watermani, Gigantactis Bertelsen [E.], Pietsch [T. W.] & Lavenberg [R. J.] 1981:49, Figs. 47-49 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 332; ref. 5330] Eastern tropical Atlantic, 1°04'N, 18°22'W, Walther Herwig station 478/71, depth 0-2100 meters. Holotype (unique): ISH 2330-1971. Type catalog: Krefft 1987:83 [ref. 20751]. •Valid as Gigantactis watermani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981 -- (Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:121, 199 [ref. 8379], Bertelsen 1990:515 [ref. 15724], Pietsch 2009:467 [ref. 30766], Pietsch 2016:2074 [ref. 34597], Mincarone et al. 2021:19 [ref. 38381], Eduardo et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39574]). Current status: Valid as Gigantactis watermani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981. Gigantactinidae. Distribution: Tropical Atlantic and western Pacific. Habitat: marine.