norops, Gadella Paulin [C. D.] 1987:75 [Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 17720] 220 kilometers northwest of Port Hedland, Western Australia, 18°41'S, 116°46'E, depth 506-508 meters. Holotype: AMS I.22827-003. Paratypes: AMS I.17857-008 (1), I.19096-005 (3), I.21795-003 (1). Additional material: AMS I.21795-004 (2), I.21805-001 (1), I.22808-024 (1), I.22814-017 (1), I.23993 (1); NMNZ P.20267 (1), QM I.21030 (1); USNM 262973-76 (1, 1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:8 [ref. 18942] but with wrong date/reference. •Valid as Gadella norops Paulin 1987 -- (Paulin 1989:101 [ref. 9297], Paulin et al. 1989:119 [ref. 24556], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:358 [ref. 18936], Paulin & Roberts 1997:23 [ref. 23231], Long & McCosker 1998:4 [ref. 23349], Iwamoto 1999:1996 [ref. 24761]). •Synonym of Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead 1951) -- (Sazonov & Shcherbachev 2000:S71 [ref. 25772], Jang et al. 2016:29 [ref. 36306]). Current status: Synonym of Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead 1951). Moridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific [if valid]. Habitat: marine.
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