sherborni, Rhectogramma Norman [J. R.] 1930:348, Fig. 39 [Discovery Reports v. 2; ref. 3219] 33°50'S to 34°13'S, 16°04'E to 15°49'E, off South Africa, depth 850-950 meters. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1930.1.12.1052. •Synonym of Howella brodiei Ogilby 1899 -- (Tortonese 1973:366 [ref. 7192]). •Valid as Howella sherborni (Norman 1930) -- (Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:457, 662 [ref. 8056], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:795 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660], Scott & Scott 1988:353 [ref. 25518], Smith 1990:693 [ref. 18227], Post & Quéro 1991:118 [ref. 15760], Adam et al. 1998:12 [ref. 23610] as sherbornii, Nakabo 2000:688 [ref. 25086], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:647 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:688 [ref. 26001], Love et al. 2005:109 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:429 [ref. 28370], Prokofiev 2006:4 [ref. 28960], Paxton et al. 2006:977 [ref. 28994], Prokofiev 2007:413 [ref. 29273], Gomon 2008:565 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Roberts 2015:1230 [ref. 34193], Heemstra in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2700 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:241 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:289 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:145 [ref. 39279], Heemstra 2022:164 [ref. 39747], Carvalho-Filho 2023:111 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Howella sherborni (Norman 1930). Howellidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in southern temperate seas. Habitat: marine.