Cumella
Creators: name: Petrescu, Iorgu
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Schizas, Nikolaos V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Nannastacidae
Cumella

description: Key to subgenus Cumella from western tropical Atlantic
Females
1. Carapace with dorsal denticles........................................................................... 2
- Carapace without dorsal denticles....................................................................... 15
2. Uropodal peduncle longer than last pleonite................................................................. 3
- Uropodal peduncle as long as or shorter than last pleonite..................................................... 19
3. Carapace with dorsal denticles on ocular lobe............................................................... 4
- Carapace without dorsal denticles on ocular lobe............................................................. 6
4. Carapace with 12 dorsal denticles................................................. spinifera Petrescu, Heard, 2004
- Carapace with 8 or less dorsal denticles.................................................................... 5
5. Carapace with 8 denticles........................................... achimae Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013
- Carapace with 3 dorsal denticles............................................................ tricornuta sp. nov.
6. Carapace with 18 dorsal denticles on carapace............................................. ruetzleri Petrescu, 2002
- Carapace with less than 18 dorsal denticles................................................................. 7
7. Carapace with 8 dorsal denticles....................................... pagani Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2014
- Carapace with 6 or less dorsal denticles.................................................................... 8
8. Carapace with 6 dorsal denticles........................................ longicaudata Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
- Carapace with 6 or less dorsal denticles.................................................................... 9
9. Carapace with less than 6 denticles................................ alexandrinae Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2012
- Carapace with 3 or less than denticles.................................................................... 10
10. Carapace with 3 dorsal denticles......................................................................... 11
- Carapace with 2 or less denticles....................................................................... 12
11. Pereopod 2 dactylus with 4 subterminal setae.......................... manolelii Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013
- Pereopod 2 dactylus with 2 subterminal setae............................................... tourmalinae sp. nov.
12. Carapace with 2 dorsal denticles........................................ gurui Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013
- Carapace with 1 dorsal denticle......................................................................... 13
13. Long setae on carapace................................................................................ 14
- Short setae on carapace.................................................................. multisetosa sp. nov.
14. Maxilliped 3 propodus 1.6 times carpus length............................................... maxipropa sp. nov.
- Maxilliped 3 propodus 1.37 times carpsus length............................................... longiseta sp. nov.
15. Carapace with long pseudorostrum........................................................ longirostrum sp. nov.
- Carapace with shorter pseudorostrum..................................................................... 16
16. Uropodal peduncle with 5 medial setae.................................................. ponceledgensis sp. nov.
- Uropodal peduncle with 3 or less medial setae.............................................................. 17
17. Uropodal endopod with 6 medial setae........................................ botosaneanui Petrescu & Iliffe, 2009
- Uropodal endopod with less than 6 medial setae............................................................ 18
18. Uropodal endopod with 5 medial setae................................................. abacoensis Petrescu, 1996
- Uropodal endopod with 2 medial setae............................................... andri Petrescu & Iliffe, 1992
19. Carapace with dorsal denticles.......................................................................... 20
- Carapace without dorsal denticles........................................................................ 30
20. Carapace with 7 dorsal denticles............................................................. nodulata sp. nov.
- Carapace with less than 7 dorsal denticles................................................................. 21
21. Carapace with 6 dorsal denticles.......................................................... hexadentata sp. nov.
- Carapace with less than 6 dorsal denticles................................................................. 22
22. Carapace with 5 dorsal denticles........................................................... seticaudata sp. nov.
- Carapace with less than 5 dorsal denticles................................................................. 23
23. Carapace with 4 dorsal setae............................................................................ 24
- Carapace with 1 dorsal seta............................................................................. 25
24. Uropodal peduncle with 4 medial setae.......................................................... amiti sp. nov.
- Uropodal peduncle with 3 medial setae..................................................... tuberculata sp. nov.
25. Uropodal peduncle with 2 medial setae................................................... portoricensis sp. nov.
- Uropodal peduncle without medial setae.................................................................. 26
26. Uropodal endopod with 5 medial setae.......................................................... Cumella sp. 1
- Uropodal endopod with 2 medial setae....................................................... croixensis sp. nov.
27. Carapace with 8 dorsal denticles........................................ jamaicensis Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
- Carapace with 6 or less dorsal denticles.................................................................. 28
28. Carapace with 6 dorsal denticles...................................... victoriae Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013
- Carapace with 5 or less denticles........................................................................ 29
29. Carapace with 5 dorsal denticles........................................... medeeae Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
- Carapace with 3 dorsal denticles............................................ zimmeri Petrescu, Iliffe & Sarbu, 1994
30. Straight uropodal rami................................................................................. 31
- Curved uropodal rami.............................................................. clavicauda Calman, 1911
31. Body integument with setae............................................................................ 32
- Body integument without setae.......................................................................... 33
32. Uropodal peduncle with 4 medial setae................................................ coralicola Băcescu, 1971
- Uropodal peduncle with 1 medial seta..................................................... pilosa Băcescu, 1971
33. Uropodal peduncle with medial setae..................................................................... 34
- Uropodal peduncle without medial setae.................................................................. 36
34. Uropodal peduncle with 3 medial setae................................................. meredithi Băcescu, 1971
- Uropodal peduncle with 2 medial setae................................................................... 35
35. Uropodal peduncle 0.88 times pleonite 6.................................................... enriquensis sp. nov.
- Uropodal peduncle 0.5 times pleonite 6................................................ micruropus Zimmer, 1943
36. Uropodal endopod with 2 medial setae................................ solomoni Petrescu, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2013
- Uropodal peduncle without setae........................................................... reticulata sp. nov.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4199 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4199.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/168483