polystigmatus, Diploconger Kotthaus [A.] 1968:34, Figs. 134-137, 152 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 3; ref. 2669] Somalia, 3°25'N, 47°14.8'E to 3°23.8'N, 47°14'E, western Indian Ocean, depth 38-37 meters. Holotype: ZMH 4960 [ex IOES 58a]. Paratypes: ZMH 4961-62 (4, 2). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:414 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus 1968 -- (Castle 1975:22 [ref. 25984], Dor 1984:33 [ref. 29757], Paxton et al. 1989:141 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Karmovskaya 2004:S24 [ref. 28053], Hoese & Gates 2006:292 [ref. 28997], Golani & Fricke 2018:25 [ref. 36273], Sen et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38520], Smith & Heemstra 2022:91 [ref. 39685]). Current status: Valid as Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus 1968. Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea: Yemen; Indian Ocean: Somalia. Record from Sundarban (India) needs verification. Habitat: marine.