Deeveyinae Kornicker & Iliffe 1985

Kornicker, Louis S., Iliffe, Thomas M. & Harrison-Nelson, Elizabeth, 2007, Ostracoda (Myodocopa) from Anchialine Caves and Ocean Blue Holes, Zootaxa 1565 (1), pp. 1-151 : 51

Subfamily Deeveyinae Kornicker & Iliffe 1985

Type Genus. Deeveya Kornicker & Iliffe 1985: 476 .

Diagnosis. Carapace without rostrum. First antenna with 8 articles, article 1 without bristles, article 2 with 1 dorsal bristle. Endopod of adult male 2nd antenna without clasper. Sixth limb with lobe-like exopod bearing 4 bristles. Bellonci Organ bifid. Copulatory limb of male with 2 processes.

Composition. At present this subfamily includes only the genus Deeveya Kornicker & Iliffe 1985 . The great differences in the morphology of the carapaces of species of Spelaeoecia and Deeveya are deemed sufficient evidence to require that each genus be referred to a different subfamily