Family CERATOCUMATIDAE Calman, 1905

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• Ceratocumatidae Calman, W.T. 1905. The marine fauna of the west coast of Ireland. Part IV. Cumacea. Scientific Investigations, Fisheries Branch, Ireland 1904, Appendix 1: 3-52 pls 1-5 [37].

  Type genus:

   Ceratocuma Calman, 1905.

Introduction

Ceratocumatidae is a small family with ten species in two genera. It is known from the North and South Atlantic, Puerto Rico Trench, the western Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea, east of Australia (Petrescu 2004). Calman (1905) diagnosed the family as “Telson distinct, small, without spines. First and second legs in the male with exopods. All the abdominal somites of the male with well-developed appendages. Uropods with the inner ramus unjointed.” Two species in one genus are known from Australia (Petrescu 2004) (30 April 2025).

General References

Petrescu 2004. Family Ceratocumatidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) mentioned for the first time from Australia. Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" XLVI: 55-66

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