Sars, 1900

Description:
Similar to Pseudocuma longicornis but less slender and may be somewhat larger. Anterolateral angle with three small teeth. Telson rather broader than long, truncate in the female. Peduncle of uropod longer than the nearly equal rami.

Size:
Up to 5.5 mm.

Habitat:
Shelf to bathyal.

Depth range:
Down to about 10 to 360 metres.

Distribution in the North Sea:
Southern and northern North Sea, Skagerrak.

World distribution:
A boreal species, found from Norway to the British Isles and the Bay of Biscay. There is a single record from the Mediterranean.

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Peracarida
Order Cumacea
Family Pseudocumidae
Genus Pseudocuma
Species similis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Jones, N.S., 1957a. Cumacea. Key to families and references. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 71 (1957). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Jones, N.S., 1957b. Cumacea. Figures (covering sheets 71 and 73-76). Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 72 (1957). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Jones, N.S., 1957e. Cumacea. Families: Nannastacidae, Lamprpidae, Pseudocumidae. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, 75 (1957). Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, Kopenhagen.

Jones, N.S., 1976. British Cumaceans. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), No. 7. The Linnean Society/Academic Press, London.

Sars, G.O., 1900. An account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. III. Cumacea. Bergen Museum, Bergen.

van der Baan, S.M. and L.B. Holthuis, 1972. Short note on the occurrence of Cumacea in the surface plankton collected at "Texel" lightship in the southern North Sea. Zoologische Bijdragen, 13: 71-73.

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