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Ceratocumatidae Calman, 1905 
AphiaID: 110379

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Cumacea (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Cumacea
Sources  basis of record: Watling, L. (2001). Cumacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 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. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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[show all]		 Genus Ceratocuma Calman, 1905
Genus Cimmerius Jones, 1973
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
Note  Morphology: 
  • Telson present, small.

  • Uropod inner ramus uniarticulate.

  • Male pleopods 5, 4, or 3 pairs, with external process on inner ramus.

  • Number free thoracic somites never reduced.

  • Exopods on maxillipeds and the following combinations of pereopods: in the male, 1-4, rarely 1-3 or 1-2; in the female, 1,or 1-3, with some females showing 1 + 3 rudimentary early in development.
  • Mandible with large section dorsal to molar.

  • Branchial apparatus without gill plate or supports.
    •  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110379
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Watling, Les
2005-05-02 07:36:34Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ceratocumatidae Calman, 1905. In: Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2013) World Cumacea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110379 on 2013-06-19
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