''Cumopsis'' is a genus of crustaceans in the family
Bodotriidae
Bodotriidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Cumacea. Bodotriids have a worldwide distribution in shallow and deep waters. There are over 380 described species in over 30 genera, being the most diverse cumacean family. Their exte ...
originally described by
G.O. Sars
Prof Georg Ossian Sars HFRSE (20 April 1837 – 9 April 1927) was a Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist.
Life
Georg Ossian Sars was born on 20 April 1837 in Kinn, Norway (now part of Flora), the son of Pastor Michael Sars and Maren Sar ...
in 1878, the type species is ''Cumopsis goodsir'' (Van Beneden, 1861).
[ Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2023). World Cumacea Database. Cumopsis G.O. Sars, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110393 on 2023-10-30 ][ Sars, G. O. (1887). ''Nye bidrag til kundskaben om Middelhavets invertebratfauna. II. Middelhavets Cumaceer. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab''. 3: 465., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30037353#page/502/mode/1up page(s): 511]
Species
The following species are accepted on WoRMS as of October 2023:
* ''
Cumopsis africanum'' (Zimmer, 1920)
* ''
Cumopsis ambrizetensis'' (Bochert & Zettler, 2011)
* ''
Cumopsis andamani'' (Kurian, 1954)
* ''
Cumopsis armatum'' (Kurian, 1954)
* ''
Cumopsis elongata'' Jones, 1956
* ''
Cumopsis fagei'' Băcescu, 1956
* ''
Cumopsis goodsir'' (Van Beneden, 1861)
* ''
Cumopsis inerme'' (Corbera, Tirado & Martin, 2005)
* ''
Cumopsis jonesi'' Le Loeuff & Intes, 1972
* ''
Cumopsis longipes'' (Dohrn, 1869)
* ''
Cumopsis robusta'' Day, 1975
* ''
Cumopsis sarsi'' (Miers, 1879)
* ''
Cumopsis wafri'' Jones, 1956
References
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Cumacea
Crustaceans described in 1878
Taxa named by Georg Ossian Sars