japonicus, Samariscus Kamohara [T.] 1936:1006, Fig. 1 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 48 (no. 12); ref. 13709] Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Kamohara "neotype": BSKU 7773. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:7 [ref. 19282], but neotype designation was not made in a revisory work and is invalid. "Neotype" designation: Kamohara 1961:7 [ref. 19282], but neotype designation was not made in a revisory work and is invalid. •Valid as Samariscus japonicus Kamohara 1936 -- (Sakamoto 1984:211 [ref. 5273], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:354 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:623, 741 [ref. 8056], Quéro et al. 1989:113 [ref. 12826], Hensley 1993:373 [ref. 22369], Amaoka et al. 1997:94 [ref. 22730], Nakabo 2000:1382 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2001:336 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1382 [ref. 26193], Park et al. 2007:74 [ref. 29188], Kawai et al. 2008:19 [ref. 29524], Voronina 2009:580 [ref. 33679], Kawai et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31689], Diaz de Astaoloa et al. 2014:241 [ref. 33164], Voronina & Suzumoto 2017:8 [ref. 35132], Kim et al. 2020:195 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:122 [ref. 37637], Tashiro 2022:85 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Samariscus japonicus Kamohara 1936. Samaridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: East China Sea to Korea and central Japan. Habitat: marine.