Home > Explore Data & Reports > Two new species of the genus Cumella (Crustacea: Cumacea: Nannastacidae) associated with mesophotic reefs of Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Caribbean Sea

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Petrescu, I., T. Chatterjee, and N.V. Schizas. 2013. Two new species of the genus Cumella (Crustacea: Cumacea: Nannastacidae) associated with mesophotic reefs of Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Caribbean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 54:257-262. https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.AECF9422

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Two new species of genus Cumella G. O. Sars: Cumella solomoni and C. manolelii are described from mesophotic substrata of Puerto Rico and St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands), respectively. Similarities and dissimilarities with related species are discussed.

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