Velifer Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:312 Masc. Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker 1879. Type by subsequent monotypy. Original description without species; one species added by Bleeker 1879:16 [ref. 460]; Bleeker's species is name only but regarded as available by reference to "Velifer Schl." •Valid as Velifer Temminck & Schlegel 1850 -- (Walters 1960:246 [ref. 4577], Olney 1984:369 [ref. 13656], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:399 [ref. 5660] but credited to Bleeker, Paxton et al. 1989:397 [ref. 12442], Olney et al. 1993 [ref. 21802], Olney 1999:1967 [ref. 24751], Paxton et al. 2006:535 [ref. 28994], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Roberts 2012:54 [ref. 32187], Fricke et al. 2018:79 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Velifer Temminck & Schlegel 1850. Veliferidae.