simplex, Bathysphyraenops Parr [A. E.] 1933:29, Fig. 13 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 6); ref. 3373] Caicos Passage, Bahamas, western Atlantic, 21°44'N, 72°43'W, 7000 feet wire out. Holotype: YPM 2847. Paratypes: YPM 2848-49 (1, 1). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:7 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Howella simplex (Parr 1933) -- (Heemstra in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2701 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:241 [ref. 37250], Heemstra 2022:164 [ref. 39747]). •Valid as Bathysphyraenops simplex Parr 1933 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Nakabo 2000:688 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:688 [ref. 26001], Heemstra 2003:1302 [ref. 27043], Moore et al. 2003:225 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:429 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:338 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:113 [ref. 28815], Prokofiev 2007:566 [ref. 29274], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Eduardo et al. 2019:966 [ref. 37064], Misawa et al. 2020:275 [ref. 38138], Sutton et al. 2020:289 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:144 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574], Carvalho-Filho 2023:111 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Bathysphyraenops simplex Parr 1933. Howellidae. Distribution: Cicumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas. Habitat: marine.