solitarium, Nettastoma Castle [P. H. J.] & Smith [D. G.] in Smith, Böhlke & Castle 1981:548, Figs. 2-7 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 94 (no. 2); ref. 6158] Philippines [West of Cabra Island, Occidental Mindoro, South China Sea, western Pacific], 13°49.2'N, 120°01.8'E to 13°48.2'N, 120°02.5'E, depth 415-510 meters. Holotype: MNHN 1979-0187. Paratypes: AMS I. 20319-012 [ex 20301-016] (1); MNHN 1979-0188 (1), 1979-0189 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:119 [ref. 20810]. •Valid as Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith 1981 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:101, 322 [ref. 8057], Paxton et al. 1989:113 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:605 [ref. 13285], Paulin et al. 1989:73 [ref. 24556], Smith 1999:1690 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:240 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:240 [ref. 26001], Karmovskaya 2004:S28 [ref. 28053], Shinohara et al. 2005:402 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:143 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:299 [ref. 28995], Shao et al. 2008:239 [ref. 29952], Ho et al. 2015:165 [ref. 34130], Sumod et al. 2016:[2] 930 [ref. 37028], Fricke et al. 2018:51 [ref. 35805], Sawada & Matsunuma 2018:33 [ref. 36269], Psomadakis et al. 2020:281 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith 1981. Nettastomatidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Zealand. Habitat: marine.