Lepidozona acostata Sirenko, 2016

Sirenko, Boris, 2018, Taiwanese deep-water chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and survey of chiton fauna of Taiwan, Zootaxa 4422 (3), pp. 301-344 : 331

Lepidozona acostata Sirenko, 2016

( Fig. 37D)

Lepidоzоna aсоstata Sirenko 2016b: 36, figs 8–10, 15D, E.

Type material. Holotype ( ZISP 2293) and one paratype ( ZISP 2294).

Type locality. South China Sea, 10°33′N, 109°43′E, 310 m (R/ V Odissey, trawl 59.

Material examined. Taiwan, Fishing Boat Chung Tung Long No. 26, “ TAIWAN 2001”, stn CP72, 24°52.3′N, 122°04.5′E, 760 m, 1 spm, BL 7 mm, 06.05.2001; stn CP76, 24°56.5′N, 122°01.5′E, 115–170 m, 1 spm, BL 11 mm, 07.05.2001; stn CP79, 24°50.4′N, 121°59.9′E, depth 145–200 m, 1 spm, BL 9 mm, 08.05.2001; stn CP89, 24°53.6′N, 122°01.4′E, 310–420 m, 2 spms, BL 4.5–12.0 mm, 09.05.2001; stn CP91, 24°50.6′N, 122°01.4′E, 400 m, 6 spms, BL 7–11 mm, 10.05.2001; stn CP98, 24°54.2′N, 122°02.9′E, 362–400 m, 2 spms, BL 6.5–11 mm, 18.05.2001; stn CP107, 24°48.2′N, 122°11.3.0′E, 335–420 m, 4 spms, BL 4–6 mm, 20.05.2001; stn CP109, 24°48.3′N, 122°84.0′E, 246–256 m, 6 spms, BL 6–11 mm, 20.05.2001; stn CP110, 24°48.3′N, 122°04.0′E, 316– 350 m, 4 spms, BL 10–12 mm, 20.05.2001; stn CP115, 24°53.9′N, 122°02.0′E, 381–440 m, 3 spms, BL 9–10 mm, 21.05.2001.

Distribution. South China Sea, near Vietnam, and East China Sea, near Taiwan, 170– 760 m.

Remarks. An intermediate valve of a specimen from Suruga Bay, illustrated by Saito

(1997, fig. 13) and identified as Lepidozona reevei Kaas & Van Belle 1987 is very similar to the valves of L. acostata and may belong to it ( Sirenko 2016b). In this case this species inhabits the Suruga Bay, like several representatives of the genera Leptochiton , Hanleyella , Nierstraszella and Notoplax found both, in Suruga Bay and in Taiwan.