Cyphocaris richardi Chevreux, 1905 a: 1, figs 1, 2.— Chevreux, 1905 c: 7.— Stebbing, 1906: 717.— Strauss, 1909: 65, figs 39, 40, pl. 6 fig. 37.— Stebbing, 1910: 449.— Stephensen, 1915: 37, figs 21, 22.— K.H. Barnard, 1916: 116.— Chevreux, 1916: 1, 6 (key).— Schellenberg, 1926 a: 245, fig. 4.— Schellenberg, 1926 b: 206, figs 2 a, 3 a–c, 4 a–d, pl. 5 fig. 1.— Schellenberg, 1926 c: 182.— Chevreux, 1927: 52.— Schellenberg, 1929: 195.— Schellenberg, 1931: 15.— K.H. Barnard, 1932: 35.— Stephensen, 1933: 4.— Chevreux, 1935: 22.— K.H. Barnard, 1940: 514 (list), 528 (key).— Thorsteinson, 1941: 57 (key).— Shoemaker, 1945: 187, fig. 1 D.— Gurjanova, 1951: 177 (key).— J.L. Barnard, 1954: 53, pls 2, 3.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1955: 212, figs 2, 3.— J.L. Barnard, 1958: 91.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1958: 221.— Belloc, 1960: 3.— J.L. Barnard, 1961: 31.— J.L. Barnard, 1962: 24.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1962: 33.— Gurjanova, 1962: 65 (key), 69, fig. 10.— Hurley, 1963: 24 (key), 25.— Nagata, 1963: 1.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1964: 153.— Brusca, 1967: 385.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1970: 420.— Griffiths, 1975: 144.— Griffiths, 1976: 56 (key), fig. 32 A.— Lowry & Bullock, 1976: 88.— Opalinski & Jazdzewski, 1978: 647.— Andres, 1979: 94.— Volkman et al., 1980: 170, fig. 2.— Herring, 1981: 170.— Jazdzewski, 1981: 135, 138.— Kamenskaya, 1981: 97.— Andres, 1983: 185.— Umezu, 1984: 128.— Austin, 1985: 600.— Hopkins, 1985: 199, 202, 206, 207, 209.— Reinhardt & Van Vleet, 1986: 153.— Andres, 1987: 96, 97.— Costello et al., 1989: 32.— Andres, 1990: 135, fig. 268.— Vinogradov, 1990: 40, 92.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 480.— Palerud & Vader, 1991: 35.— Jazdzewski et al., 1992: 465.— De Broyer & Jazdzewski, 1993: 67.— Lopes et al., 1993: 209.— Vinogradov & Vinogradov, 1993: 129.— Ishimaru, 1994: 57.— Piatkowski et al., 1994: 19 (table 1).— Thurston, 2001: 684 (table 2).— Vinogradov, 2004: 53.— De Broyer et al., 2007: 120.
Cyphocaris anonyx.— Chilton, 1912: 464 / 182.
Cyphocaris rihardi.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1960: 167 (erroneously for C. richardi).
Type locality. Vicinity of the Azores, eastern North Atlantic Ocean (36 ° 17 'N 28 ° 53 'W).
Depth range. 0–6145 m.
Distribution. NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. south-west of Greenland; north of Saô Miguel, Azores; Bay of Biscay; north-west of Cape Finisterre, Spain; west of Cape St Vincent, Portugal; west of Cap Blanc, Mauritania; off Marthas Vineyard; Nonsuch Island, Bermuda (Chevreux 1905 a, 1916, 1927, 1935; Stephensen 1915, 1933; Schellenberg, 1926 b; Shoemaker 1945; Andres 1987).
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Cape Point, Cape Province, South Africa; (K.H. Barnard 1916, 1932; Griffiths 1975).
INDIAN OCEAN. north-west of Seychelle Islands; Somali Basin; south-east of Dar Es Salaam, east Africa; west of Maldive Islands; Banda Sea; Java ridge, south of Java; Mozambique Channel, Walters Shoal, Saya de Malha Bank (Schellenberg 1926 b; Birstein & Vinogradov 1964; Vinogradov 2004).
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. Kurile-Kamchatka Trench area; North Pacific Polar Frontal Zone; SSW of Punta Rompiente, Baja California, Mexico; San Nicolas Basin, Santa Catalina Island Light, southern California, USA; east of Volcano Islands; east of Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu Trench, Philippine Sea, Japan Trench; Gulf of Panama (J.L. Barnard 1954, 1961; Birstein & Vinogradov 1955, 1958, 1970; Hurley 1963; Nagata 1963; Brusca 1967; Kamenskaya 1981; Umezu 1984).
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. south-east of Galapagos Islands, west of northern Peru, west of Lima; Phoenix Islands; north of Tokelau Islands; Kermadec Trench; east of New Zealand; Tasman Sea (Schellenberg 1929; Birstein & Vinogradov 1960; J.L. Barnard 1961).
SOUTHERN OCEAN. Coats Land, Antarctica; north of South Georgia; south-west of Tristan da Cunha; Bouvet Island; Bransfield Strait, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands; north-west of Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Ross Sea; King George Island; Croker Passage; Orkney Trench; Scotia Arc; Drake Passage; Wedell Sea; Kerguelen Islands (Chilton 1912; Schellenberg 1926 a, b, 1931; Barnard 1962; Emison 1968; Volkman et al. 1980; Jazdzewski, 1981; Andres 1979, 1983; Hopkins 1985; Reinhardt & Van Vleet 1986; Vinogradov & Vinogradov 1993; Piatkowski et al. 1994; Cherel et al. 2002 a, 2002 b; De Broyer et al., 2007).