Subgenus Cumella G. O. Sars, 1879

Diagnosis. Eyelobe with or without ocular lenses, short, not reaching extremity of pseudorostral lobes. Type species. Cumella pygmaea Sars, 1865 .

Caribbean species. A total of 21 species of Cumella (Cumella) were previously described from the Caribbean, Cumella (Cumella) abacoensis Petrescu, 1996, C. (C.) achimae Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013, C. (C.) alexandrinae Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2012, C. (C.) andri Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992, C. (C.) botosaneanui Petrescu & Iliffe, 2009, C. (C.) clavicauda Calman, 1911, C. (C.) coralicola Băcescu, 1971, C. (C.) gurui Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013, C. (C.) jamaicensis Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994, C. (C.) longicaudata Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994, C. (C.) manolelii Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013, C. (C.) medeeae Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994, C. (C.) meredithi Băcescu, 1971, C. (C.) micruropus (Zimmer, 1943), C. (C.) pagani Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2014, C. (C.) pilosa Băcescu, 1971, C. (C.) ruetzleri Petrescu, 2002, C. (C.) spinifera Petrescu, Heard, 2004, C. (C.) solomoni Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013, C. (C.) victoriae Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013 and C. (C.) zimmeri Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994 .