Genus Psamathe Johnston, 1836

Psamathe fusca Johnston, 1836

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Carus 1884; Zimmermann 1907; Leidenfrost 1908; Vatova 1928; Banse 1959, 1970; Amoureux & Katzmann 1971; Katzmann 1972, 1973a, 1983; Amoureux 1983c; Avčin & Vrišer 1983; Sordino 1989; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Simonini et al. 2005a, 2007; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM70.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Kefersteinia cirrata (Keferstein, 1862), Hesione fusca Carus, 1885 . REMARKS: The taxa Kefersteinia Quatrefages, 1865 and Kefersteinia cirrata (Keferstein, 1862) were synonymised with Psamathe and Psamathe fusca, respectively, by Pleijel (1998).