polynema, Caulophryne Regan [C. T.] 1930:191, Figs. 1-3 [The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 37 (no. 251); ref. 16124] Off Funchal Bay, Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1930.2.7.1 (female). •Synonym of Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean 1846, but a valid subspecies -- (Maul 1973:666 [ref. 7171]). •Valid as Caulophryne polynema Regan 1930 -- (Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1374 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1979:16 [ref. 3474], Bertelsen 1990:491 [ref. 15654], Stearn & Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995:144 [ref. 22531], Arruda 1997:126 [ref. 24952], Anderson & Leslie 2001:3 [ref. 26165], Pietsch 2003:1057 [ref. 27014], Love et al. 2005:59 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:269 [ref. 28379], Pietsch 2009:448 [ref. 30766], Pietsch 2016:2059 [ref. 34597], Banón et al. 2019:[2] 607 [ref. 38699], Carneiro et al. 2019:215 [ref. 37250], Kenchington et al. 2020:[12] [ref. 37729], Love et al. 2021:88 [ref. 39279], Misawa et al. 2022:130 [ref. 39920], Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Caulophryne polynema Regan 1930. Caulophrynidae. Distribution: Circumglobal (scattered localities). Habitat: marine.