wheeleri, Pseudopentaceros Hardy [G. S.] 1983:209, Fig. 11 [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 5385] Kinmei Seamount, Emperor Seamount Chain, [Hawaiian Ridge], northern central Pacific. Holotype: HUMZ 90823. Paratypes: BPBM 20684 (2), 26410 (3); HUMZ 90824-25 and 90827 (3); MTUF 21775-77 (3); NMNZ P.13040 (1). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:11 [ref. 18942]. •Valid as Pseudopentaceros wheeleri Hardy 1983 -- (Mundy & Moser 1997:241 [ref. 23514], Nakabo 2000:908 [ref. 25182], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:659 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:908 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:130 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:409 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:299 [ref. 30952], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Burton & Lea 2019:78 [ref. 37205]). •Valid as Pentaceros wheeleri (Hardy 1983) -- (Kim 2012:94 [ref. 32039], Bae et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35744], Koeda et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38857], Kim et al. 2021:170 [ref. 39117], Love et al. 2021:170 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pentaceros wheeleri (Hardy 1983). Pentacerotidae: Pentacerotinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Japan and Ogasawara Islands; Emperor Seamount chain to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.); Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.) and Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.