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Genus Cumella Sars, 1865

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

NANNASTACIDAE: Cumella laevis Calman, 1911 — Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 404-438 (recorded this species as Cumella laeve); Hale, H.M. 1945. Australian Cumacea. No. 9 The family Nannastacidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 145-218 (excluded this species, Australian records now as Cumella cana Hale, 1945)

NANNASTACIDAE: Cumella similis Fage, 1945 — Hale, H.M. 1949. Australian Cumacea. No. 16 The family Nannastacidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 225-245 (recorded this species); Watling, L. 1991. Rediagnosis and revision of some Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(4): 751-757 (excluded this species, Australian records now as Cyclaspis munroi)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan in shallow waters.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Jun-2023 NANNASTACIDAE Bate, 1866 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 02-Mar-2023 MODIFIED Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Apr-2019 NANNASTACIDAE Bate, 1866 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
06-Mar-2013 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
15-Jun-2023 MODIFIED