exsul, Plectranthias Heemstra [P. C.] & Anderson [W. D., Jr.] 1983:632, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 8334] North of Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández Islands, 33°37'S, 78°49'W. Holotype: ANSP 127843. Paratypes: BPBM 27978 (1), MCZ 52520 (2), USNM 176577 (1), ZMMU P-16022. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:81 [ref. 25714], Anderson 2018:26 [ref. 36146]. Paratypes from the Nazca Ridge are now identified as P. nazcae. •Valid as Plectranthias exsul Heemstra & Anderson 1983 -- (Pequeño 1989:59 [ref. 14125], Anderson & Randall 1991:341 [ref. 18968], Randall & Shimizu 1994:109 [ref. 21441], Randall 1996:117 [ref. 23194], Rojas & Pequeño 1998:49 [ref. 23540], Rojas & Pequeño 1998:185 [ref. 23775], Anderson & Baldwin 2000:380 [ref. 24574], Pequeño & Sáez 2000:32 [ref. 24590], Anderson & Baldwin 2002:233 [ref. 25898], Anderson 2008:435 [ref. 29940], Dyer & Westneat 2010:605 [ref. 31446], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:37 [ref. 31956], Allen & Walsh 2015:83 [ref. 33954], Shepherd et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35955], Anderson 2018:26 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:25 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias exsul Heemstra & Anderson 1983. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Juan Fernández Islands and questionably from Desventuradas Islands. Habitat: marine.