atlanticus, Scylliorhinus Koefoed [E.] 1927:18, Pl. 3 (fig. 3) [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 2650] Off Canary Islands, 28°08'N, 13°35'W, station 41, depth 1365 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 3203. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:144 [ref. 21547]. This name was conserved in Opinion 1732 and placed on the Official List by suppression of the unused senior syonym Scyllium? spinacipellitum Vaillant 1888. •Valid as Apristurus atlanticus (Koefoed 1927) -- (Compagno 1984:261 [ref. 6846] [but see Nakaya & Sato 1998:156 [ref. 23477]], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:221 [ref. 36138], Springer 1990:90 [ref. 19319]). •Synonym, but to be submitted to ICZN -- (Nakaya & Séret 1989:977 [ref. 16198]). •Valid as Apristurus atlanticus after Opinion 1732 suppressed Scyllium? spinacipellitum Vaillant 1888. •Valid as Apristurus atlanticus (Koefoed 1927) -- (Nakaya & Stehmann 1998:78 [ref. 23495], Nakaya & Sato 1998:156 [ref. 23477], Nakaya & Sato 1999:316 [ref. 23941], Nakaya & Séret 1999:307 [ref. 24247], Compagno 1999:478 [ref. 25589]). •Synonym of Apristurus laurussonii (Saemundsson 1922) -- (Iglésias & Nakaya 2004:221 [ref. 27975], Compagno 2016:1264 [ref. 34544]). Current status: Synonym of Apristurus laurussonii (Saemundsson 1922). Pentanchidae. Habitat: marine.