Species that contain: Venefica and tentaculata [ 1 ] records

tentaculata, Venefica Garman [S.] 1899:319, Pl. M (figs. 2-2a) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Albatross station 3363, 3364, 3371 and 3418, depth 660-902 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 28439-40 (1, 1), 28441 (now. 0), 28442 (1); USNM 57895 (1), 153604 (1). •Valid as Venefica tentaculata Garman 1899 -- (Sakamoto in Amaoka et al. 1983:67, 174, 229, 314 [ref. 8379], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Smith 1989:610 [ref. 13285], Shinohara et al. 1996:158 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:239 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:239 [ref. 26001], Love et al. 2005:23 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:144 [ref. 28379], Parin et al. 2014:50 [ref. 33547], Robertson et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35676], Burton & Lea 2019:36 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:56 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:130 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Venefica tentaculata Garman 1899. Nettastomatidae. Distribution: Pacific: Japan north to southern Sea of Okhotsk; northern California (U.S.A.) south to Chile. Habitat: marine.