elsmani, Gigantactis Bertelsen [E.], Pietsch [T. W.] & Lavenberg [R. J.] 1981:43, Figs. 4E, 41, 42 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 332; ref. 5330] South Atlantic, 10°57'S, 11°20'W, Walther Herwig station 459/71, depth 0-1900 meters. Holotype: ISH 1360-1971. Paratypes: LACM 10687-1 (1). Non-type, tentatively referred: MCZ 51269 (1). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:82 [ref. 20751]. Males unknown. •Valid as Gigantactis elsmani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981 -- (Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:119, 199 [ref. 8379], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:107 [ref. 6441], Bertelsen 1990:513 [ref. 15724], Fedorov 1994:414 [ref. 22695], Nakabo 2000:470 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:24 [ref. 25650], McGrouther 2001:646 [ref. 25581], Anderson & Leslie 2001:23 [ref. 26165], Nakabo 2002:470 [ref. 26001], Paxton et al. 2006:668 [ref. 28994], Pietsch 2009:465 [ref. 30766], Parin et al. 2014:189 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:933 [ref. 34271], Pietsch 2016:2074 [ref. 34597], Fermon et al. 2022:304 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Gigantactis elsmani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981. Gigantactinidae. Distribution: Atlantic; Pacific. Habitat: marine.