Lycaea
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Lowry, Jim
creator: Horton, Tammy
creator: Gasca, Rebeca
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Lycaea Dana, 1852
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Lycaea Dana, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158322 on 2026-08-28
created: 2005-05-25T10:24:16Z
modified: 2021-11-15T15:06:40Z
replaces: 478944
replaces: 586733
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Lycaea Dana, 1852
class: Malacostraca
family: Lycaeidae
genus: Lycaea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316.
name published in: Claus, C. (1879). Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Übersicht. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien. 2: 147-198.
name published in: Stephensen, K. (1925). Hyperiidea - Amphipoda (Part. 3: Lyaeopsidae, Pronoidae, Lycaeidae, Brachyscelidae, Oxycephalidae, Parascelidae, Platyscelidae). Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas. 2, 151–252.
name published in year: 1852
name published in year: 1879
name published in year: 1925
order: Amphipoda
parent name usage ID: 158321
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Dana, 1852
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted