Database details

Full name:

Cumacea World Database

Short name:

WoRMS Cumacea

Version:

Oct 2008

Release date:

October 10th, 2008

Authors/editors:

L Watling

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia – Arthropoda – Malacostraca – Cumacea

Number of species names:

1,286 accepted names; 24 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

0 accepted names; 1 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

1,311

Abstract:

Cumaceans are small crustaceans, generally 1-10mm in size, which occur from tidal to abyssal depths in marine (and brackish) waters throughout the world. Data contributed to the Catalogue of Life via World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ).

Organization:

Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole ME, USA

Web site:

http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea


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