Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus (de Rochebrune, 1884)

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Chresonymy in Kaas et al. (2006: 182).

Lepidopleurus ectypus de Rochebrune 1884a: 37; Kaas & Van Belle 1980: 41; 1998: 65; Bullock 1988a: 685; Kaas et al. 2006: 182.

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus; Kaas & Van Belle 1998: 65; Kaas et al. 2006: 182, fig. 69.

Locus typicus: New Caledonia.

Primary type: 2 Syntypes (MNHN 9832) a third syntype (IRSN) is probably lost (pers. comm. Yves Terryn).

Material examined: ZISP: 2 subadult spms, Cicia Island [17°45’S 179°18’W], Callisto St. 83, 0.3 m, leg. Boris I. Sirenko, 0 6 February 1975, wet.

Habitat: The specimens were found on a porous reef flat, which was covered with some living corals and crustose calcareous algae.

Distribution: The species was known from New Caledonia only (Kaas et al. 2006).

Remarks: This is the first record of this species from Fiji.