Cumella Sars, 1865

Petrescu, Iorgu, 2018, On the Family Nannastacidae (Crustacea, Cumacea) from the Australian Museum Collection, Records of the Australian Museum 70 (1), pp. 1-111 : 32

Genus Cumella Sars, 1865

Diagnosis. Carapace shorter than 0.4 body length, anteroventral corner not prominent, ocular lobe mid-dorsal with or without lenses, reaching or not pseudorostrum extremity; pseudorostral lobes could present supplementary lenses in male; Antenna 1 peduncle 2nd article without process; female with 3 exopods, male with 5 exopods; uropod peduncle longer or as long as pleonite 6.

Remarks. Three subgenera and seven species were previously known. With two other species now added, a total of nine species are now recorded from Australia; five species from two subgenera are present in the Australian Museum collection.