title: Three new Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) species from a Caribbean mesophotic ecosystem.
abstract: Examination of substrata from the mesophotic reefs of Mona Island, Puerto Rico yielded 3 new species of cumaceans, all from the family Nannastacidae: Cumella achimae sp. nov., C. victoriae sp. nov. and Nannastacus craciuni sp. nov. The 3 new species bring the total of new cumacean taxa described from the mesophotic reefs of US Caribbean to 9, highlighting the potential of mesophotic reefs as a biodiversity hotspot. For the first time we report the genus Nannastacus from the Caribbean Sea.
authors.affiliation: Grigore Antipa' National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff 1, Bucharest 011341, Romania.; Email: iorgup@antipa.ro.
authors.forename: Iorgu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petrescu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning, ISM Annexe, P.O. - ISM, Dhanbad 826004, Jharkhand, India.; Email: drtchatterjee@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Tapas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA.; Email: nschizas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nikolaos V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Schizas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003445:Crustacea / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity