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Species in the genus Ipnops: [ 4 ] records


agassizii, Ipnops Garman [S.] 1899:259, Pl. H (figs. 2-2a) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Galápagos Islands, 2°34'N, 92°06'W, Albatross station 3413, depth 1360 fathoms. Lectotype: MCZ 28501 (134 mm SL). Paralectotypes: USNM 153593 [ex MCZ 28501] (1). Lectotype selected by Nielsen 1966:56 [ref. 9049]. •Valid as Ipnops agassizii Garman 1899 -- (Sulak 1986:264 [ref. 5720], Sulak 1990:359 [ref. 15106], Pequeño 1997:81 [ref. 23536], Paxton & Niem 1999:1924 [ref. 24746], Mundy 2005:196 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:252 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:486 [ref. 28996], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Russell 2016:1835 [ref. 34572], Fricke et al. 2018:72 [ref. 35805], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:19 [ref. 37828], Fricke et al. 2024:219 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:76 [ref. 42021], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2025:suppl. Tab. 1, p. 13 [ref. 42574], Kimura 2025:23 [ref. 43000]). Current status: Valid as Ipnops agassizii Garman 1899. Ipnopidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

meadi, Ipnops Nielsen [J. G.] 1966:57, Fig. 5 [Galathea Report v. 8; ref. 9049] Off Kenya, 3°23'S, 44°04'E, depth 3960 meters. Holotype: ZMUC P23352. Paratypes: MCZ 44879 [ex ZMUC] (1), ZMUC P23353-56 (4). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:42 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Ipnops meadi Nielsen 1966 -- (Paxton & Niem 1999:1924 [ref. 24746], Mundy 2005:196 [ref. 28379], Thiel et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40478], Fricke et al. 2024:219 [ref. 41622], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2025:suppl. Tab. 1, p. 13 [ref. 42574]). Current status: Valid as Ipnops meadi Nielsen 1966. Ipnopidae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to Ecuador. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

murrayi, Ipnops Günther [A.] 1878:187 [20] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Off Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic, 35°41'S, 20°55'W, depth 1900 fathoms. Lectotype: BMNH 1887.12.7.202. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1887.12.7.201 (1), 1887.12.7.203 (1), 1887.12.7.204 (1). On p. 20 of separate. See also Günther 1887:190, Pl. 49 (fig. B) [ref. 2013]. Lectotype selected by Nielsen 1966:50 [ref. 9049]. •Valid as Ipnops murrayi Günther 1878 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:236 [ref. 12442], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:567 [ref. 23897], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:194 [ref. 27076], Thompson 2003:918 [ref. 27003], Franco et al. 2009:811 [ref. 32442], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:75 [ref. 37485], Russell 2016:1835 [ref. 34572], Vieira et al. 2016:[5] [ref. 34869], Page et al. 2023:91 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:219 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ipnops murrayi Günther 1878. Ipnopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico south to Brazil, including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

pristibrachium, Ipnoceps Fowler [H. W.] 1943:56, Fig. 6 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 14 (pt 2); ref. 1441] Off Binang Unang Island, Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 0°04'S, 121°36'E, Albatross station D.5607, depth 761 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 99508. Paratypes: USNM 99509-10 (1, 1). •Synonym of Ipnops agassizii Garman 1899 -- (Sulak 1990:359 [ref. 15106]). •Valid as Ipnops pristibrachium (Fowler 1943) -- (Chen 2002:97 [ref. 26587]). Current status: Valid as Ipnops pristibrachium (Fowler 1943). Ipnopidae. Distribution: Indonesia. Habitat: marine.


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