Pseudamaryllis Andres, 1981: 464.–Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 521.–Lowry & Stoddart, 1993: 98.

Amaryllis.– Ledoyer, 1986: 717 (in part).

Paravijaya Ren, 1998: 156, 162.

Diagnosis. Head with rostrum anteriorly rounded or absent; eye reniform. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 not ball-shaped proximally; peduncular article 2 medium length; callynophore present in female and male. Antenna 2 flagellum about as long as that of antenna 1 in female and male. Mandible palp article 3 with or without proximal A3-seta. Pereopod 4 coxa with anterior and posterior margins subparallel. Uropod 3 rami without plumose setae in male and female; outer ramus 1-articulate.

Type species. Pseudamaryllis nonconstricta Andres, 1981, by original designation.

Species composition. Pseudamaryllis contains two species: P. andresi Lowry & Stoddart, 1993 and P. nonconstricta Andres, 1981.

Remarks. Ren (1998) established the genus Paravijaya, which he compared to and distinguished from the genera Amaryllis, Pseudamaryllis and Vijaya. Paravijaya was distinguished from Pseudamaryllis by: the labrum and epistome being coalesced, peduncular article 1 of antenna 1 being longer than other articles, and inner ramus of uropod 2 with a small notch. Ren was apparently unaware of the publication by Lowry & Stoddart (1993), which established a new species of Pseudamaryllis and slightly expanded the generic diagnosis. Paravijaya is a synonym of Pseudamaryllis and Pa. apiculata Ren, 1998, is the same species described by Lowry & Stoddart (1993) as Ps. andresi.

Pseudamaryllis is the only amaryllidid genus with the combination of a callynophore in the female and robust setae on the propodus of gnathopod 1.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea and South China Sea; 90–1544 m depth (see Fig. 76).