candidum, Anommatophasma Mees [G. F.] 1962:27 [Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia v. 45 (pt 1); ref. 2966] Tantabiddi Well, Yardie Creek Station, North West Cape, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.4917-001. Paratypes: WAM P.4918-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:16 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:17 [ref. 30117] •Valid as Ophisternon candidum (Mees 1962) -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], Paxton et al. 1989:436 [ref. 12442], Humphreys 1999:469 [ref. 24250], Unmack 2001:1062 [ref. 25797], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:175 [ref. 25930], Romero & Paulson 2001:33 [ref. 26040], Humphreys 2001:297 [ref. 26398], Proudlove 2006:185 [ref. 28992], Chakrabarty 2010:26 [ref. 30921], Morgan et al. 2014:29 [ref. 36567], Moore 2018:[2] 161 [ref. 36551], Arroyave et al. 2024:389 [ref. 41613]). Current status: Valid as Ophisternon candidum (Mees 1962). Synbranchidae. Distribution: Western Australia endemic: Cape Range peninsula, Bungaroo aquifer, and Barrow Island, Pilbara. Restricted to subterranean aquifers. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.