aesticola, Bentenia Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:306, Pl. 16 (fig. 6) [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 2506] Off Kashima coast near Mito, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT (lost). •Valid as Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Mead 1972:118 [ref. 6976], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:213 [ref. 9277], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Nakabo 2000:813 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:324 [ref. 25995], Last & Moteki 2001:2834 [ref. 26096], Nakabo 2002:813 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:335, 610 [ref. 26218], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:82 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:120 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:376 [ref. 28379], Bray et al. 2006:1185 [ref. 29088], De la Cruz-Agüero & Goméz 2008:161 [ref. 36317], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2009:24 [ref. 30553], Motomura et al. 2010:117 [ref. 31256], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Page et al. 2013:146 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:261 [ref. 33330], Kells et al. 2016:240 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:76 [ref. 37205], Sonoyama et al. 2020:67 [ref. 37637], Love et al. 2021:158 [ref. 39279], Carvalho-Filho 2023:152 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Bramidae. Distribution: Pacific: Japan and Mariana Islands, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) east to Easter Island, Sala-y-Gomez Ridge (southeastern Pacific); eastern Pacific: California (U.S.A.) and Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.