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Issue: Vol. 3765 No. 4: 19 Feb. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.4.4
Page range: 360–370
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) species from a Caribbean mesophotic ecosystem

Grigore Antipa’ National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff 1, Bucharest 011341, Romania.
Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning, ISM Annexe, P.O. – ISM, Dhanbad 826004, Jharkhand, India.
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA.
Cumacea new species mesophotic cruise tri-mix rebreathers.

Abstract

Examination of substrata from the mesophotic reefs of Mona Island, Puerto Rico yielded 3 new species of cumaceans, all from the family Nannastacidae: Cumella achimae sp. nov., C. victoriae sp. nov. and Nannastacus craciuni sp. nov. The 3 new species bring the total of new cumacean taxa described from the mesophotic reefs of US Caribbean to 9, highlighting the potential of mesophotic reefs as a biodiversity hotspot. For the first time we report the genus Nannastacus from the Caribbean Sea.