atlantica, Rhinochimaera Holt [E. W. L.] & Byrne [L. W.] 1909:279 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 3 (no. 15); ref. 14378] Irish Atlantic Slope off sw Ireland, 50°32'-50°28'N, 11°34'-11°28'W, depth 670-770 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1910.9.17.4. Species later illustrated and described in more detail by Holt & Byrne 1910:18, pls. 3, 4 (figs. 4-5) [ref. 21829]. •Valid as Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909 -- (Krefft 1973:80 [ref. 7166], Shirai in Amaoka et al. 1983:63, 172 [ref. 8379], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:218 [ref. 13675], Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:89 [ref. 14275], Scott & Scott 1988:64 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:26 [ref. 14674], Compagno et al. 1990:214 [ref. 16634], Krefft 1990:116 [ref. 19321], Compagno et al. 1991:116 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:101 [ref. 25472], Last & Stevens 1994:483 [ref. 23873], Didier 1995:14 [ref. 22713], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:42 [ref. 23897], Didier & Nakaya 1999:139 [ref. 23884], Didier 2003:596 [ref. 26986], Moore et al. 2003:166 [ref. 27076], Møller et al. 2004:59 [ref. 27739], Møller et al. 2010:19 [ref. 31169], Luchetti et al. 2011:400 [ref. 31442], Walovich et al. 2015:163 [ref. 33914], Afonso et al. 2016:10, 265 [ref. 36199], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:51 [ref. 34398], Didier 2016:1451 [ref. 34546], Weigmann 2016:170 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:31 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37250], Ebert et al. 2021:105 [ref. 38234], Carvalho-Filho 2023:290 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:48 [ref. 40505], Leeney 2024:99 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909. Rhinochimaeridae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean: Greenland, Iceland; western Atlantic: Canada south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico; northeastern Atlantic south to Morocco; southeastern Atlantic: Namibia and South Africa. Habitat: marine.