pumilus, Melamphaes Ebeling [A. W.] 1962:106, Fig. 40 [Dana Report No. 58; ref. 5896] Off Bermuda, 32°12'N, 64°36'W, depth 1829 meters over bottom depth of 2380 meters. Holotype: CAS-SU 42838 [ex NYZS 12988]. Paratypes: BMNH 1931.12.18.2 (1); FMNH 49666-67 (1, 2), 49722-23 (12, 4), 49725 (11), 49728 (1); CAS-SU (now 14, 12 lots); YPM 2830 (14), 2831 (1); ZMUC P41182-203 (74); plus additional material. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:60 [ref. 9588], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:55 [ref. 12367], Moore & Boardman 1991:16 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling 1962 -- (Maul 1990:613 [ref. 17237], Kotlyar 1996:274 [ref. 23292], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:970 [ref. 23897], Moore 2003:1163 [ref. 27002], Moore et al. 2003:217 [ref. 27076], Kotlyar 2004:4 [ref. 27590], Moore 2016:2165 [ref. 34570], Kotlyar 2016:385, 389 [ref. 35038] as pumilis, Carneiro et al. 2019:151 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:239 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:201 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:105 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling 1962. Melamphaidae. Distribution: North Atlantic: between 10°N to 40°N and 25°W to 30°W. Habitat: marine.
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