fowleri, Jordanicus Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:403 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 90) (art. 51); ref. 4099] Kiritimati [formerly Christmas Island], Line Islands. Lectotype: BPBM 5001. Paralectotypes: whereabouts unknown (1). Based on Jordanicus caninus of Fowler 1927:30, Fig. 5 [ref. 15785]. Lectotype selected by Markle & Olney 1990:369 [ref. 18996]. •Valid as Onuxodon fowleri (Smith 1955) -- (Randall et al. 1990:52 [ref. 15987], Markle & Olney 1990:369 [ref. 18996], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:353 [ref. 21953], Randall et al. 1997:52 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:66 [ref. 23965], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:19 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1978 [ref. 24753], Randall 1999:8 [ref. 25829], Markle in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:123 [ref. 25191], Parmentier et al. 2000:29 [ref. 24936], Parmentier et al. 2000:295 [ref. 26179], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:67 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:241 [ref. 28379], Hoese et al. 2006:554 [ref. 29051], Randall 2007:122 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:366 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:128 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:109 [ref. 36167], Parmentier 2015:711 [ref. 34258], Fricke et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:64 [ref. 36871], Koeda 2019:8 [ref. 37145], Heemstra 2022:260 [ref. 39704], Allen & Erdmann 2024:142 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Onuxodon fowleri (Smith 1955). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and Socotra (Yemen) east to Hawaiian Islands (.S.A.), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) and Pitcairn, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.