Bathytyphlops Nybelin [O.] 1957:258, 260 Masc. Bathymicrops sewelli Norman 1939. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Bathytyphlops Nybelin 1957 -- (Nielsen 1973:166 [ref. 6885], Sulak 1977:53 [ref. 4299], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:419 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Sulak 1986:264 [ref. 5720], Merrett & Nielsen 1987 [ref. 6058], Thompson 2003:918 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:486 [ref. 28996], Franco et al. 2009:810 [ref. 32442]). Current status: Valid as Bathytyphlops Nybelin 1957. Ipnopidae.