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Vol. XLV
pp. 117-128
CUMACEA (CRUSTACEA: PERACARIDA) FROM WESTERN
TROPICAL ATLANTIC*
IORGU PETRESCU
Abstract. A new species, Cumella thomasil~xei n.sp., is described, from Exuma Island (Bahamas) and
other 20 species are identified: Cyclaspis goesi, Vaunthompsonia cf. cristata, Campylaspis heardi,
C. paucispina, Cubanocuma gutzui, Cumella abacoensis, C. andri, C. biserrata, C. clavicauda,
C. garrityi, C. gomoiui, C. longicaudata, C. cf. ocellata, C. ruetzleri, C. somersi, C. vicina, C. sp.,
C. zimmeri, Elassocumella micruropus and Schizotrema sp. The first mentions on the cumaceans of
Exuma Islands (Bahamas), Grand Cayman and Honduras and completions of the fauna of Andros
Island (Bahamas) are presented.
Resume. On d6crit une nouvelle esptce, Cumella thomasil~rei n. sp., d'he Exhuma (Bahamas) et ont
ete identifikes d'autres 20 esptces: Cyclaspis goesi, Vaunthompsonia cf. cristata, Campylaspis heardi,
C. paucispina, Cubanocuma gutzui, Cumella abacoensis, C. andri, C. biserrata, C. clavicauda,
C. garrityi, C. gomoiui, C. longicaudata, C. cf. ocellata, C. ruetzleri, C. somersi, C. vicina, C. sp.,
C. zimmeri,~Elassocumella micruropus et Schizotrema sp. On prksente la premiere mention des
cumacCs d' Ile Exhuma (Bahamas), Grand Cayman et Honduras et des mentions nouvelles pour la
faune d'lle Andros (Bahamas).
Key words: Cumacea, Bodotriidae, Namastacidae, new species, first records, western tropical
Atlantic.
INTRODUCTION
0 2003
The cumacean fauna of the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean, from the
shallow waters, was previously known from Bermuda (Bgcescu & Iliffe, 1991,
Bgcescu, 1992, Petrescu, 1990, Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001), Bahamas (Petrescu &
Iliffe, 1992, Petrescu, 1996), Jamaica (Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1993, 1994), St.
Martin (Sars, 187 1, 1873), Martinica (Zimmer, 1944), St. John-U.S. Virgin Islands
(Calman, 1907, 191 I), Cuba (Zimmer, 1944, Bgcescu, 197 1, Bgcescu & Muradian,
1977 a, b, Muradian-Ciamician, 1980, Ortiz & Lalana, 1988), Dutch Antilles -
Bonaire and Curaqao (Bgcescu & Muradian, 1977 b); from continental coasts:
Florida (Zimmer, 1943, 1944, Bgcescu, 1971, Bgcescu & Muradian, 1977 b,
Watling, 1977, Radha Devi & Kurian, 1981), U.S. coasts of Gulf of Mexico
(Zimmer, 1944, Jones & Burbanck, 1959, Bgcescu, 1971, Bicescu & Muradian,
1977 a, b, Watling, 1977, Omholt & Heard, 1979, 1982, Muradian-Ciamician,
1980, Radha Devi & Kurian, 1981, Roccatagliata & Heard, 1995), Mexico
(Bgcescu, 197 1, Donath-Hernandez, 1988, 1992), Belize (Petrescu, 2002) and Costa
Rica (Petrescu & Heard, 2003, Petrescu, Heard, Vargas & Breedy, 2003).
The present paper fills some empty spaces in the knowledge of the cumacean
diversity from the west Atlantic tropical region by the study of the collected
specimens from other islands than those already known, from Cayman Islands and
from the coasts of Honduras. There are still large unresearched areas, both from the
continental coast and from the insular one.
* English translation by Mihaela Barcan Achim.

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MATERIAL AND METHODS
The material was collected from submarine caves and from the open sea by
Dr. Thomas M. Iliffe from Bahamas (Andros Isl., Exuma Isl.) and Honduras and by
Dr. Richard W. Heard from Grand Cayman Islands (Tab. 1). All specimens are
preserved in the crustacean collection of "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of
Natural History (MGAB) from Bucharest.
