paxtoni, Gigantactis Bertelsen [E.], Pietsch [T. W.] & Lavenberg [R. J.] 1981:39, Figs. 36-38 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 332; ref. 5330] 100 kilometers east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 33°28'S, 152°33'E, depth 0-900 meters (over bottom depth of 4200 meters). Holotype: AMS I.20314-018. Paratypes: AMS I.20070-016 (1), I.20306-007 (1), I.20314-060 (3); ZMMU P-18176 [ex IOM] (1); IOM uncat. (1). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:72 [ref. 25714]. Males unknown. •Valid as Gigantactis paxtoni Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:292 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:137 [ref. 24556], Stewart & Pietsch 1998:26 [ref. 23378], Pietsch 1999:2036 [ref. 24766], McGrouther 2001:646 [ref. 25581], Paxton et al. 2006:668 [ref. 28994], Pietsch 2008:388 [ref. 30637], Pietsch 2009:463 [ref. 30766], Kharin 2011:663 [ref. 31582], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:935 [ref. 34271], Ho & Shao 2019:17 [ref. 37146]). Current status: Valid as Gigantactis paxtoni Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981. Gigantactinidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific (scattered localities). Habitat: marine.