Mayer,Paul. — Die Caprellidae der Siboga-expedition.

Leiden, Buchhandlung und druckerei vormals E.J. Brill, 1903. 160,[11] pp. 10 b./w. plts (8 folded), each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Orig. softcover (pinted wrappers). Large 4to. - Spine sl. spotted / sl. browned / sl. worn; pages unopened (as issued). - Overall a very good copy. (Siboga-Expeditie. Monographie XXXIV [34] aus: Siboga-expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman. Uitgegeven door Dr. Max Weber). Complete copy of this fundamental monograph on ghost shrimps (Caprellidae) written by Paul Mayer (1848-1923). He was a German zoologist specializing in crustaceans. The work is part of the scientific results of the Siboga Expedition (1899-1900), a large-scale Dutch oceanographic expedition in the waters of the Dutch East Indies. In this work, Mayer described approximately 96 to 99 new taxa. It is still considered one of the most important taxonomic sources for the study of Caprellidae in the Indo-Pacific region. - TExt in German.