gigas, Bathysaurops Kamohara [T.] 1952:14, Fig. 11 [Research Reports of the Kôchi University, (Ser.) Natural Science. No. 3; ref. 12778] Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): BSKU 3852. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:2 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Bathysauropsis gigas Kamohara 1952 -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:62 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:231 [ref. 12442], Shinohara et al. 2001:299 [ref. 25995], Shcherbachev & Pakhorukov 2002:564 [ref. 26271]). •Valid as Bathysauroides gigas (Kamohara 1952) -- (Paxton & Niem 1999:1924 [ref. 24746], Nakabo 2000:364 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:364 [ref. 26001], Hoese 2006:478 [ref. 28998]). Current status: Valid as Bathysauroides gigas (Kamohara 1952). Bathysauroididae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan and Australia. Habitat: marine.