Eorchestia dassenensis (K.H. Barnard, 1916) comb. nov.

? Orchestia bottae . ― Krauss, 1843: 60.

Parorchestia dassenensis K.H. Barnard, 1916: 227, pl. 28, figs 1, 2. Orchestia dassenensis . ― Griffiths, 1975: 170.

Types. Syntypes: 2 males, SAM A3054; 2 males SAM A3067.

Type locality. Dassen Island and Hout Bay, Cape Peninsula.

Diagnosis. Based on information available in K.H. Barnard (1916). Antenna 1 long, reaching nearly to end of antenna 2 peduncle. Antenna 2 less than half body length. Gnathopod 1 subchelate; merus, carpus and propodus with palmate lobes on posterior margin; dactylus subequal in length to palm. Gnathopod 2 subchelate. Uropod 1 outer ramus without robust setae. Uropod 3 peduncle with 3–4 robust setae; ramus slightly long than peduncle. Telson with 2 apical setae per lobe.

Remarks. The above characters place the species in the genus Eorchestia Bousfield, 1984 .

Distribution. South Africa. Dassen Island; Cape Peninsula (K.H. Barnard 1916); Cape Agulhas to Saldanha Bay (Griffiths 1975).