elegans, Macroparalepis Ege [V.] 1933:232 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 94; ref. 1186] [ca. 230 kilometers] south of Lord Howe Island [Tasman Sea, southwestern Pacific], 33°39.5'S, 159°00'E, Dana station 3655, depth about 70 meters (200 meters wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P2318733. Type catalog: Post 1972:153 [ref. 20860], Nielsen 1974:31 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Stemonosudis elegans (Ege 1933) -- (Post 1986:277 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:248 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:110 [ref. 24556], Fricke 1999:96 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Nakabo 2000:370 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:370 [ref. 26001], Fukui & Ozawa 2004:293 [ref. 28076], Mundy 2005:206 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:494 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242], Stewart 2015:592 [ref. 34254], Fricke et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Stemonosudis elegans (Ege 1933). Paralepididae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South and East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands and Society Islands, north to Japan, south to New Caledonia, Tasman Sea and New Zealand region. Habitat: marine.