Vaunthompsonia floridana Băcescu, 1971
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
7FK68
Bacescu, 1971
Bacescu
1971
[151,657,1858,1885]
Malacostraca
Bodotriidae
Vaunthompsonia
Animalia
Cumacea
5
6
Arthropoda
species
floridana
Vaunthompsonia floridana Băcescu, 1971, pp. 18–22, figs. 8, 9.— Petrescu et al., 1993, pp. 379–380, figs. 8, 9.—Petrescu, 2004, p. 90.—Petrescu et al., 2014, pp. 538–539.
Material examined. 1 subadultfemale ( MGAB CUM1717), damaged, Weinberg, La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, 17°55'27.68"N 66°32'39.08"W, sorted from algae, 58 m, June 3, 2008; 1 adultmale ( MGAB CUM1718), shelf Edge La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, exact GPS information is not available, 45–60 m, collected during 2008–2009by Nikolaos V.Schizas.
Diagnosis. Carapace without dorsal crest of spines, pereopod 1 with propodus double banded, 8 medial setae on peduncle medial margin, 7 medial setae on endopod proximal segment, 3 on distal one. Male with same banded pereopod 1 propodus, 12 medial setae on peduncle, 12 medial setae on endopod proximal segment, 3 on distal one.
Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Puerto Rico.
Distribution. Florida( Băcescu, 1971), Jamaica( Petrescu et al., 1993), Cuba(Petrescu, 2004) and Puerto Rico(present report). Depth range: 1– 8 m.
1412763346
2008-06-03
MGAB, CUM
La Parguera
Puerto Rico
Caribbean Sea
58
17.924355
Weinberg
1
-66.54419
La Parguera
6
7
CUM 1717
1
1
1412763348
2008
2009
2008
MGAB, CUM
Edge La Parguera & Nikolaos V.
Puerto Rico
53
Edge La Parguera
Caribbean Sea
6
7
CUM 1718
1
1