thermophilum, Pachycara Geistdoerfer [P.] 1994:110, Fig. 1 [Cybium v. 18 (no. 2); ref. 21428] Mid-Atlantic Ridge at Snake Pit hydrothermal field, 23°22.94'N, 44°56.09'W, depth 3480 meters. Holotype: MNHN 1993-0255. Paratypes: MNHN 1993-0256 (1). •Valid as Pachycara thermophilum Geistdoerfer 1994 -- (Anderson & Bluhm 1997:223 [ref. 22911], Machida & Hashimoto 2002:1 [ref. 25949], Møller 2003:359 [ref. 26908] as termophilum, Chernova & Geistdorfer 2003:153 [ref. 26887] as thermophylum, Anderson & Fedorov 2004:36 [ref. 27603], Biscoito & Almeida 2004:564 [ref. 27911], Balushkin et al. 2011:1020 [ref. 32449] as Thermophila, Anderson et al. 2016:76 [ref. 34148]), Carneiro et al. 2019:288 [ref. 37250]. Current status: Valid as Pachycara thermophilum Geistdoerfer 1994. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Atlantic: Mid-Atlantic Ridge, including Azores. Habitat: marine.