flavissimus, Assessor Allen [G. R.] & Kuiter [R. H.] 1976:(204) 211, Fig. 5 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 4 (pt 3); ref. 7331] Pixie Reef, Great Barrier Reef, off Cairns, Queensland, Australia, depth 12 meters. Holotype: WAM P.25322-001. Paratypes: AMS I.18460-001 (4), BMNH 1975.8.27.1-3 (3), BPBM 18861 (3), USNM 214680 (2), WAM P.25323-001 (8). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:20 [ref. 19335] with genus as Assesor, Moore et al. 2008:22 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter 1976 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:524 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:132 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:96 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:128 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:132 [ref. 25919], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Hoese & Gates 2006:1053 [ref. 28997], Allen & Erdmann 2012:346 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:130 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2024:370 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter 1976. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea and northern Great Barrier Reef (Australia). Habitat: marine.
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