The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)

present this record can only be considered as a generic
record of an undescribed species.
Kussakin and Vasina ( 980) recorded Aega edwardsii
from the Kerguelen Islands. The descriptive information
provided is of family or generic level only and is
inadequate to confirm or reject their identification. Setose
body surfaces are not mentioned, and pereopod
is figured as lacking robust setae which is in contrast to
Aega punctulata, which has robust setae on the inferior
margin of the merus.
White’s ( 847) name is included in the synonymy,
although the real identity of this nomen nudum can-
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not be established. There is nothing to indicate that
this is the same species that was described by Dollfus
( 89 ).
distribution: Known from the Straits of Magellan, Falkland
Islands and off Cape Horn, South America.
Aegiochus crozetensis (Kussakin & Vasina, 982),
comb. nov. (Fig. 42)
Aega crozetensis Kussakin & Vasina, 1982: 264, figs 5, 6.–
Kensley, 200 : 226.
Figure 142. Aegiochus crozetensis (Kussakin & Vasina, 982). Holotype. A, lateral view; B, head; C, frons; D, pereopods –3
(from right to left); E, uropod endopod, ventral view; F, uropod; G. posterior margin of pleotelson.