simile, Lucifuga Nalbant [T. T.] 1981:189, Fig. 3 [ ref. 8567] Grieta Punta de Guana, about 100 meters from shore line of Atlantic, about 23°04'N, 81°35'W, Matanzas Province, Cuba. Holotype: ISER. Paratypes: ISBB 3199 (1). Type catalog: Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35177]. •Valid as Lucifuga simile Nalbant 1981 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:123 [ref. 24448], Romero & Paulson 2001:32 [ref. 26040], Nielsen 2003:974 [ref. 27009], Nielsen in Reis et al. 2003:507 [ref. 27061], Møller et al. 2006:31 [ref. 28699], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:289 [ref. 28946], Proudlove 2006:174 [ref. 28992], Møller et al. 2016:Appendix A [ref. 34432] in Bythitidae, Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35177], Hernández et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37642]). Current status: Valid as Lucifuga simile Nalbant 1981. Bythitidae. Distribution: Caves in Cuba (Grieta Punta de Guana and La Pluma), western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.