Cymothoida) from southern China and Australia
Author
Yu, Haiyan
Author
Bruce, Niel L.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1224
23
31
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.172643
448bf81e-77ba-4371-9cb5-2598bff5ef5a
11755326
172643
Genus
Aega
Leach, 1815
Brusca (1983)
and
Kensley & Schotte (1989)
have given diagnoses to the genus, and genericlevel characters have been omitted from the description.
Brusca (1983)
erected two subgenera, the nominate subgenus and
Ramphion
Brusca, 1983
.
Bruce (2004)
suggested that as the status and differentiation of subgenera were ambiguous, few subsequent authors have applied these subgeneric names. The species described here is not placed in either of the subgenera.