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Genera in the family or subfamily Caristiidae: [ 5 ] records

Caristius Gill [T. N.] & Smith [H. M.] 1905:249 Masc. Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith 1905. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Caristius Gill & Smith 1905 -- (Nielsen 1973:339 [ref. 6885], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:747 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:637 [ref. 5660], Paxton 2001:2837 [ref. 26097], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:654 [ref. 25968], Parin 2003:S9 [ref. 28536], Trunov et al. 2006:465 [ref. 28470], Bray et al. 2006:1188 [ref. 29088], Stevenson & Kenaley 2011:385 [ref. 31552], Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:424 [ref. 32920], Kukuev et al. 2013:541 [ref. 32928], Parin et al. 2014:366 [ref. 33547], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:1273 [ref. 34202]). Current status: Valid as Caristius Gill & Smith 1905. Caristiidae.

Elephenor Jordan [D. S.] 1919:330, 332 Masc. Pteraclis macropus Bellotti 1903. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Caristius Gill & Smith 1905 -- (Nielsen 1973:339 [ref. 6885], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:430 [ref. 32920]). Current status: Synonym of Caristius Gill & Smith 1905. Caristiidae.

Neocaristius Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2011:386 Masc. Paracaristius heemstrai Trunov, Kukuev & Parin 2006. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Neocaristius Stevenson & Kenaley 2011 -- (Kukuev et al. 2013:543 [ref. 32928] in Paracarastiinae, Kenaley & Stewart 2015:1274 [ref. 34202]). Current status: Valid as Neocaristius Stevenson & Kenaley 2011. Caristiidae.

Paracaristius Trunov [I. A.], Kukuev [E. I.] & Parin [N. V.] 2006:465 [English 441] Masc. Caristius maderensis Maul 1949. Type by original designation. •Valid as Paracaristius Trunov, Kukuev & Parin 2006 -- (Benfield et al. 2009:637 [ref. 30667], Stevenson & Kenaley 2011:390 [ref. 31552], Kukuev et al. 2013:543 [ref. 32928] in Paracarastiinae, Okamoto et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33659]). Current status: Valid as Paracaristius Trunov, Kukuev & Parin 2006. Caristiidae.

Platyberyx Zugmayer [E.] 1911:8 Masc. Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer 1911. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Zugmayer 1911 (Dec.):101 [ref. 4846]. •Synonym of Caristius Gill & Smith 1905 -- (Trunov et al. 2006:465 [ref. 28740]). •Valid as Platyberyx Zugmayer 1911 -- (Nielsen 1973:339 [ref. 6885], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:748 [ref. 13676], Paxton 2001:2837 [ref. 26097], Tweddle & Anderson 2008:6 [ref. 29604], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:416 [ref. 32920], Okamoto et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33659], Okamoto & Stevenson 2015:13 [ref. 33827]). Current status: Valid as Platyberyx Zugmayer 1911. Caristiidae.