| The genus Candacia 2) was erected by Dana (1846) for certain copepods found in collections obtained by the U. S. Exploring Expedition of 18381842. When the species referable to this genus were first described three years later, Dana (1849) changed the generic name to Candace. Giesbrecht (1892) established the family Candacidae to accommodate Candace but six years later Giesbrecht & Schmeil (1898) used Dana's first proposed generic name, Candacia, and accordingly changed the family name to Candaciidae. These latter two names have been used by most authors since about 1900. I wish to thank Dr. W. Vervoort for reading and criticizing the manuscript, Miss Abigail Hooper for checking literature references and for preparing distribution charts, and my wife,... |
