kopua, Bathytroctes Phillipps [W. J.] 1942:49, Pl. 16 (fig. 1) [Records of the Dominion Museum (Wellington) v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 13216] Middle bank, Cook Strait, New Zealand, depth 100 fathoms (stomach content). Holotype (unique): NMNZ P.826. Type catalog: Hardy 1990:7 [ref. 18942]. •Valid as Persparsia kopua (Phillipps 1942) -- (Sazonov & Trunov 1978:87 [ref. 8882], Matsui & Rosenblatt 1986:225 [ref. 5688], Matsui & Rosenblatt 1987:49 [ref. 10670], Paxton et al. 1989:213 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:87 [ref. 24556], Miya in Amaoka et al. 1990:109 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:245 [ref. 22532], Paxton et al. 2006:381 [ref. 28995], Williams & Sazonov 2008:210 [ref. 30623], Williams & Stewart 2015:351 [ref. 34243], Poulsen 2018:[2] [ref. 36469], Carneiro et al. 2019:81 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:47 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Persparsia kopua (Phillipps 1942). Platytroctidae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.