Philopterus brevis Dufour, 1835: 674, pl. 21: fig. 3.
Docophoroides brevis; Giglioli 1864: 21, pl. 1: figs 3–4.
Lipeurus taurus Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866: 385.
Docophoroides brevis Dufour, 1835 [sic]; Harrison 1937: 40, pl. 3: fig. 6a.
Docophoroides brevis (Dufour, 1834) [sic]; Thompson 1940a: 642.
Docophoroides brevis (Dufour, 1834) [sic]; Séguy 1944: 382, figs 571–572.
Docophoroides brevis (Dufour, 1835); Hopkins & Clay 1952: 117.
Docophoroides brevis (Dufour, 1835); Timmermann 1959a: 59, figs 2a, 3, 7c.
Docophoroides chilensis Carriker, 1964: 12, fig. 8.
Docophoroides brevis (Dufour, 1835); Timmermann 1965: 83, figs 19, 24c, 26a.
Docophoroides brevis (Dufour, 1835); Clay & Moreby 1967: 161, 168, figs 108, 111–112.
Docophoroides chilensis Carriker, 1964; Camousseight 1980: 34.
Docophoroides brevis (Dufour, 1835); Palma 2017: 110.
Syntypes, repository unknown, presumed lost (see Palma 1996: 174). Holotype nymph of Docophoroides chilensis in MNSC (see Camousseight 1980: 34).
Type host: Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758.
Chilean hosts: Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825; Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758.
Other hosts: Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux et al. 1983; Diomedea antipodensis antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992; Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni Robertson & Warham, 1992; Diomedea dabbenena Mathews, 1929; Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917.
Chilean localities: At sea off Valparaíso: Region V; Masatierra Island (Juan Fernández Islands): Region V; Bahía de Concepción: Region VIII; at sea, Islas Diego Ramírez: Region XII; Valdivia: Region XIV.
Geographic distribution: Southern Hemisphere.
Chilean references: Thompson (1940a); Carriker (1964); Clay & Moreby (1967); Camousseight (1980).
Other significant references: Séguy (1944); Timmermann (1959a; 1965); Price et al. (2003: 176); Hänel & Palma (2007: 112, 123, 129); Palma (1996: 174); Palma (2010: 408); Palma (2017).
Remarks: Docophoroides brevis is a highly prevalent species, mostly found on the head and neck of large albatrosses. Bahía de Concepción, Valdivia and Islas Diego Ramírez are new locality records for Docophoroides brevis in Chile, based on samples from Diomedea epomophora and Diomedea exulans held in MONZ and in NHML (Shchedrina et al. 2017). Clay & Moreby (1967: 161) synonymised Docophoroides chilensis under Docophoroides brevis.