“…Later, considering the nomenclature rules (ICZN, 1985), Monniot & Monniot 1997 named it as Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904). This species has a pantropical distribution, having been recorded in Mexico (Michaelsen, 1904), the Western Indian Ocean (Kott, 1964(Kott, , 1985Michaelsen, 1904), Melanesia (Kott, 1981;Tokioka, 1961Tokioka, , 1967, Indonesia (Sluiter, 1904), Thailand (Tokioka, 1967), Hong Kong (Kott & Goodbody, 1980), South Korea (Rho & Park, 1998), China (Tokioka, 1967), Sri Lanka (Herdman, 1906), Madagascar (Plante & Vasseur, 1966;Vasseur, 1967), the Arabian Gulf (Monniot & Monniot 1997), California (Lambert & Lambert, 1998), Hawaii (Abbott et al, 1997), Brazil (Rocha, 1991;Rodrigues & Rocha, 1993;Rocha & Barros de Faria, 2005;Ro-cha & Kremer, 2005) and Venezuela (Rocha et al 2010). Based on current knowledge, the recorded presence of this species in the Mediterranean Sea has been limited to the eastern basin, along the coasts of Turkey, Israel and Lebanon.…”