vespa, Ocosia Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:162, Fig. 17 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 27 (no. 1351); ref. 2527] Sagami Bay, Japan, depth 40-50 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 50911. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7376 (1); USNM 51463 (1) 135658 [ex CAS-SU 7375] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:126 [ref. 12291]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:555 [ref. 31656]. See Poss & Eschmeyer for discussion of types; their "holotype" was designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1757 [ref. 23416] but here (2 Oct. 2017) that is called the holotype. •Valid as Ocosia vespa Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1975:4 [ref. 6388], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:319 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:600 [ref. 25086], Mandrytsa 2001:278 [ref. 25636], Shinohara et al. 2001:314 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:600 [ref. 26001], Shao et al. 2008:246 [ref. 29952], Fricke 2017:7 [ref. 35552], Chungthanawong & Motomura 2022:438 [ref. 38963]). Current status: Valid as Ocosia vespa Jordan & Starks 1904. Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Taiwan to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.