Gnathophausia fagei Băcescu, 1991

Yolanda, Rofiza, Lheknim, Vachira, Price, W. Wayne & Hendrickx, Michel E., 2023, The lophogastrids (Crustacea: Peracarida: Lophogastrida) of Indonesia and its adjacent waters. An updated checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (3), pp. 413-429 : 416

Gnathophausia fagei Băcescu, 1991

Records from Indonesia. Northern part of Kei Besar Island water and Makassar Strait ( Băcescu 1991; Casanova 1996). Depth range: 688– 809 m.

Remarks. This species resembles G. elegans , however, the ventrolateral keels on the carapace of G. fagei do not merge into the posterior marginal keels and the sixth abdominal pleura is armed with a medial ventral spine ( Meland & Aas 2013). Băcescu (1991) correctly described a new subspecies for the material of G. elegans he examined from the Makassar strait: G. elegans fagei Băcescu, 1991 . The holotype of this new subspecies is deposited in the Museum National of Natural History, Paris, France. Casanova (1996) followed the opinion of Băcescu (1991) and upgraded “ fagei ” to full-species status. However, he cited G. fagei as a new species, referring to the same type material as Băcescu (1991). Because the description of “ fagei ” by Băcescu (1991) is valid, its description should be attributed to him and not to Casanova.