luciferum, Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) Hulley [P. A.] 1981:27, Fig. 13b [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 31 (Beiheft 1); ref. 2276] Southwestern Atlantic, 34°01'S, 47°39'W, Walther Herwig station 28-II/68, depth about 2000 meters. Holotype: ISH 1564-1968a. Paratypes: ISH 1564-1968b-j (9). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:81 [ref. 20751]. •Valid as Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley 1981 -- (Hulley 1986:318 [ref. 5672], Hulley 1990:174 [ref. 21685]). •Valid as Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) luciferum Hulley 1981 -- (Prokofiev 2004:74 [ref. 28609], Duhamel et al. 2005:234 [ref. 32059], Sutton et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37832], Koerber 2024:45 [ref. 41215]). Current status: Valid as Protomyctophum luciferum Hulley 1981. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.