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
I I
12
13
14
Locality
North Andros Isl.,
Conch Sound Blue Hole
South Andros lsl., Four
Sharks Blue Hole
South Andros lsl., Four
Shark Blue Hole
South Andros Isl., Atlantis
Blue Hole
South Andros lsl., South
Bight #2 Blue Hole
South Andros Isl., South
Bight #2 Blue Hole
South Andros Island,
Exley's Boiling Hole
South Andros Island,
Double Drop Blue Hole
South Andros Isl., Vortex
Hole, Middle Bight
South Andros Island,
Exley's Boiling Hole
North Andros Island,
Conch Sound Blue Hole
South Andros Island,
Four Shark Cave
South Andros Island,
Double Drop Cave
Exumas, Wall at Transect
AA Buoy (open ocean),
Lee Stocking Island
Station
Collecting stations
96-040
97-023
99-050
99-051
99-052
99-053
99-054
99-055
99-059
99-060
00-025
00-027
00-029
94-01 8
Data
6.4.1996
17.8.1 997
1.10.1999
2.10.1999
3.10.1999
4.10.1999
5.10.1999
6.10.1999
13.10.1999
14.10.1999
17.8.2000
20.8.2000
21.8.2000
19.5.1994
Depth (m)
26
27-33
60-70
60-70
53
40
60-70
60-70
40-45
60-70
25
60
50
67
Collecting conditions
Table 1
PN at 750 m penetration
into cave
PN from water column and
silt on ledges at back of
cavern zone
PN from water column in
past restriction
PN from water column in
past restriction
SB from water column
PN and suction bottle from
surface of silty sediments
PN and SB from water
column and surface of silty
sediment
PN from water column
below thermocline
PN from water column in
past restriction
PN from water column
PN from sediment at about
365 m inside cave
PN from surface sediment
about 100 m inside cave
PN from water column at
about 100-200 m inside
cave
PN from surface of silty
sediments on ledges

15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Exuma Cays, Wall
(Transect AB Buoy),
Lee Stocking Island
Exuma Cays, Wall off
Lee Stocking Island,
Transect BA
Exuma Cays, Norman's
Pond Cave, Norman's
Pond Cay
Exumas, Angelfish
Cave, Stocking Island
Great Exuma, Crab
Cay Crevasse, Crab
Cay, Georgetown
Great Exuma, Crab
Cay Crevasse, Crab
Cay, Georgetown
PN -plankton net; SB- suction pump.
NEW CUMACEA (CRUSTACEA) FROM WESTERN ATLANTIC 119
Exuma Cays, Norman's
Pond Cave, Norman's Pond
Cay
Exuma Cays, Master
Harbour Cave, Great
Exuma Island
Great Exuma, Bottomly's
Blue Hole, Stocking Isl.
Great Exuma, The Subway
Great Exuma, Mystery
Cave, Stocking Island,
Georgetown
Great Exuma, Crab Cay
Crevasse, Crab Cay,
Georgetown
Honduras, Stephen's Reef,
Guanaja
Honduras, Bayman Drop
and Wonderful Reef, reef
caves, Guanaja
Grand Cayman Island
94-020
95-002
95-003
95-008
95-009
95-010
95-01 1
96-03 1
99-065
00-006
00-019
00-020
95-025
95-026
4 A
-
22.5.1994
12.5.1995
14.5.1995
18.5.1995
18.5.1995
18.5.1995
16.5.1995
9.9.1996
27.3.1999
22.3.2000
8.8.2000
9.8.2000
3.12.1995
4.12.1995
13.8.1999
62
142
3
10
6
35
4
12 -1 5
27-29
60
52
41
2 1
10-15
1-1.5
PN from surface of sandy
sediments on ledges of
upper slope
Grab sampler of Nekton
Gamma submersible from
sandy sediment on ledge
beneath rock outcropping
SB from rocks in the
cavern entrance
SB from ledge at entrance
of strongly tidal blue hole
SB from algae covered
rocks outside cave entrance
PN from coarse sand and
shell bottom about 100 m
inside the strongly tidal
blue hole
SB from rocks just inside
the cave entrance
PN from the ceiling of this
tidal blue hole cave
PN and SB in crossover
passages and Mystery
Cave
PN and SB from surface of
silty sediments
PN from surface of coarse
sand about 150 m inside
PN from surface of coarse
sand on bottom about
200 m inside
PN from coarse sand on
reef face
PN from water column and
rock walls of reef caves
washings of carbonate
rocks covered with algae,
sponges, hydroids,
anthozoans and tunicates

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RESULTS
Twenty-one species, belonging to seven genera and two families, were
identified, one of them new to science.
