Cumella ocellata Băcescu, 1992

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, Zootaxa 4199 (1), pp. 1-78 : 69

Cumella ocellata Băcescu, 1992

Cumella ocellata Băcescu, 1992b , pp. 259–262, figs. 2, 3.— Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001, pp. 91–93, 101–106, figs. 38–62.— Petrescu, 2004, pp. 89, 91–92, 95.— Petrescu & Iliffe, 2009, pp. 127, 139.— Petrescu et al., 2014b, pp. 366, 367. Cumella cf. ocellata Băcescu, 1992 — Petrescu, 2002, pp. 180–183, 194, 199, figs. 21–23.

Material examined. 1 subadult male ( MGAB CUM 1761 ), Weinberg , La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, 17° 32’03”N, 66°35’35”W, sorted from algae, 58 m, June 3, 2008 ; 1 manca ( MGAB CUM 1762 ), Collado reef, La Parguera, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, sorted from a zoanthid Zoanthus sp. ball, 0.5 m, 17°57’15”N, 67°04’40”W , September 16, 2008, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas; 1 manca (MGAB CUM 1805), May 4, 2012, Salt River Canyon , St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 17°47'12.8040"N, 64°45'30.8160"W, 70 m, 2012, collected by Nikolaos V. Schizas during the UPRM-DMS Mesophotic Cruise.

Diagnosis. Carapace in female with hairy integument, uropodal peduncle 1.29 times pleonite 6 length, 4 medial setae on peduncle, endopod with 2 medial setae. Male uropodal peduncle 1.2 times pleonite 6 length, 5 medial setae on peduncle and on endopod.

Remarks This species was earlier described from Bermuda (Băcescu, 1992; Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001). This is the first record of this species from Puerto Rico.

Distribution. Bermuda (Băcescu, 1992; Petrescu & Sterrer, 2001), Puerto Rico (present record). Depth range: 0– 70 m.