Philomedes brevifiliformis Chavtur, 1983: 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 39, 48–50, figs. 9, 2– 9 and 10, 1– 2, table 2 (list); 1992: table 2 (list).
Distribution and Ecology. In the East Sea P. brevifiliformis was found only in the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (46 º 10´N) at a depth of 40 m (muddy pebble) (Fig. 1); it is also known from the Sea of Okhotsk (40–205 m), Pacific waters of the Kuril (47–105 m) and Aleutian (510–700 m) Islands (Chavtur 1983).