Family Bodotriidae
Cyclaspis goesi (Sars, 187 1 )
Material. 1 9, sta. 94-01 8, 19.5.1994; 1 immat. d, sta. 94-020, 22.5.1994,
Exuma Island.
Remarks
First record from Bahamas; the species was mentioned from St. Martin Island
by Sars (1 871, 1873) and from Belize by Petrescu (2002).
Grand Baharna
Crooked lsl.
Fig. 1 - Map of Bahamas with collecting places.
Vaunthompsonia cf. cristata Bate, 1858
0
Caicos Islands
Material. Exuma Island - 3 99, sta. 95-003, 14.5.1995; 2 immat. dc?, 1 d,
sta. 95-009, 18.5.1995; 2 99, sta. 95-010, 18.5.1995; 2 99, 2 dc?, sta. 95-01 1,
16.5.1995; 2 99, 1 immat. d,1 juv, sta. 94-020, 22.5.1994; Honduras- 1 Q, sta.95-
25; 4 99, sta. 95-026.

NEW CUMACEA (CRUSTACEA) FROM WESTERN ATLANTIC 121
Remarks
Anteriorly mentioned only from Florida, U.S. Virgin Islands, Belize and
Costa Rica (Petrescu, Heard, Vargas and Breedy, 2003).
Family Nannastacidae
Campylaspis heardi Muradian-Ciamician, 1980
Material. Andros Island - 1 d , sta. 99-053; Exuma Island - 1 9, sta. 95-002,
12.5.1995; Honduras - 2 99, 1 juv, sta. 95-026.
Remarks
Previous distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Cuba (Muradian-Ciamician, 1980),
Jamaica (Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994), Belize (Petrescu, 2002).
Campylaspis paucispina Jones, 1974
Material. Andros Island - 2 rnanca, sta. 99-053; Bahamas - 6 99, 6 d'd,
3 rnanca, sta. 97-023, 17.8.1997.
Remarks
Similar morphology with specimens known from Gay Head, Florida (Jones,
1974).
Cubanocuma gutzui Bgcescu & Muradian, 1977
Material. Andros Island - 1 9, sta. 00-027, Four Shark Cave, 20.8.2000;
Exuma Island - 1 d , sta. 95-0 10, 18.5.1995; 1 9, sta. 94-020,22.5.1994; Honduras -
2 99, sta. 95-025.
Remarks
This species is largely distributed in the western Atlantic: Florida, Gulf of
Mexico, Cuba (Bgcescu & Muradian, 1977 a), Jamaica (Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu,
1994), Abaco (Petrescu, 1996); Petrescu and Sterrer (2001) found little different
specimens in Bermuda (attributed to C. cf. gutzui).
Cumella abacoensis Petrescu, 1996
Material. Andros Island - 49 99, sta. 00-025, Conch Sound Blue Hole,
17.8.2000; 2 juv, sta. 00-027, Four Shark Cave, 20.8.2000; 2 99, 1 immat. d , sta.
00-029, Triple Traverse Cave, 21.8.2000; 1 9, 1 d', sta. 99-050; 5 99, sta. 99-05 1 ;
2 d d, sta. 99-052; 202 99,106c?d, 35 rnanca, 44 juv, sta. 99-053; 1699,17 dd',
4 juv, sta. 99-054; 1 9,2 dd, sta. 99-055; 3 99,4 66, sta. 99-059; 3 99, 5 d'd',
sta. 99-060; 7 99, 1 8 , sta. 99-065; Exuma Island - 8 99, sta.95-008, 18.5.1995;
6 99, sta. 00-019, Mistery Cave, Stocking Isl., Georgetown, Great Exuma; 2 99,
1 immat. d', sta. 00-020, Crab Cay Crevasse, Georgetown, Great Exuma, 9.8.2000;
20 99,4 c?d, 7 juv, sta. 00-006, The Subway, Great Exuma, 22.3.2000; 3 99, sta.
