CUMACEANS (CRUSTACEA) OF THE MEDES ISLANDS (CATALONIA, SPAIN) WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE GENERA BODOTRIA AND IPHINOE

A total of 34 hauls of cumaceans obtained by means of an artificial-li ght epibenthic trap were studied. More than 80,000 specimens of 17 spe cies belonging to four families were obtained. The commonest and most abundant species were Cumella limicola and Nannastacus ungiculatus. A new subspecies Bodotria arenosa leloeuffi ssp. nov, is described, as i s the adult male of Iphinoe acutirostris. Morphological differences be tween the males of five species of the genus Iphinoe are discussed. Th e results are similar both quantitatively and qualitatively to those o btained from nocturnal plankton fishing in nearby areas, which proves that the bias of the sampling method is minimal in this crustacean ord er.