Cumella
Creators: name: Petrescu, Iorgu
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Schizas, Nikolaos V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Nannastacidae
Cumella

description: Key to species of Cumella genus from Western Atlantic (northern part)
A number of 38 species were known from the northern part of Western Atlantic Ocean. For 33 species are known the female or both sexes.
1. Carapace with dorsal spines and/ or tubercles............................................................... 2
- Carapace without dorsal spines and/ or tubercles........................................................... 20
2. Two dorsal row of spines on carapace.................................................. biserrata Petrescu, 2002
- One dorsal row of spines on carapace...................................................................... 3
3. Carapace with spines and tubercles..................................................... ruetzleri Petrescu, 2002
- Carapace with spines / tubercles......................................................................... 4
4. Carapace with dorsal tubercles........................................................... vicina Zimmer, 1944
- Carapace with dorsal spines............................................................................. 5
5. Ocular lobe with frontal and lateral lenses................................................................. 6
- Ocular lobe with two lateral lenses....................................................................... 16
6. Uropodal peduncle twice 6th pleonite length.............................. longicaudata Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
- Uropodal peduncle shorter than twice 6th pleonite length...................................................... 7
7. Carapace with 4–12 dorsal spines......................................................................... 8
- Carapace with 1–3 dorsal spines........................................................................ 13
8. Carapace with 8–12 dorsal spines........................................................................ 9
- Carapace with 4–5 dorsal spines....................................................................... 12
9. Carapace with 12 dorsal spines................................................. spinifera Petrescu & Heard, 2004
- Carapace with 8 dorsal spines.......................................................................... 10
10. Uropodal peduncle shorter than 6th pleonite.............................. jamaicensis Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
- Uropodal peduncle longer than 6th pleonite............................................................... 11
11. Uropodal endopod with 3 medial setae.......................................................... achimae n. sp.
- Uropodal endopod with 2 medial setae................................. pagani Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2014
12. Carapace with 5 dorsal spines............................................. medeeae Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
- Carapace with 4 dorsal spines..................................... manolelii Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013
13. Carapace with 3 dorsal spines.............................................. zimmeri Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
- Carapace with 1–2 dorsal spines......................................................................... 14
14. Carapace with 2 dorsal spines........................................................................... 15
- Carapace with 1 dorsal spine................................................ antipai Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
15. Uropodal peduncle setose..................................................... somersi Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001
- Uropodal peduncle glabrous........................................... gurui Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2014
16. Carapace with serrate ventral margin..................................................................... 17
- Carapace with nude ventral margin............................................................ victoriae n. sp.
17. Carapace with 7 dorsal spines........................................................... serrata Calman, 1911
- Carapace with 4 dorsal spines.................................... alexandrinae Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2012
18. Ocular lobe with lenses placed in two longitudinal rows....................................... pilosa Băcescu, 1971
- Ocular lobe with lenses normally placed.................................................................. 19
19. Ocular lobe with 5 lenses.............................................................................. 20
- Ocular lobe with 1–2 lenses..............................................................................
20. Body covered with long setae........................................................ coralicola Băcescu, 1971
- Body covered with shorter setae........................................................................ 21
21. Uropodal peduncle longer than 6th pleonite............................................................... 22
- Uropodal peduncle shorter than 6th pleonite.............................................................. 32
22. Ocular lobe with 7 lenses............................................................ murariui Petrescu, 2002
- Ocular lobe with 3–5 lenses........................................................................... 23
23. Ocular lobe with 5 lenses.............................................................................. 24
- Ocular lobe with 1–3 lenses............................................................................ 27
24. Carapace with a dorsal longitudinal carina............................................. abacoensis Petrescu, 1996
- Carapace without dorsal longitudinal carina................................................................ 25
25. Pereopod 5 with carpus times propodus length................................... garrityi Băcescu & Muradian, 1977
- Pereopod 5 with shorter carpus.......................................................................... 26
26. Pereopod 5 carpus times propodus length............................................ andri Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992
- Pereopod 5 carpus times propodus length....................................... bahamensis Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992
27. Ocular lobe with 3 lenses.............................................................................. 28
- Ocular lobe with 1–2 lenses............................................................................ 29
28. Uropodal endopod with 3 medial setae........................................... bacescui Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992
- Uropodal endopod with 2 medial setae................................ solomoni Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013
29. Ocular lobe with 2 lenses.............................................................................. 30
- Ocular lobe with 1 lenses............................................................... iliffei Băcescu, 1992
30. Pleonite 5 with 3 pigmented dots.................................................... tripunctata Băcescu, 1971
- Pleonite 5 without pigmented dots....................................................................... 31
31. Uropodal endopod with 2 medial setae................................................... ocellata Băcescu, 1992
- Uropodal endopod with 4 medial setae................................................... hirsuta (Hansen, 1895)
32. Ocular lobe with 5 lenses.............................................................................. 33
- Ocular lobe with 2 lenses............................................................ meredithi Băcescu, 1971
33. Right uropodal endopod ........................................................... radui Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992
- Curved uropodal endopod........................................................... clavicauda Calman, 1911
description: Published as part of Petrescu, Iorgu, Chatterjee, Tapas & Schizas, Nikolaos V., 2014, Three new Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) species from a Caribbean mesophotic ecosystem, pp. 360-370 in Zootaxa 3765 (4) on pages 366-367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/227871