Check-list of Cumacea from Iberian waters

Resumen

Based on the existing literature and adding some new data, a total of 172 species have been recorded. Fifty one of them are common to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, 98 have only been found in the Atlantic and 23 are confined to the Mediterranean. Of all Iberian species, 52.3% are present in the Boreal region and 23.2% in the North-western Atlantic. The bathyal bottoms (200-3000 m) show the larger bathymetrical range with 141 species recorded.