Lepidozona christiaensi Van Belle, 1982

Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 1-40 : 7

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Lepidozona christiaensi Van Belle, 1982 View in CoL

Lepidozona (Lepidozona) christiaensi Van Belle 1982: 471 View in CoL , fig. 1; Kaas & Van Belle 1987: 251, fig. 113, map 35; 1998: 46; Sirenko 2016a: 30 View Cited Treatment , figs 1–3. Lepidozona christiaensi View in CoL ; Bullock & Harper 1994: 19; Xu 2008: 457.

Type material. Holotype ( BMNH 198244 ). Type locality. Hong Kong, outside Tolo Channel. Distribution. South China Sea from Hong Kong (22°22′ N) south to Hon Cau Island, Vietnam (11°13′ N),

7–12 m. Remarks. This is a rather rare species. At present, we know three specimens only, the holotype from Hong

Kong and two from Vietnam ( Sirenko 2016a, c).

Bullock, R. C. & Harper, K. D. (1994) The Polyplacophora of Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong. In: Morton, B. (Ed.), The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 3 - 54.

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1987) Monograph of living chitons. Vol. 3. Suborder Ischnochitonina: Ischnochitonidae: Chaetopleurinae, and Ischnochitoninae. E. J. Brill / W, Backhuys, Publisher, Leiden, 302 pp.

Sirenko, B. I. (2016 a) New and rare species of the genus Lepidozona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the South China, East China and Philippine seas. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society, 20, 28 - 46.

Sirenko, B. I. (2016 c) Seven-year taxonomical investigation of chitons in Vietnam. In: Dautova, T. N. (Ed.), Proceedings of the conference Developing life-supporting marine ecosystems along with the Asia-Pacific coast a synthesis of physical and biological data for the science based management and socio-ecological policy making . Nha Trang, Vietnam, Dalnauka, Vladivostok-Nha Trang, pp. 82 - 86.

Van Belle, R. A. (1982) Supplementary notes on Hong Kong chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Proceeding of the first international marine biology Workshop. Hong Kong, 469 - 483.

Xu, F. (2008) Class Polyplacophora Blainville, 1867. In: Liu, R. (Ed.), Checklist of marine biota of China seas, pp. 456 - 459.