Scorpionura vulgaris (J. Vaughn Thompson) W. Thompson, 1856 Vaunthompsonia cristata Bate, 1858 Vaunthompsonia cf. cristata Bate, 1858 Bodotria longipes Sars, 1879 New species and new records of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida: Cumacea) from mesophotic reefs of Puerto Rico and U. S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea Petrescu, Iorgu Chatterjee, Tapas Schizas, Nikolaos V. Zootaxa 2016 4199 1 1 78 7FJTW Bate, 1858 Bate 1858 [151,590,781,807] Malacostraca Bodotriidae Vaunthompsonia Animalia Cumacea 5 6 Arthropoda species cristata    Scorpionura vulgaris(J. Vaughn Thompson) W. Thompson, 1856, p. 394 (nomen nudum).— Bate, 1858, pp. 101, 102.   Vaunthompsonia cristata Bate, 1858, p. 203.— Norman, 1863, p. 271.— Sars, 1879, pp. 13–22, figs. 23–26.— Stebbing, 1893, p. 304.— Calman, 1905, p. 17.— Stebbing, 1913, pp. 10–11, figs. 4–7.— Fage, 1928, p. 231.— Zimmer, 1941, pp. 13, 36, 76, figs. 11, 49, 125.— Fage, 1951, pp. 24–26, figs. 17, 18.— Jones, 1960, pp. 171–172.— Gamô, 1967, p. 144.— Ledoyer, 1983, pp. 70–71.— Petrescu, et al., 2014c, pp. 533–536, figs. 4, 5.   Vaunthompsoniacf. cristata Bate, 1858.— Petrescu & Iliffe, 2009, p. 132.   Bodotria longipes Sars, 1879, pp. 13.     Materialexamined. 1 ovigerous female ( MGAB  CUM1803), Weinberg,  La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, 17° 32’03”N 66° 35’35”W, sorted from algae,  58 m,  June 3, 2008; 1 ovigerous female ( MGAB  CUM1716), PonceLedge, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, 17°55'27.68"N 66°32'39.08"W,  52 m,  October 19, 2010;  1 subadultfemale, 1 manca ( MGAB  CUM1806), St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands,  54 m,  May 8, 2012, 18°13'18.6960"N, 64°40'33.4560"W, collected by Nikolaos V.Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise;  1 subadultfemale ( MGAB  CUM1799), Tourmalinereef, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea,  April 29, 2012, 18°10'31.0800"N, 67°19'38.2800"W,  54 m, collected by Nikolaos V.Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise.   Diagnosis. Carapace with double crest of spines on dorsal margin. Elongated body. Pereopod 1 basis with two stout long setae on medial margin. Uropodal peduncle as long as exopod.    Remarks. This species has been recorded earlier from the mesophotic zone of Puerto Rico: Tourmalinereef, Puerto Rico,  50 mdepth;  St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands,  68 mdepth; Lang Bank,  St. Croix, U.S.  Virgin Islands,  55 mdepth; Cane Bay,  St. Croix, U.S.  Virgin Islands,  60 mdepth ( Petrescu et al., 2014c). Herein, it is reported from La Pargueraand Ponce, Puerto Rico.   Distribution. Initially described from the Atlantic waters of Europe ( Bate, 1858, Jones, 1976), but also from the Mediterranean Sea ( Sars, 1879), South Africa(Day, 1975), southeast Asia, Annam, ( Fage, 1951), Japan( Gamô, 1962, 1967), South Korea( Kang & Lee, 1995), Indonesia( Petrescu, 1997). The species was first mentioned by Calman (1907)from Cruz Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands(then called Danish West Indies). Other reports from the western Atlantic are from  Belize( Petrescu, 2002), ExumaIslands ( Bahamas) ( Petrescu, 2003), Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands( Petrescu et al., 2014c, present report). Depth range: 0–2338 mdeep. 1412763330 2008-06-03 MGAB, CUM La Parguera Puerto Rico Caribbean Sea 58 17.534166 Material 21 -66.593056 La Parguera 5 6 CUM 1803 1 1412763332 2010-10-19 MGAB, CUM Puerto Rico 52 17.924355 Caribbean Sea 1 -66.54419 5 6 CUM 1716 1 Ponce 1412763334 2012-05-08 MGAB, CUM Nikolaos V. & Mesophotic Cruise United States of America 54 18.22186 St. John 1 -64.67596 Virgin Islands 5 6 CUM 1806 1 1 1412763336 2012-04-29 MGAB, CUM Nikolaos V. & Mesophotic Cruise. Puerto Rico 54 18.175299 Tourmaline 1 -67.3273 Caribbean Sea 5 6 CUM 1799 1 1 1412763338 Puerto Rico 50 Tourmaline 5 6 1 1412763340 [440,1224,1462,1487] Lang Bank & St. Croix, U. S United States of America St. Croix 68 St. Croix Virgin Islands 5 6 1 1412763342 St. Croix, U. S Virgin Islands 55 St. Croix 5 6 1 Bay 1412763344 Herein & La Parguera Puerto Rico 60 Virgin Islands 5 6 1 Ponce