Limanda Gottsche [C. M.] 1835:136, 160 Fem. Limanda vulgaris Gottsche 1835 (= Pleuronectes limanda Nilsson [= Linnaeus]). Type by monotypy. Limanda vulgaris Gottsche an unneeded replacement for P. limanda Nilsson; apparently the species goes back to Pleuronectes limanda Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker 1862 -- (Li & Wang 1995:241 [ref. 16193]). •Synonym of Pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Limanda -- (Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:113, 116 [ref. 21500]). •Valid as Limanda Gottsche 1835 -- (Norman 1934:333 [ref. 6893], Nielsen 1973:624 [ref. 6885], Ahlstrom et al. 1984:643 [ref. 13641], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:352 [ref. 6441], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1302 [ref. 13677], Rass 1996:570 [ref. 24656], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:715 [ref. 26711], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:821 [ref. 25968], Evseenko 2003:S63 [ref. 28535], Evseenko 2004:8 [ref. 27606], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:131 [ref. 31212], n Masuda et al. 1984:352 [ref. 6441], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1302 [ref. 13677], Rass 1996:570 [ref. 24656], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:715 [ref. 26711], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:821 [ref. 25968], Evseenko 2003:S63 [ref. 28535], Evseenko 2004:8 [ref. 27606], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:131 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:535 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:69 [ref. 34694], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:229 [ref. 34440], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:196 [ref. 35257], Vinnikov et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35844]). Current status: Valid as Limanda Gottsche 1835. Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae.