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Species in the genus Eumegistus: [ 3 ] records

brevorti, Brama Poey [F.] 1860:206, Pl. 13 (fig. 17) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. No types known. Sketch of holotype appeared in Mead 1972:9 [ref. 6976]. Species epithet subsequently corrected to brevoorti by Poey 1861:356 [ref. 3499]; the original spelling brevorti is to be retained according to ICZN Art. 33.3. •Valid as Eumegistus brevorti (Poey 1860) -- (Mead 1972:9 [ref. 6976], Gomes 1990:760 [ref. 18692], Thompson & Russell 1996:195 [ref. 23156], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27754], Alvarez-León 2002:229 [ref. 26373] as Eumegistius, Thompson 2003:1472 [ref. 27088], Bunkley-Williams & Williams 2004:111 [ref. 27795], Moteki 2005:202 [ref. 28308], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2009:5 [ref. 30553], Haedrich in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2518 [ref. 34618], Robertson et al. 2022:86 [ref. 39353], Carvalho-Filho 2023:152 [ref. 40480] as brevoorti). Current status: Valid as Eumegistus brevorti (Poey 1860). Bramidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Brazil, including Caribbean Sea; also apparently West Africa (juveniles). Habitat: marine.

illustris, Eumegistus Jordan [D. S.] & Jordan [E. K.] 1922:36, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 2487] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): FMNH 59325 [ex CM 3899]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:89 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:35 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan 1922 -- (Mead 1972:13 [ref. 6976], Akazaki in Okamura et al. 1982:233, 380 [ref. 8256], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:814 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:492 [ref. 25191], Shinohara et al. 2001:324 [ref. 25995], Last & Moteki 2001:2834 [ref. 26096], Nakabo 2002:814 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495] with wrong authorship, Moteki 2005:202 [ref. 28308], Shinohara et al. 2005:433 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:376 [ref. 28379], Bray et al. 2006:1185 [ref. 29088], Randall 2007:242 [ref. 30952], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2009:5 [ref. 30553], Fricke et al. 2009:59 [ref. 30213], Koeda et al. 2016:39 [ref. 35333], Cabebe et al. 2019:25 [ref. 37817], Koeda et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38857], Aju et al. 2023:2 [ref. 40321]). Current status: Valid as Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan 1922. Bramidae. Distribution: Central Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: East Africa and Réunion (Mascarenes) east to Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

saussurii, Brama Lunel [G.] 1866:185, Pl. 2 [Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 14183] Cuba. Lectotype: MHNG 940.85. Paralectotypes: MHNG (1, dry). Type catalog: Mahnert 1976:473 [ref. 21535] with emendation to saussurei, Weber 1998:6 [ref. 32707] as holotype. Lectotype selected by Mead 1972:9 [ref. 6976]. •Synonym of Eumegistus brevorti (Poey 1860) -- (Mead 1972:15 [ref. 6976], Gomes 1990:760 [ref. 18692]). Current status: Synonym of Eumegistus brevorti (Poey 1860). Bramidae. Habitat: marine.