Cyphocaris johnsoni Shoemaker, 1934: 1, fig. 1.— Gurjanova, 1962: 64 (key), 67, fig. 8.— Ortiz, 1979: 19.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 480.
Type material. Syntypes 2 specimens (1 male, 1 female), 19 mm, USNM 69101, Puerto Rican Deep, North Atlantic Ocean (18 ° 37 ’ 30 ”N to 18 ° 38 ’ 15 ”N 65 °02’ 15 ”W to 65 °00’ 30 ”W), 310–400 fm (567–732 m), 3 March 1933, Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition (stn 97).
Type locality. Puerto Rican Deep, North Atlantic Ocean (18 ° 37 ’ 30 ”N to 18 ° 38 ’ 15 ”N, 65 °02’ 15 ”W to 65 °00’ 30 ”W).
Depth range. 567– 732 m.
Distribution. NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Puerto Rican Deep (Shoemaker 1934).