elegans, Deania Springer [S.] 1959:31, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1959 (no. 1); ref. 10190] Continental Slope off North Carolina, U.S.A., 34°40'N, 75°32'W, Delaware 58-1 tow 5, depth 200 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 159603. Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:7 [ref. 21812]. •Synonym of Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Compagno 1984:67 [ref. 6474], Springer 1990:14 [ref. 19315], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:17 [ref. 27735], Castro 2011:89 [ref. 31457]). Current status: Synonym of Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe 1912). Centrophoridae. Habitat: marine.