Plaxiphora bucklandnicksi Sirenko, 2012

Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 1-40 : 25-26

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Plaxiphora bucklandnicksi Sirenko, 2012 View in CoL

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Plaxiphora bucklandnicksi Sirenko2012: 88 View in CoL , pl. 13 D, E; figs 27; 28.

Plaxiphora View in CoL sp.; Hasegawa et al. 2001: 3, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Type material. Holotype ( ZISP 2177 View Materials ) and 10 paratypes ( ZISP 2178 View Materials ). Type locality. South China Sea, off South Vietnam, Nhatrang Bay , Nok Island , 0 m. Material examined. South China Sea , Hainan Island , stn. 3, 20°09’36’’N, 110°41′17’’E, intertidal, on stones, GoogleMaps

6 spms, BL 4.0–7.0 mm, 13.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko; stn. 5, 19°38’12’’N, 111°01′52’’E, intertidal, on stones, 3 spms, BL 3.0–4.0 mm, 14.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko; stn. 13, 18°12’09’’N, 109°29′40’’E, depth 2–3 m, on old corals, 2 spms, BL 4.0 mm, 19.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko; stn. 14, 18°12’09’’N, 109°29′40’’E, intertidal pool, on stones, 1 spm, BL 4.0 mm, 19.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko; stn. 22, 18°11’46’’N, 109°29’40’’E, depth 2 m, on old corals, 1 spm, BL 3.0 mm, 21.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko; stn. 26, 18°11’46’’N, 109°29’40’’E, intertidal–1.5 m, on stones, 21 spms, BL 2.0–4.0 mm, 22.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko, S. Grebelniy.

Distribution. Vietnam from the Gulf of Thailand to Danang, China, Hainan Island, mainly intertidal to 3 m depth.

Remarks. This is one of the abundant species of the intertidal zone which is difficult to find because of its small size and the rich fouling on the valves.

References

Hasegawa, K., Saito, H., Kubodera, T. & Xu, F. (2001) Marine molluscs collected from the shallow waters of Hainan Island, South China Sea, by China-Japan joint research in 1997. In Matsuura, K (Ed.), Marine fauna of the shallow waters around Hainan Island, South China Sea, National Science Museum Monographs, Tokyo, 21, 1 - 43.

Sirenko, B. I. (2012) Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Nha Trang Bay, South Vietnam. In: Britayev, T. A. & Pavlov, D. S. (Eds.), Benthic fauna of the Bay of Nha Trang, South Vietnam. 2. KMK Scientific Press Ltd, Moscow, pp. 56 - 122.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Complete specimens of species of genera Plaxiphora, Placiphorella, Acanthochitona, and Cryptoplax: A. Plaxiphora bucklandnicksi, Hainan Island, Sanya, stn 13, BL 5.0 mm; B. Placiphorella stimpsoni, Hainan Island, Sanya, BL 23.0 mm; C. Acanthochitona britayevi, Hainan Island, Xincun, BL 8.0 mm; D. Acanthochitona intermedia, Xisha Islands, MBM 100328 BL 11.0 mm; E. Acanthochitona lanae, Hainan Island, stn 1 BL 5.0 mm; F. Cryptoplax larvaeformis, Xisha Islands, 57-419, BL 35.0 mm; G. Cryptoplax oculata, Xisha Islands, 57-419, BL 35.0 mm.