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Species in the genus Histiobranchus: [ 5 ] records

australis, Synaphobranchus Regan [C. T.] 1913:235, Pl. 8 (fig. 5) [Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh v. 49 (pt 2, no. 2); ref. 3651] Southern Indian Ocean; South Atlantic. Syntypes: BMNH 1887.12.4.255 (1) 46°46'S, 45°31'E, Challenger station 146, depth 2515 meters; NMSZ 1921.143.318 (1) 48°06'S, 10°05'W, depth 1742 fathoms. Type catalog: Herman et al. 1990:1 [ref. 20727]. •Synonym of Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther 1877) -- (Blache et al. 1973:252 [ref. 7185], Castle 1986:189 [ref. 5644], Robins & Robins 1989:230 [ref. 13287], Gon 1990:103 [ref. 21680], Duhamel et al. 2005:92 [ref. 32059]). •Valid as Synaphobranchus australis Regan 1913 -- (Karmovskaya & Merrett 1998:1026 [ref. 23683]). •Valid as Histiobranchus australis (Regan 1913) -- (Mundy 2005:129 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:262 [ref. 28995], Smith 2008:162 [ref. 30621], Melo et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30460] as cf. australis, Almeida & Biscoito 2012:495 [ref. 32244], Smith & Stewart 2015:242 [ref. 34234], Carneiro et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37250]). Current status: Valid as Histiobranchus australis (Regan 1913). Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Distribution: Southern Hemisphere: all oceans; also the Azores. Habitat: marine.

bathybius, Synaphobranchus Günther [A.] 1877:445 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56); ref. 2009] Original: North Pacific; south of Tokyo, Japan; South Atlantic between Cape of Good Hope and Kerguelen Island. Lectotype: BMNH 1887.12.7.251. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1887.12.7.252-254 (3), 1899.7.19.1 (1, skeleton); NMI block reg. no. 114.1899 (1). Type catalog: Wheeler & O'Riordan 1969:94 [ref. 20752]. Also appeared in Günther 1887:254, Pl. 62 (fig. B) [ref. 2013]. Lectotype established by Norman & Trewavas 1939:358 [ref. 21470]. •See Smith 1989:684 [ref. 13285]. •Valid as Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther 1877 -- (Smith 1999:1661 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:213 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:293 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:213 [ref. 26001], Smith 2003:723 [ref. 26989], Duhamel et al. 2005:92 [ref. 32059], Møller et al. 2010:20 [ref. 31169], Svendsen et al. 2011:255 [ref. 31757], Parin et al. 2014:48 [ref. 33547], Ho et al. 2015:179 [ref. 34130]). •Valid as Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther 1877) -- (Blache et al. 1973:252 [ref. 7185], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:26 [ref. 6441], Saldanha & Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:587 [ref. 13676], Castle 1986:189 [ref. 5644], Okamura & Machida 1987:109 [ref. 22279], Matarese et al. 1989:34 [ref. 26885], Paxton et al. 1989:108 [ref. 12442], Robins & Robins 1989:230 [ref. 13287], Paulin et al. 1989:72 [ref. 24556], Gon 1990:103 [ref. 21680], Gomon et al. 1994:196 [ref. 22532], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1171 [ref. 22986], Santos et al. 1997:21 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:59 [ref. 24952], Karmovskaya & Merrett 1998:1023 [ref. 23683], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:16 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:123 [ref. 25968], Moore et al. 2003:173 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:19 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:129 [ref. 28379], Almeida & Biscoito 2012:495 [ref. 32244], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:44 [ref. 37485] as cf. bathybius, Smith 2016:1651 [ref. 34556], Carneiro et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37250], Koeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38857], Love et al. 2021:35 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:112 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther 1877). Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

bruuni, Histiobranchus Castle [P. H. J.] 1964:34, Fig. 1 (A-C, F) [Galathea Report v. 7; ref. 1484] Tasman Sea, 45°51'S, 164°32'E, Galathea station 601, depth 4400 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P32444. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:53 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Histiobranchus bruuni Castle 1964 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:108 [ref. 12442], Robins & Robins 1989:232 [ref. 13287], Paulin et al. 1989:72 [ref. 24556], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1171 [ref. 22986], Karmovskaya & Merrett 1998:1029 [ref. 23683], Smith 1999:1661 [ref. 24661], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:262 [ref. 28995], Smith & Stewart 2015:243 [ref. 34234]). Current status: Valid as Histiobranchus bruuni Castle 1964. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

infernalis, Histiobranchus Gill [T. N.] 1883:255 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 6 (no. 380); ref. 1724] Off northeastern U.S.A., 38°53'00"N, 69°23'30", Albatross station 2037, depth 1731 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 33279 (poor condition, in pieces). Type catalog: Smith 1994:37 [ref. 21917]. See Smith 1989:684 [ref. 13285]. •Synonym of Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther 1877) -- (Blache et al. 1973:252 [ref. 7185], Robins & Robins 1989:230 [ref. 13287], Gon 1990:103 [ref. 21680], Karmovskaya & Merrett 1998:1023 [ref. 23683], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:123 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2014:48 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther 1877). Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Habitat: marine.

mysticus, Leptocephalus Lea [E.] 1913:34, Pl. 5 (no. 7) [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 3 (pt 1, no. 7); ref. 14158] North Atlantic, 34°59'N, 33°01'W, station 53, depth 1300 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 5095. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:147 [ref. 21547]. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Habitat: marine.