elegans, Myxodes Cooper [J. G.] 1864:108, Fig. 23 (labeled Fig. 18) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3 (sigs. 7-8); ref. 4877] Bird Rock, San Diego County, California, U.S.A. Neotype: CAS-SU 16318. Syntypes: [Calif. State coll. 707 figured] Pt. Loma, San Diego (3), Catalina I. (3), Santa Barbara I. (2) apparently all lost. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:96 [ref. 12291]. Neotype designated by Hubbs 1952:141 [ref. 2252]. See account of Gibbonsia evides. •Valid as Gibbonsia elegans (Cooper 1864) -- (Herrera 1896:67 [ref. 39336], Hubbs 1952:138 [ref. 2252], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:242 [ref. 9277], Stepien & Rosenblatt 1991:892 [ref. 19864], Hastings in Fischer et al. 1995:1014 [ref. 22829], Nelson et al. 2004:164 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:156 [ref. 37547], Patzner et al. 2009:466 [ref. 30396], Page et al. 2013:168 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:296 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:89 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:196 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:155 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gibbonsia elegans (Cooper 1864). Clinidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: central California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico), including Guadalupe Island (Mexico). Habitat: marine.