Database details
| Full name: | WoRMS Cumacea: World Cumacea Database NEW! |
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| Short name: | WoRMS Cumacea |
| Version: | Oct 2011 |
| Release date: | 2011-10-17 |
| Authors/editors: | Watling L. & Gerken S. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Cumacea |
| English name of the group: | Cumaceans or hooded shrimps |
| Number of species: | 1,529 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 15 |
| Number of synonyms: | 54 |
| Number of common names: | 1 |
| Total number of names: | 1,599 |
| 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 |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea |