lepicoelia, Starksia Böhlke [J. E.] & Springer [V. G.] 1961:37, Figs. 5-6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 113 (no. 3); ref. 9303] North-northwest of Green Cay, Bahamas, 25°07'07"N, 77°11'38"W, depth to 50 feet. Holotype: ANSP 94144. Paratypes: ANSP (162 + 2 c&s, 32 lots); UF [ex UMML] (2 lots); 2 lots at Florida State Board of Conservation Marine Lab. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:61 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Starksia lepicoelia Böhlke & Springer 1961 -- (Birdsong & Emery 1968:191 [ref. 41459], Greenfield & Johnson 1981:41 [ref. 5580], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:165 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:118 [ref. 26784], Williams & Mounts 2003:161 [ref. 26947], Williams 2003:1760 [ref. 27109], Smith et al. 2003:52 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:164 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:607 [ref. 28815], Patzner et al. 2009:464 [ref. 30396], Baldwin et al. 2011:36, 45 [ref. 31149], Victor 2018:70 [ref. 36255], Page et al. 2023:155 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Starksia lepicoelia Böhlke & Springer 1961. Labrisomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas south to Trinidad and Tobago, including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2014): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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