Parapseudes algicola (Shiino, 1951)

Tanaka, Masaatsu & Kakui, Keiichi, 2023, On the original publications for six tanaidacean names proposed by Sueo M. Shiino, Zootaxa 5231 (2), pp. 192-194 : 193

Parapseudes algicola (Shiino, 1951)

Apseudes algicola Shiino, 1951a: 37 ; Shiino 1952: 53–58, figs 1–3.

Parapseudes latifrons: Lang 1966: 553 (in part).

Parapseudes cf. latifrons: Larsen 2005: 94 .

Parapseudes algicola: Guţu 2008b: 53 .

Remarks. Lang (1966) transferred A. algicola to P arapseudes Sars, 1882 and synonymized this species and other congeners reported from various regions (e.g., Mediterranean, North and South Atlantic, and North Pacific) with Parapseudes latifrons ( Grube, 1864) that was described from the island of Lošinj in the Adriatic Sea. Larsen & Shimomura (2008) questioned the validity of Lang’s (1966) synonymising and stated that “such cosmopolitan distribution is unlikely for a single species and closer examination of the literature also suggests that differences are present between several of the species” (op. cit.: 9), but they refrained from reinstating Shiino’s species. It was formally reinstated as a valid species by Guţu (2008b).