splendens, Synagrops Lloyd [R. E.] 1909:159 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 2814] Gulf of Oman, 23°47'N, 58°30'30"E, Investigator sta 341, depth 230 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F1164/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:143 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:39 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Lloyd 1909: Pl. 47 (fig. 5) [ref. 20539]. •Synonym of Acropoma japonicum Günther 1859 -- (Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660]). •Valid as Acropoma splendens (Lloyd 1909) -- (Okamoto et al. 2019:48 [ref. 36782], Eagderi et al. 2019:35 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:380 [ref. 37272], Okamoto et al. 2021:[8] [ref. 38164]). Current status: Valid as Acropoma splendens (Lloyd 1909). Acropomatidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea east to Bay of Bengal, India and Myanmar and Andaman Sea, Thailand. Habitat: marine.