Lysirude Goeke, 1986

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Genus Lysirude Goeke, 1986

Lysirude Goeke, 1986: 214 .

Type species. Lysirude nitidus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) , by original designation.

Species included. Lysirude channeri ( Wood-Mason, 1885) (= Lyreidus gracilis Wood-Mason, 1888: 376 ), L. griffini Goeke, 1986 , L. hookeri Feldmann, 1992 , L. nitidus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) , and L. paronae ( Crema, 1895) .

Remarks. Ever since its original description, Lysirude has been regarded as a synonym of Lyreidus (e.g., Feldmann 1989; Collins & Wienberg Rasmussen 1992; Waugh et al. 2009; Schweitzer et al. 2010), or as a subgenus (Feldmann 1992). Other authors have given it full generic status (e.g., Guinot 1993b; Tucker 1998; Bouchard 2000; Ng et al. 2008; De Grave et al. 2009).

Based on the hypertrophied lateral spines, the anterolateral margin typically with a blunt tooth, and on abdominal holding structures ( Bouchard 2000: 175), the treatment of Lysirude as a distinct genus is favoured here.