96-031, 9.9.1996; 3 juv, sta. 96-034, 14.9.1996; 11 99, 3 d'd', 1 juv, sta. 96-040,
6.4.1996; 1 9, sta. 96-091, 8.5.1996; Bahamas Islands - 55 90, 24 d'd, 2 rnanca,
sta. 97-023, 17.8.1997; Grand Cayman - 6 99, 1 d .

122 IORGU PETRESCU
Remarks
Most abundant species of Cumella from material of Bahamas, anteriorly
mentioned only from the terra tipica, Abaco Island (Petrescu, 1996).
Cumella andri Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992
Material. 4 99, sta. 94-020, 22.5.1994; 3 99, 2 d d, sta. 00-019, Mistery
Cave, Stocking Isl., Georgetown, Great Exuma; 2 99, sta. 96-020,8.9.1996; 3 O9,3
dd, sta. 96-040,6.4.1996, Exuma Islands.
Remarks
First time mentioned from Andros Island (Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992).
Cumella biserrata Petrescu, 2002
Material. 1 manca, 1 d , sta. 95-025; 1 9, 1 juv, sta. 95-026, Honduras.
Remarks
Also known from Belize (Petrescu, 2002) and Costa Rica (Petrescu, Heard,
Vargas & Breedy, 2003).
Cumella clavicauda Calman, 1 9 1 1
Material. Andros Island - 4 d d, sta. 99-059; Honduras - 1 juv, sta. 95-025.
Remarks
This species has one of the largest known distribution in the western Atlantic:
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (Calman, 191 l), Florida, Cuba, Curaqao, Gulf of
Mexico (Biicescu & Muradian, 1977 b) and Belize (Petrescu, 2002).
Cumella garrityi BBcescu & Muradian, 1977
Material. Exuma Islands - 1 d, sta. 95-009, 18.5.1995; Honduras - 1 juv, sta.
95-025; 3 99,2 gd, sta.95-026.
Remarks
Another largely distributed species, from Florida, Gulf of Mexico (BBcescu &
Muradian, 1977 b), Belize (Petrescu, 2002), Abaco Island (Bahamas) (Petrescu,
1996) and Costa Rica (Petrescu, Heard, Vargas & Breedy, 2003).
Cumella gomoiui BBcescu & Muradian, 1977
Material. 1 d , sta. 95-01 1, 16.5.1995; 1 d, sta. 94-020, 22.5.1994, Exuma
Islands.
Remarks
Anteriorly known from Cuba, Abaco, Belize and Costa Rica.
Cumella longicaudata Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
Material. 1 9, sta. 94-01 8, 19.5.1994, Exuma Islands.

NEW CUMACEA (CRUSTACEA) FROM WESTERN ATLANTIC 123
Remarks
This species was known only from terra tipica, Jamaica (Petrescu, Iliffe &
Sarbu, 1994). Our specimens have fewer dorsal spines on carapace than Jamaican
ones (four instead of six).
Cumella cf. ocellata Biicescu, 1992
Material. Andros Island - 14 d d, sta. 99-059; Honduras - 2 d d, sta.95-025;
Grand Cayman - 46 9 9, 1 7 d d .
Remarks
Similar to the specimens recorded from Bermuda (Biicescu, 1992, Petrescu &
Sterrer, 2001), Belize and Costa Rica.
Cumella ruetzleri Petrescu, 2002
Material. 59 99,2 1 d d, Grand Cayman.
Remarks
Previously distribution: Belize and Costa Rica.
Cumella somersi Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001
Material. 40 99,2 dd, Grand Cayman.
Remarks
Described from Bermuda and found after that in Belize and Costa Rica.
Cumella sp.
Material. 2 juv, sta. 95-025, Honduras.
Cumella thomasiliffei n.sp.
(Fig. 2)
Material. Holotype: female, no. CUM 1449; paratypes: 4 99, 1 3, sta. 94-
020, 19.5.1994, no. CUM 1450; 2 99, sta. 94-01 8, 22.5.1994, 62 m, Exuma Cays,
no. CUM 1451.
Type locality. Bahamas, 62 m, Exuma Cays, Wall (Transect AB Buoy), Lee
Stocking Island, sta. 94-020, collected on 22.05.1994, by Thomas M. Iliffe.
