meadi, Gigantactis Bertelsen [E.], Pietsch [T. W.] & Lavenberg [R. J.] 1981:33, Figs. 4B, 18, 20, 23, 32-33 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 332; ref. 5330] Southwestern Indian Ocean, Anton Bruun station 352A, 34°14'S, 64°56'E [or 33°53'S, 64°55'E], depth 0 to 350 meters. Holotype: MCZ 52572. Paratypes: ISH 415-1976 (1), 571-1976 [?631-1976] (1), 883-1971 (1), 965-1971 (1), 1004-1971 (1), 1465-1971 (1); LACM 11242-12 (1); SAM 27811 (1); USNM 208032 (1); ZMUC P291987 [ex ISH 1004-1971] (1). Non-types: IOM (1), SAM 27807-08 (1, 1). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:82-83 [ref. 20751]. Males unknown. •Valid as Gigantactis meadi Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981 -- (Pequeño 1989:44 [ref. 14125], Stewart & Pietsch 1998:26 [ref. 23378], Anderson & Leslie 2001:24 [ref. 26165], Pietsch 2009:460 [ref. 30766], Kharin 2011:663 [ref. 31582], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:934 [ref. 34271], Ho & Shao 2019:17 [ref. 37146]). Current status: Valid as Gigantactis meadi Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981. Gigantactinidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.