macropinna, Benthalbella Bussing [W. A.] & Bussing [M. I.] 1966:53, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences v. 65 (no. 1) (for Jan.-Mar. 1966); ref. 8013] Scotia Sea, 56°17'S, 58°09'W, Eltanin station 359, depth 0-840 meters over 3960-3990 meters. Holotype: LACM 10118. Paratypes: BMNH 1965.5.26.4 (1); LACM 10119-10144 (26 specimens); SIO 61-42 (1); USNM 231721 [ex 260173-F1] (1), 231722 [ex 260173-F2] (1). According to Fricke on June 24, 2015 the species is a noun in apposition; it does not decline. •Valid as Benthalbella macropinna Bussing & Bussing 1966 -- (Johnson 1974:88 [ref. 7050], Johnson 1982:157 [ref. 5519], Johnson 1986:266 [ref. 5677], Pequeño 1989:34 [ref. 14125], Post 1990:135 [ref. 21683], Miller 1993:499 [ref. 21297], Duhamel et al. 2005:144 [ref. 32059], Stewart 2015:570 [ref. 34215]). •Valid as Lagiacrusichthys macropinnis (Bussing & Bussing 1966) -- (Davis 2015:65 [ref. 33682]). •Valid as Lagiacrusichthys macropinna (Bussing & Bussing 1966) -- (Sutton et al. 2020:152 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Lagiacrusichthys macropinna (Bussing & Bussing 1966). Scopelarchidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.
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