Etymology. The species is dedicated in Dr. Thomas M. Iliffe's honour (A & M
University, Galveston, Texas) as a sign of high gratitude for his generosity to put at
our disposal lots and lots of cumaceans from the Caribbean for study, along the time.
Description of female
Body (Fig. 2 A), elongate, with few hairs on carapace. Length: 5.4 mm.
Carapace (Fig. 2 A, B), a little shorter than a third of entire body length, four
spines on ocular lobe, short pseudorostrum, large antenna1 notch, serrated antero-
ventral margin.
Antenna I (Fig. 2 C), middle segment of peduncle a little shorter than the last
one, with a small tubercle with sensory setae, thin and long main flagellum with two
segments; accessory flagellum shorter than half of basal segment of main flagellum.

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Maxilliped 3 (Fig. 2 D), basis, half of maxilliped, without outer process with
two strong plumose setae; outer process of merus reaching the extremity of carpus;
dactylus with a long and robust terminal seta.
Pereopod 1 (Fig. 2 E), basis a third of entire pereopod, ischium as long as
merus, carpus as long as propodus, twice longer than dactylus, dactylus with a long
and robust terminal seta.
Pereopod 2 (Fig. 2 F), basis a little shorter than half of pereopod, carpus 1.4
times longer than merus, with two stout setae on inner distal corner, dactylus two
times longer than propodus.
Pereopods 3-5 (Fig. 2 G-I), with progressively shorter basis and longer
carpus, dactylus fused with its robust terminal seta.
Uropod (Fig. 2 J), peduncle a little more than twice times longer than last
pleonite, 1.3 times longer than its endopod, with a strong serration on inner margin;
endopod a little longer than exopod, with three robust setae on inner strong serrated
margin, both rami with a long robust terminal seta.
Remarks
Most related species to Cumella thomasiliffei n.sp. is C. biserrata Petrescu
(2002) described from Belize regarding carapace with dorsal serration on ocular
lobe, its antero-ventral margin also serrated and almost similar uropods. It differs
by: unique row of spines on ocular lobe instead double one, pseudorostral lobes
with smooth margins versus serrated, longer uropodal peduncle (pedun~le16'~
pleonite: 2.15 in C. thomasilzffei and 1.4 in C. biserrata), longer uropodal rami
(pedunclelendopod: 1.36 in C. thomasilzffei and 1.59 in C. biserrata), uropodal
endopod with three robust setae on inner margin versus two.
Cumella vicina Zimmer, 1944
Material. 2 dd', sta. 95-01 1, 16.5.1995, Exuma Islands.
Remarks
Formerly mentioned from Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica and Belize.
Cumella zimmeri Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
Material. 1 9, sta. 00-019, Mistery Cave, Stocking Isl., Georgetown, Great
Exuma; 1 9, sta. 00-020, Crab Cay Crevasse, Georgetown, Great Exuma, 9.8.2000,
Exuma Island.
Remarks
First mentioned from Bahamas, known only from Jamaica.
Elassocumella micruropus (Zimmer, 1943)
Material. 1 9, Grand Cayman.
Remarks
Recorded from Florida, Bonaire (Dutch Antilles) and Costa Rica.
Schizotrema sp.
Material. 1 manca, sta.95-025, Honduras.

NEW CUMACEA (CRUSTACEA) FROM WESTERN ATLANTIC 125
Fig. 2 - Cumella thomasiliffei asp. Female: A, body, lateral view; B, carapace, dorsal view; C, antenna
1; D, maxilliped 3; E, pereopod 1; F, pereopod 2; G, pereopod 3; H, pereopod 4; 1, pereopod 5;
J, uropod. Scale bars (in mm): A, 0.5; B, 0.3; C, 0.1; D-I, 0.2; J, 0.2.

