Species that contain: Synaphobranchus and affinis [ 6 ] records

affinis, Synaphobranchus Günther [A.] 1877:445 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56); ref. 2009] Off Inoshima, Japan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.250. Non-types: (11 mentioned in Günther 1887). See also Günther 1887:254 [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877 -- (Ida in Okamura et al. 1982:63, 319 [ref. 8256], Sakamoto in Amaoka et al. 1983:67, 174, 231, 315 [ref. 8379], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:26 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:83, 316 [ref. 8057], Castle 1986:190 [ref. 5644], Okamura & Machida 1987:108 [ref. 22279], Paxton et al. 1989:108 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:25 [ref. 14125], Robins & Robins 1989:223 [ref. 13287], Golovan et al. 1989:77 [ref. 14113], Paulin et al. 1989:71 [ref. 24556], Smith 1990:197 [ref. 13616], Gomon et al. 1994:197 [ref. 22532], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:72 [ref. 22017], Shinohara et al. 1996:157 [ref. 26605], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1171 [ref. 22986], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:248 [ref. 23897], Chen & Mok 1999:60 [ref. 24093], Fricke 1999:61 [ref. 24106], Smith 1999:1661 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:214 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:16 [ref. 25650], Chen & Mok 2001:79 [ref. 25465], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:118 [ref. 25968], Shinohara et al. 2001:292 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:214 [ref. 26001], Smith 2003:723 [ref. 26989], Moore et al. 2003:174 [ref. 27076], Karmovskaya 2003:437 [ref. 27168], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Love et al. 2005:19 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:400 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:130 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:263 [ref. 28995], Smith 2008:164 [ref. 30621], Fricke et al. 2009:18 [ref. 30213], Melo et al. 2009:14 [ref. 30460], Costa & Mincarone 2010:353 [ref. 37483], Fricke et al. 2011:351 [ref. 31242], Almeida et al. 2010:66 [ref. 31350], Zhang et al. 2010:314 [ref. 31511], Parin et al. 2014:48 [ref. 33547], Ho et al. 2015:179 [ref. 34130], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:45 [ref. 37485], Smith & Stewart 2015:247 [ref. 34234], Smith 2016:1652 [ref. 34556], Fricke et al. 2018:42 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:59 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:53 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:64 [ref. 38139], Psomadakis et al. 2020:272 [ref. 37272], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:61 [ref. 38158], Love et al. 2021:35 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:112 [ref. 39448], Han et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39883], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

brachysomus, Synaphobranchus Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:583, Fig. 232 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Vicinity of Kauai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 4019, depth 409-550 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51591. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8555 (1), 8640 (2); USNM 51696 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:51 [ref. 12291], Smith 1994:38 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877 -- (Robins & Robins 1989:223 [ref. 13287], Smith 1990:197 [ref. 13616], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:122 [ref. 25968], Mundy 2005:130 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Habitat: marine.

brevidorsalis, Synaphobranchus Günther [A.] 1887:255, Pl. 63 (fig. C) [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] North of New Guinea, Challenger station 218, depth 1070 fathoms; off Japan, Challenger station 232, depth 345 fathoms. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1887.12.7.256 (?2). This name appeared in Günther 1877:445 [ref. 2009] under Synaphobranchus affinis as "Allied to S. brevidorsalis, ..." (but perhaps S. bathybius was intended; no distinguishing features so not available from 1877). •Valid as Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther 1887 -- (Ida in Okamura et al. 1982:65, 320 [ref. 8256], Sakamoto in Amaoka et al. 1983:67, 174, 231, 315 [ref. 8379], Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:106 [ref. 14275], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:26 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:85, 317 [ref. 8057], Okamura & Machida 1987:108 [ref. 22279], Paxton et al. 1989:108 [ref. 12442], Golovan et al. 1989:77 [ref. 14113], Robins & Robins 1989:227 [ref. 13287], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:73 [ref. 22017], Shinohara et al. 1996:157 [ref. 26605], Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997:1171 [ref. 22986], Adam et al. 1998:7 [ref. 23610], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:249 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:61 [ref. 24106], Smith 1999:1661 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:214 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:293 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:214 [ref. 26001], Smith 2003:723 [ref. 26989], Karmovskaya 2003:438 [ref. 27168], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:34 [ref. 27192], Mundy 2005:130 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:263 [ref. 28995], Melo 2007:315 [ref. 29141], Smith 2008:165 [ref. 30621], Shao et al. 2008:238 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2009:18 [ref. 30213], Melo et al. 2009:14 [ref. 30460], Almeida et al. 2010:66 [ref. 31350], Costa & Mincarone 2010:300 [ref. 37483], Zhang et al. 2010:315 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2011:351 [ref. 31242], Ho et al. 2015:180 [ref. 34130], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:46 [ref. 37485], Smith & Stewart 2015:248 [ref. 34234], Fricke et al. 2018:42 [ref. 35805], Ho et al. 2018:76 [ref. 36038], Williams et al. 2018:99 [ref. 36359], Carneiro et al. 2019:59 [ref. 37250], Love et al. 2021:35 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther 1887. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Synaphobranchus Bruun [A. F.] 1937:14, Pl. 1 (figs. 2, 7) [Dana Report No. 9; ref. 15270] Indian Ocean, Dana station 3804. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. As a new subspecies on p. 15. •Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877 -- (Robins & Robins 1989:223 [ref. 13287]). Current status: Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Habitat: marine.

occidentalis, Synaphobranchus indicus Bruun [A. F.] 1937:15 [Dana Report No. 9; ref. 15270] East Africa, Dana station 3926. Holotype: not researched. •Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877 -- (Robins & Robins 1989:223 [ref. 13287]). Current status: Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Habitat: marine.

taketae, Synaphobranchus Tanaka [S.] 1916:257 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 28 (no. 333); ref. 15078] Miyagi Fisheries Experiment Station, Watanoha, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 55055. Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:144 [ref. 39647]. •Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877 -- (Robins & Robins 1989:223 [ref. 13287], Smith 1990:197 [ref. 13616]). Current status: Synonym of Synaphobranchus affinis Günther 1877. Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Habitat: marine.