capellei, Lophotes Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] (ex Bürger) 1845:132, Pl. 71 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Japanese seas. Holotype (unique): Destroyed. Type information: Boeseman 1947:116 [ref. 12876]. Original genus should have been Lophotus. Based on description and illustration by Bürger [Heinrich Bürger, 1804 or 1806-1858, German biologist employed in the Dutch East Indies, studied the fauna and flora of Japan]; holotype was destroyed according to Temminck & Schlegel 1845:132 [ref. 4373]. •Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809 -- (Heemstra 1986:403 [ref. 5660]). •Valid as Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel 1845 -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441], Paulin et al. 1989:148 [ref. 24556], Paxton et al. 1989:398 [ref. 12442] as Lophotes capelli, Nakabo 2000:403 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:302 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:403 [ref. 26001], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Craig et al. 2004:63 [ref. 28412], Love et al. 2005:48 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:236 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:539 [ref. 28995], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Roberts 2012:55 [ref. 32187], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:112 [ref. 36167], Stewart 2015:688 [ref. 34254], Kells et al. 2016:108 [ref. 35888], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:587 [ref. 35166], Sonoyama et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37637], Sutton et al. 2020:224 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:74 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Lophotidae. Distribution: Possiby circumglobal, but definitely recorded from southeastern Atlantic, western Australia and eastern Australia, New Zealand region, Japan, Hawaiian Islands and California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.