mesalirus, Tragularius Matsui [T.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] 1987:83, Fig. 24b [Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California v. 26; ref. 10670] Eastern Atlantic, Walther Herwig station 486/71, 7°32'N, 20°54'W, depth 0-1300 meters. Holotype: ISH 2488-1971. Paratypes: ISH 3244-1971 (1), 3246-1971 (1). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:76-77 [ref. 20751]. •Valid as Tragularius mesalirus Matsui & Rosenblatt 1987 -- (Quéro et al. 1990:274 [ref. 14648], Williams & Stewart 2015:353 [ref. 34243]). •Valid as Mentodus mesalirus (Matsui & Rosenblatt 1987) -- (Sazonov 1999:1895 [ref. 24740], Mundy 2005:161 [ref. 28379], Orrell & Hartel 2016:1780 [ref. 34567], Carneiro et al. 2019:81 [ref. 37250]). Current status: Valid as Mentodus mesalirus (Matsui & Rosenblatt 1987). Platytroctidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.