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

Author(s): Tapas Chatterjee, I Petrescu, Nikolaos Schizas

Publication date: 2013-12-31

Keywords: Animals, Caribbean Region, Crustacea, anatomy & histology, classification, Ecosystem, Female, Male, Species Specificity

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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.

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Keywords: Animals,Caribbean Region,Crustacea,anatomy & histology,classification,Ecosystem,Female,Male,Species Specificity

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Keywords: Animals, Caribbean Region, Crustacea, anatomy & histology, classification, Ecosystem, Female, Male, Species Specificity

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

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