Review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Lycaeidae Claus, 1879 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)
Author
Zeidler, Wolfgang
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-12-09
5081
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journal article
3021
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.
Daira depressa
Dana, 1853: 992–993
, pl. 68, fig. 4a-h.
Dairinia depressa
.
—
Spence Bate 1862: 310
, pl. 50, fig. 5.
Type
material.
Type
material of
Daira depressa
is considered lost (see
Evans 1967
). The
type
locality is the S.W. Pacific, west of Savaii,
Samoa
,
15 m
,
15 March 1841
. The description given by
Dana (1853)
is inadequate, and the figures too small, lacking in detail, to enable a determination of this species.
Dana (1853)
illustrates G1 and G2 with serrations on the posterior margin of the carpus, more typical of the genus
Brachyscelus
, but the description is more consistent with
Lycaea
, particularly in that
Dana (1853)
notes there are no serrations “on the palm”. Some species of
Lycaea
such as
L. bovallii
and
L. vincentii
have gnathopods with slight serrations on the posterior margin of the carpus but they are not as prominent as illustrated by
Dana (1853)
.