Cumella biserrata 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 : 68

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4199.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6063380
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scientific name	Cumella biserrata Petrescu, 2002
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Cumella biserrata Petrescu, 2002 View in CoL

Cumella biserrata Petrescu, 2002 View in CoL , pp. 166, 194, 201, figs. 12–14.— Petrescu, 2003, p. 122.— Petrescu et al., 2013, p. 260.— Petrescu et al., 2014b, p. 366.

Material examined. 1 ovigerous female ( MGAB CUM 1759 ), Lang Bank , St. Croix , U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, 17°50'03.1560"N, 64°28'33.0240"W, 55 m, May 6, 2012, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas during the 2012 UPRM-DMS Mesophotic cruise GoogleMaps ; 1 subadult female ( MGAB CUM 1796 ), San Cristobal reef, La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, September 6, 2012, 3 m, 17°56'28.68"N, 67° 04'34.75" W, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Carapace with 2 parallel rows of 6 denticles on ocular lobe, uropodal peduncle with serrate margins without medial setae, endopod with 2 medial setae in female, 4 in male.

Remarks: This is the first record of the species from Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands .

Distribution: Belize ( Petrescu, 2002), Exuma Islands of Bahamas ( Petrescu, 2003), Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (present report). Depth range: 1– 21 m.