hypselopterus, Velifer Bleeker [P.] 1879:16 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam) v. 18; ref. 460] Japanese seas (is Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan). Based on Velifer of Temminck & Schlegel. •Valid as Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker 1879 -- (Walters 1960:246 [ref. 4577], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:399 [ref. 5660], Allen & Swainston 1988:44 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:397 [ref. 12442], Randall 1995:80 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:70 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:33 [ref. 26476], Olney 1999:1967 [ref. 24751], Nakabo 2000:401 [ref. 25086], Olney in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:302 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:401 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:205, 536 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Paxton et al. 2006:535 [ref. 28994], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Roberts 2012:54 [ref. 32187], Larson et al. 2013:48 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Fricke et al. 2018:79 [ref. 35805], Sonoyama et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37637], Heemstra 2022:226 [ref. 39702]). Current status: Valid as Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker 1879. Veliferidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Saya de malha Bank and Madagascar east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.