larvatus, Cocotropus Poss [S. G.] & Allen [G. R.] 1987:79, Fig. 1 [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 6616] Outside reef off Ennubuj Islet, Kwahalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, depth 15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 29211. Paratypes: BPBM 22297 (1); URM P4282 (2); USNM 280267 (1); WAM P.29008-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:17 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:18 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cocotropus larvatus Poss & Allen 1987 -- (Myers 1999:102 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2357 [ref. 24796], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:601 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:601 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Imamura & Shinohara 2003:233 [ref. 27213], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495] as Cocotropis, Fricke 2004:2 [ref. 27662], Johnson 2004:180 [ref. 27781], Imamura 2009:71 [ref. 30434], Prokofiev 2010:723 [ref. 31093], Allen & Erdmann 2012:252 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33932] with Bleeker 1852 as author, Matsunuma et al. 2021:Table 2 [ref. 38266], Allen & Erdmann 2024:269 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cocotropus larvatus Poss & Allen 1987. Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Andaman Sea and Christmas Island east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.