) uropod.

FIGURE 4. Coricuma zurai, Paratype ovigerous female, 2.0 mm, UMAR-Pera 493, Ventura Beach, Arriaga, Chiapas: A) habitus dorsal view; B) habitus lateral view; C) antenna 1; D) antenna 2; E) left mandible; F) right mandible; G) maxillule; H) broad endite of the maxilla; I) medial narrow endite of the maxilla; J) narrow endite of the maxilla; K) maxilliped 1; L) endite of the maxilliped 1.