nanus, Plectranthias Randall [J. E.] 1980:159, Fig. 22 [Micronesica v. 16 (no. 1); ref. 6717] Reef off northwestern side of Cocos Island, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific, depth 29-36.5 meters. Holotype: BPBM 7279. Paratypes: AMS I.17902-001 (2); ANSP 128434-35 (2, 1), 128437 (2), 128454 (5); BMNH 1974.8.8.2 (1); BPBM 6345 (2), 6928 (1), 8068 (1), 8132 (2), 8444 (1), 9768 (1), 9905 (1), 12283 (3), 13909 (1), 13926 (3), 14042 (1), 16542 (4), 16744 (2), 16847 (1), 16891 (2), 17027 (1), 17181 (1), 17701 (3); CAS 24405 (1); MNHN 1974-83 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 3646 (2); USNM 212228 (2); WAM P.26090-002 (1), P. 26122-003 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:19 [ref. 19232], Böhlke 1984:155 [ref. 13621], Hutchins & Smith 1991:20 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:20 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:31 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Plectranthias nanus Randall 1980 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:507 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:17 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:90 [ref. 15987], Randall 1994:261 [ref. 21644], Randall 1996:120 [ref. 23194], Kuiter 1997:112 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:90 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:106 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall 1999:12 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Chen & Shao 2002:64 [ref. 25977], Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:138 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:342 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:991 [ref. 29078], Randall 2007:193 [ref. 30952], Heemstra & Randall 2009:13 [ref. 30535], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Wu et al. 2011:252 [ref. 31227], Allen & Erdmann 2012:289 [ref. 31980], Williams et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32703], Bineesh et al. 2014:496 [ref. 33319], Fricke et al. 2014:63 [ref. 33932], Allen & Walsh 2015:83 [ref. 33954], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Anderson 2018:31 [ref. 36146], Golani & Fricke 2018:65 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:28 [ref. 37354], Wada et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37270], Gill et al. 2021:95 [ref. 38105], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:99 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:310 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias nanus Randall 1980. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands (Australia), Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and Coral Sea (Australia) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) and Pitcairn Group, north to Japan, south to New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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