Cumella G.O.Sars 1865, n. sp.

• Main Author: Gerken, Sarah
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Cumacea; Nannastacidae; Cumella; Seta; Knight Island; Woody Island; Green Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6215169; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6215169

Cumella G.O.Sars 1865 Cumella alaskensis n. sp. Material examined. Holotype ovigerous female, USNM 1125356, Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, 57 °09.401’N, 153 ° 23.321 ’W, 0 m, 13 June 2003 Paratype ovigerous female, dissected, USNM 1125357 Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, 57 °09.401’N, 153 ° 23.321 ’W, 0 m, 13 June 2003 Other material: 3 ovigerous females, Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, 57 °09.401’N, 153 ° 23.321 ’W, 0 m, 13 June 2003; 1 ovigerous female, Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, 57 °09.401’N, 153 ° 23.321 ’W, 1 m, 13 June 2003; 1 ovigerous female, Knight Island, Prince William Sound, 60 ° 17.950 ’N, 147 ° 24.510 ’W, 5 m, 28 June 2004; 1 ovigerous female, Green Island, Prince William Sound, 60 ° 18.000 ’N, 147 ° 24.450 ’W, 15 m, 26 June, 2004; 1 subadult male, 2 subadult females, Woody Island, Kodiak Island, 57 ° 46.242 ’N, 152 ° 21.555 ’W, 10 m, 6 June 2004. Diagnosis. Dorsal crest with 5 large spines, uropod peduncle is 0.7 the length of pleonite 6, the uropod endopod is 1.3 the length of the exopod, the endopod bears 2 setae medially, and the medial margins of the peduncle and endopod are smooth with fine hairs. Description. Holotype ovigerous female, USNM 1125356 Ovigerous female, 2.7 mm. Carapace pigmented anteriorly, dorsal fold with 5 large teeth, antennal notch weak to absent; pseudorostral lobes 0.5 carapace length; eyelobe 0.1 carapace length, lenses present; carapace longer than thoracic segments together (Figure 5 A, 5 B). Paratype ovigerous female, USNM 1125357 Ovigerous female, 2.7 mm. Antennule peduncle article 1 longest, with simple seta; article 2 with simple and complex pedunculate setae; article 3 shortest, with simple and complex pedunculate setae; main flagellum of 2 articles, with 2 aesthetasc and 2 simple setae; accessory flagellum minute, of 1 article, with simple and complex pedunculate setae (Figure 5 C). Mandible navicular, with 5 microserrate lifting setae (Figure 5 D). Maxillule with 2 endites; outer endite with double row of stout setae; inner endite with 4 setae; palp with 2 setae (Figure 5 E). ...