microlepis, Maulisia Sazonov [Yu. I.] & Golovan [G. A.] 1976:10, Fig. 3 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova v. 104; ref. 8552] Southeastern Atlantic, 27°13'S, 14°00'E, depth 1150-0 meters. Holotype: ZIN 42292. Paratypes: ZIN 42293 (1). •Possibly a synonym of Maulisia acuticeps Sazonov 1976 -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:162 [ref. 25968]). •Valid as Maulisia microlepis Sazonov & Golovan 1976 -- (Sazonov & Trunov 1978:87 [ref. 8882], Quéro et al. in Whitehead et al. 1984:262 [ref. 13675], Matsui & Rosenblatt 1986:224 [ref. 5688], Matsui & Rosenblatt 1987:94 [ref. 10670], Quéro et al. 1990:269 [ref. 14648], Nakamura & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:82 [ref. 22531], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Carter & Hartel 2003:880 [ref. 27000], Moore et al. 2003:181 [ref. 27076], Paxton et al. 2006:381 [ref. 28995], Williams & Sazonov 2008:210 [ref. 30623], Møller et al. 2010:26 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:117 [ref. 31212], Williams & Stewart 2015:349 [ref. 34243], Afonso et al. 2016:16, 221 [ref. 36199], Orrell & Hartel 2016:1778 [ref. 34567], Vieira et al. 2016:[5] [ref. 34869], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:72 [ref. 36370], Carneiro et al. 2019:80 [ref. 37250], Iglésias et al. 2020:290 [ref. 37987], Sutton et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37832], Page et al. 2023:63 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Maulisia microlepis Sazonov & Golovan 1976. Platytroctidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.