myersi, Xyelacyba Cohen [D. M.] 1961:289, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1961 (no. 3); ref. 879] Gulf of Mexico, 27°48'N, 88°45'W, Oregon station 2577, depth 850-1100 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 187058. Paratypes: USNM 187059 (1). Additional material: USNM 187060 (1). •Valid as Xyelacyba myersi Cohen 1961 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:21 [ref. 881], Machida 1989 [ref. 12579], Nielsen 1990:573 [ref. 16246], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:737 [ref. 23897], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:93 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1981 [ref. 24753], Nakabo 2000:436 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:436 [ref. 26001], Nielsen & Robins 2003:969 [ref. 27008], Moore et al. 2003:208 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:414 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:246 [ref. 28379], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:295 [ref. 28946], Hoese et al. 2006:566 [ref. 29051], Mincarone et al. 2008:55 [ref. 29626], Costa & Mincarone 2010:338 [ref. 37483], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:117 [ref. 37485]). Current status: Valid as Xyelacyba myersi Cohen 1961. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas, except not in the eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.