wedli, Phrynichthys Pietschmann [V.] 1926:88 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 63 (no. 11) (for 14 May); ref. 3475] Madeira. Holotype (unique): NMW 3524. Also appeared in Pietschmann 1930:419 [ref. 3476]. The genus Phrynichthys Pietschmann is not available. The genus should be Bufoceratias. •Synonym of Paroneirodes glomerulosus Alcock 1890 -- (Maul 1973:669 [ref. 7171]). •Valid as Phrynichthys wedli Pietschmann 1926 -- (Uwate 1979:142 [ref. 7015], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:260 [ref. 14275], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1381 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1986:377 [ref. 5704], Machida & Yamakawa 1990 [ref. 19205], Bertelsen 1990:496 [ref. 15654], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:852 [ref. 23897], Nakabo 2000:475 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:475 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:420 [ref. 28370]). •Valid as Bufoceratias wedli (Pietschmann 1926) -- (Anderson & Leslie 2001:10 [ref. 26165], Pietsch et al. 2004:103 [ref. 27506], Pietsch 2009:357 [ref. 30766], Ho et al. 2016:276 [ref. 34483] as cf. wedli, Pietsch 2016:2065 [ref. 34597], Carneiro et al. 2019:216 [ref. 37250], Kenchington et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37729], Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903], Mincarone et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38381], Fermon et al. 2022:303 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bufoceratias wedli (Pietschmann 1926). Diceratiidae. Distribution: Atlantic; Indian Ocean (Sumatra). Habitat: marine.