winniensis, Pteranthias Tyler [J. C.] 1966:2, Fig. 1 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 389; ref. 9084] Saint Joseph Atoll, Amirante Group, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, 5°26'S, 53°22'E, depth 50-90 feet [15-27 meters]. Holotype (unique): ANSP 103583. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:156 [ref. 13621], Anderson 2018:34 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Plectranthias winniensis (Tyler 1966) -- (Randall 1980:182 [ref. 6717], Dor 1984:104 [ref. 29757], Heemstra & Randall 1986:515 [ref. 5667], Paxton et al. 1989:507 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:91 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:28 [ref. 25356], Randall 1996:120 [ref. 23194], Heemstra 1997:144 [ref. 23064], Randall et al. 1997:91 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:106 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:203 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall 1999:12 [ref. 25829], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:139 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:342 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:991 [ref. 29078], Randall 2007:193 [ref. 30952], Heemstra & Randall 2009:15 [ref. 30535], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:289 [ref. 31980], Williams et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32703], Bineesh et al. 2014:496 [ref. 33319], Fricke et al. 2014:63 [ref. 33932], Allen & Walsh 2015:83 [ref. 33954], Anderson 2018:34 [ref. 36146], Golani & Fricke 2018:65 [ref. 36273], Shepherd et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35955], Parenti & Randall 2020:31 [ref. 37354], Wada et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37270], Shepherd et al. 2020:159 [ref. 37583], Akhilesh et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Gill et al. 2021:103 [ref. 38105], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:100 [ref. 39746], Mulochau et al. 2022:267 [ref. 39073], Allen & Erdmann 2024:311 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias winniensis (Tyler 1966). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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