giganteum, Ophidium Kittlitz [F. H.] 1858:v. 1, p. 226 [Denkwürdigkeiten einer Reise nach dem russischen Amerika, nach Mikronesien und durch Kamschatka; ref. 18421] Neu-Archangelsk [Sitka], Alaska, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Delolepis gigantea (Kittlitz 1858) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:254 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:521 [ref. 26885]). •Valid as Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz 1858) -- (McAllister 1990:171 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:771 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297], Nelson et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:149 [ref. 37547], Radchenko et al. 2011:493 [ref. 32458], Page et al. 2013:164 [ref. 32708], Schnell & Hilton 2014:189 [ref. 35299], Pietsch & Orr 2015:63 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:284 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:189 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz 1858). Cryptacanthodidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southeastern Bering Sea south to northern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.