melanus, Cubiceps Ginsburg [I.] 1954:260 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 44 (no. 8); ref. 12645] Off Mississippi Delta, Louisiana, U.S.A., 29°11'30"N, 88°07'30"W, Oregon station 382, depth 190-210 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 157779. Paratypes: MCZ 37183 (1); USNM 151903 (2, not found in 1980), 151922 (2), 157780 (2), 157787 (2). •Valid or possible synonym of Ariomma bondi Fowler 1930 -- (Haedrich 1967:94 [ref. 5357], Scott & Scott 1988:470 [ref. 25518]). •Valid as Ariomma melanum (Ginsburg 1954) -- (Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:427 [ref. 14275], Haedrich 1986:847 [ref. 5659], Robins & Ray 1986:268 [ref. 23100], Haedrich 1990:1019 [ref. 19509], Boschung 1992:171 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1994:265 [ref. 24488], Lamkin 1997:950 [ref. 23085], Moore et al. 2003:231 [ref. 27076], Haedrich 2003:1876 [ref. 27117], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:104 [ref. 27192], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:104 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:178 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:813 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:183 [ref. 32708], Haedrich in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2928 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:285 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:210 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:263 [ref. 40480]). •Valid as Ariomma melana (Ginsburg 1954) -- (Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903]). Current status: Valid as Ariomma melana (Ginsburg 1954). Ariommatidae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.