original description
(of Palaegyge demani Weber, 1892) Weber, M. (1892). Die Suesswasser-Crustaceen des Indischen Archipels, nebst Bemerkungen ueber die Suesswasser-Fauna im Allgemeinen. [The freshwater crustaceans of the Indian Archipelago, together with remarks on the freshwater fauna in general.]. <em>M. Weber, Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien.</em> 2: 528-571, figs. 1-22, pl. 30. Leiden: E. J. Brill. [details] 
basis of record
Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
new combination reference
Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender à Brandis, G. A. (1929). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 48. Epicaridea 1. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn.</em> 87: 1-44. [details] Available for editors 
From editor or global species database
ecology Host is Palaemon sp. (Chopra, 1923) [details]
type locality Godaveri, India. [details]