staurophor, Lepophidium Robins [C. R.] 1959:360, Figs. 1 a & g, 2 [Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean v. 8 (no. 4) [for 1958]; ref. 12108] Western Caribbean Sea, 16°39'N, 81°43'W, Oregon station 1878, depth 125 fathoms. Holotype: FMNH 64383. Paratypes: FMNH 64384 (1), UF 202349 [ex UMML 2349] (1), USNM 185695 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:51 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Lepophidium staurophor Robins 1959 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:98 [ref. 23100], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:720 [ref. 23897], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:36 [ref. 24448], Nielsen & Robins 2003:968 [ref. 27008], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:292 [ref. 28946], Robins et al. 2012:11 [ref. 32161], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Lepophidium staurophor Robins 1959. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Off Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) and off Nicaragua and Honduras. Habitat: marine.