polytretus, Halidesmus Winterbottom [R.] 1982:755, Figs. 2B, 3, 6 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 60 (no. 5); ref. 5436] 22.5 kilometers north of Malindi, Kenya. Holotype: LACM 30695-13. Paratypes: LACM 30695-29 (1, c&s and dissected). •Valid as Halidesmus polytretus Winterbottom 1982 -- (Winterbottom 1986:17 [ref. 5727], Winterbottom & Randall 1994:753 [ref. 22087], Gill & Zajonz 2003:57 [ref. 26796], Gill & Zajonz 2011:22 [ref. 31637], Winterbottom & Santini 2022:119 [ref. 39749]). Current status: Valid as Halidesmus polytretus Winterbottom 1982. Pseudochromidae: Congrogadinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Kenya. Habitat: marine.