Species that contain: Plectranthias and inermis [ 1 ] records

inermis, Plectranthias Randall [J. E.] 1980:135, Fig. 11 [Micronesica v. 16 (no. 1); ref. 6717] Southwestern side of Caban Island, Batangas, Luzon Island, Philippines [Verde Island Passage, South China Sea, western Pacific, ca. 13°41'N 120°50'E], depth 30 meters. Holotype: BPBM 22468. Paratypes: BMNH 1978.2.27 (2); BPBM 20324 (1), 21087 (2), 22460 (3); CAS 40800 (1); NCIP 3768-3769 (2); USNM 210121 (1); WAM P.26121-001 (2), P.26125-008 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:20 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:20 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:28 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Plectranthias inermis Randall 1980 -- (Heemstra 1997:140 [ref. 23064], Randall 1996:119 [ref. 23194], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Heemstra & Randall 2009:9 [ref. 30535], Allen & Erdmann 2012:288 [ref. 31980], Williams et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32703], Bineesh et al. 2014:494 [ref. 33319], Fricke et al. 2014:63 [ref. 33932], Allen & Walsh 2015:83 [ref. 33954], Gill et al. 2016:355 [ref. 34957], Anderson 2018:28 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36673], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Parenti & Randall 2020:26 [ref. 37354], Shepherd et al. 2020:150 [ref. 37583], Gill et al. 2021:65 [ref. 38105], Fricke 2021:36 [ref. 38400], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:96 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:310 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias inermis Randall 1980. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes (Mauritius); Christmas Island (Australia) and Indonesia east to Philippines, Fiji and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.