Polymixia Lowe [R. T.] 1836:198 [ref. 2828]. Fem. Polymixia nobilis Lowe 1838. Type by monotypy. Polymyxia is a misspelling. •Valid as Polymixia Lowe 1836 -- (Woods & Sonoda 1973:269 [ref. 6899], Nielsen 1973:336 [ref. 6885], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:115 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1984 [ref. 13450], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:738 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:432 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:362 [ref. 12442], Kotlyar 1992:11 [ref. 20773], Kotlyar 1996:63 [ref. 23292], Wiley et al. 1998:423 [ref. 25588], Olney 1999:1977 [ref. 24751], Moore 2003:961 [ref. 27002], Paxton et al. 2006:548 [ref. 28994]). Current status: Valid as Polymixia Lowe 1836. Polymixiidae.