126 IORGU PETRESCU
REMARKS ON THE CUMACEAN FAUNA FROM THE WESTERN
TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN
After this study 21 species are mentioned from Bahamas, only 11 previously
known from Andros Island and Abaco Island. Five species are mentioned from the
Andros Island for the first time (six species previously known): Campylaspis
paucispina, Cubanocuma gutzui, Cumella abacoensis, C. clavicauda and C. cf.
ocellata. The first data on the cumacean fauna from Exuma Island (also from
Bahamas archipelago) mention 12 species: Cyclaspis goesi, Vaunthompsonia cf.
cristata, Campylaspis heardi, Cubanocuma gutzui, Cumella abacoensis, Cumella
andri, Cumella garrityi, Cumella gomoiui, Cumella longicaudata, Cumella
thomasiliffei n.sp., Cumella vicina and Cumella zimmeri. The species previously
known from the coasts of Florida and Central America, of Cuba, some of them with
a large distribution in the area (for instance Cumella clavicauda) and some of them
com'mon only to those from the waters of Jamaica (Cumella longicaudata and C.
zimmeri) were added to the researched area. As yet, the species occurred in Bermuda
are absent (Cumella hirsuta, C. serrata, C. somersi, Schizotrema agglutinanta, S.
wittmanni). Also, the described species from Bahamas are not mentioned from
Bermuda, the presence of a geographical barrier between these areas being possible.
Within both cases, the population of these islands seems to be made by the active
oceanic currents from the west to the east of the western tropical Atlantic region,
towards the Gulf Stream.
As regards the Grand Cayman Island, placed in the south of Cuba, between
Jamaica and the coast of Central America, the first cumacean species are mentioned:
Cumella abacoensis, C. cf. ocellata, C. ruetzleri, C. somersi and Elassocumella
micruropus. The small number of taxa can be explained mostly by the fact that only
a single sample was studied, collected from shallow waters. The identified species
are common to those from Bahamas (Cumella abacoensis), but also to those from
Bermuda (Cumella cf. ocellata, C. somersi), Belize and Costa Rica (C. cf. ocellata,
C. ruetzleri, C. somersi, Elassocumella micruropus) and also to those from Florida
and Lesser Antilles (Elassocumella micruropus).
The cumaceans from the Caribbean waters of Central America are known
from the coasts of Mexico, Belize and of Costa Rica: The first data from Honduras
show the presence of nine species, all of them, excepting the last two, found also
previously in Belize: Vaunthompsonia cf. cristata, Campylaspis heardi, Cubano-
cuma gutzui, Cumella biserrata, C. clavicauda, C. garrityi, C. cf. ocellata, Cumella
sp. and Schizotrema sp. As in the case of the Grand Cayman Island, the results came
from the study of a too small number of samples (two) for drawing a conclusion.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to thank to Dr. Thomas M. Iliffe (A&M University, Galveston, Texas) and to Dr.
Richard W. Heard (College of Marine Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi) for their kindness
for putting at my disposal the valuable material collected from the western tropical Atlantic; to Aurora
Dinu ("Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest), for tracing the drawings in
China ink and to the anonymous referees for their contribution to the improving of the text.

NEW CUMACEA (CRUSTACEA) FROM WESTERN ATLANTIC 127
CUMACEA (CRUSTACEA: PERACARIDA)
DIN OCEANUL ATLANTIC DE VEST TROPICAL
REZUMAT
intr-un lot de cumacee provenind din Oceanul Atlantic de vest tropical - arhipelagul
Bahamas (Insula Andros, lnsulele Exuma $i Insula Great Bahama), Insula Grand Cayman $i de la
coastele Honduras-ului - am identificat 21 specii, din care una este noua pentru $tiinti: Cumella
thomasiliflei n.sp. din Exuma. Aceast2 specie este mai apropiati de Cumella biserrata Petrescu, 2002
din Belize. Alte specii determinate: Cyclaspis goesi (Sars), Vaunthompsonia cf. cristata Bate,
Campylaspis heardi Muradian-Ciamician, C. paucispina Jones, Cubanocuma gufzui Bgcescu &
Muradian, Cumella abacoensis Petrescu, C, andri Petrescu & Iliffe, C. biserrata Petrescu, C.
clavicauda Calman, C. garrityi Bgcescu & Muradian, C. gomoiui Bgcescu & Muradian, C.
Iongicaudata Petrescu, lliffe & Sarbu, C. cf. ocellata Bgcescu, C. ruefzleri Petrescu, C. somersi
Petrescu & Sterrer, C, vicina Zimmer, Cumella sp., C. zimmeri Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, Elassocumella
micruropus (Zimmer) $i Schizotrema sp. De asemenea, sunt facute $i primele mentiuni ale cumaceelor
din Ins. Exuma (Bahamas), Grand Cayman $i Honduras $i completari ale faunei din I. Andros
(Bahamas).
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