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Cumacea taxon details
basis of record
Watling, L. (2001). Cumacea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 308-310 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Zimmer, C. (1933). Cumacea. <i>The fauna of the North Sea and Baltic</i>, 23(10.g4). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft: Leipzig, Germany. 70-120 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Morphology - No free telson.
- Uropod inner ramus one or two-articulate.
- Male pleopods, 5 pairs, occasionally 3, 2, or 0 pairs, with process on the outer edge of the inner ramus.
- Pleural folds nearly always present on the abdomen of the male.
- Number of free thoracic somites frequently reduced.
- Exopods on maxillipeds and at least pereopod 1, but may occur on pereopods in the following combinations: in the male, 4 or 1, occasionally 2 or 3 fully developed pairs, 1 + 2 rudimentary, 2 + 2 rudimentary, or 3 + 1 rudimentary; in the female, 3 or 1, occasionally 2 fully developed pairs, 3 + 1 rudimentary, 2 + 2 rudimentary, 2 + 1 rudimentary, or 1 + 2 rudimentary.
- Mandible naviculoid, with large section dorsal to molar.
- Branchial apparatus without gill plates or supports.
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