Suborder ACANTHOCHITONINA

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Family ACANTHOCHITONIDAE

Introduction

The Acanthochitonidae is a large family of chitons found worldwide in tropical to polar seas. The majority of members of this family are poorly known, in part because few specimens are available for study, and the taxonomy of the group is in need of revision.

The family is characterised by insertion plates, usually with slits, on all valves, insertion plate teeth never pectinate; tegmentum often reduced, rarely absent; extra-pigmentary aesthetes absent, girdle spiculose, usually with sutural tufts.

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1964. South Australian Mollusca. Chitons. Adelaide : S.A. Govt. Printer 150 pp.

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1990. A review of the endemic Australian chiton genus Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 11: 9-28

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1991. Redefinition of the genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861, and recognition of the monotypic New Zealand genus Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 77-88

Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). V. Family Cryptoconchidae. The Australian Zoologist 4(2): 75-111 pls 9-12 [Date published 10 Nov. 1925]

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp.

 

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Genus Acanthochitona Gray, 1821

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide, an unidentified species has been recorded from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.


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IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Distribution References

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Species Acanthochitona approximans (Hedley & Hull, 1912)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Only known from Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On underside of stones, or in crevices of coral slabs, in pools at low tide.

 

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Species Acanthochitona bednalli (Pilsbry, 1894)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks and mangrove pneumatophores, in muddy/silty conditions, can crawl on surface of muddy sand.

 

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Species Acanthochitona complanata (Hull, 1924)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones embedded in coral sand.

 

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Species Acanthochitona coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, endemic.


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones in sand or mud.

 

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Species Acanthochitona gatliffi (Ashby, 1919)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

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Species Acanthochitona granostriata (Pilsbry, 1894)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones.

 

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Species Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones, amongst mussels.

 

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Species Acanthochitona macrocystialis (Ashby, 1924)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In Macrocystis kelp holdfasts.

 

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Species Acanthochitona pelicanensis (Mackay, 1929)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Keppel Bay and Magnetic Is.

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones in muddy pools.

 

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Species Acanthochitona pilsbryi (Sykes, 1896)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones in muddy/silty situations.

 

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Species Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In crevices in rocks, often associated with mussels.

 

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Species Acanthochitona saundersi Gowlett-Holmes & Zeidler, 1987

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks under fine to medium sand, in sand pockets on reefs in areas usually exposed to moderate swell.

 

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Species Acanthochitona shirleyi (Ashby, 1922)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

 

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Species Acanthochitona sueurii (Blainville, 1825)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks not embedded in sand.

 

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Species Acanthochitona thackwayi (Ashby, 1924)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On and under rocks in sand.

 

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Genus Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Bassethullia glypta (Sykes, 1896)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks under sand, living in sand.

 

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Species Bassethullia matthewsi (Bednall & Pilsbry, 1894)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On pebbles, cobbles and rocks in fine to coarse sands, free-living in coarse to very coarse sands.

 

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Species Bassethullia porcina (Ashby, 1919)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


Extra Distribution Information

SA, Robe to Investigator Strait, including Kangaroo Is.

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On smooth rocks under clean fine to medium sand, free-living in loose, clean fine to medium sand.

 

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Genus Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Craspedochiton cornutus (Torr & Ashby, 1898)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

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Species Craspedochiton elegans (Iredale & Hull, 1925)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones.

 

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Species Craspedochiton laqueatus (Sowerby, 1842)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

WA, Indo-west Pacific. South Africa to Japan


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IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, carnivorous, coral reef, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Preys on small crustaceans, particularly isopods.

 

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Genus Craspedoplax Iredale & Hull, 1925

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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Species Craspedoplax variabilis (H. Adams & Angas, 1864)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

General References

Saito, H. 2004. Phylogenetic significance of the radula in chitons, with special reference to the Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Bollettino Malacologico (Supplemento 5): 83-104 [Date published 2004: publication dated 2003] [87-89, figs 4A-C]

Schwabe, E. 2009. Craspedoplax variabilis (H. Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386547 (Accessed on 2015-08-12)

 

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Genus Leptoplax Carpenter in Dall, 1882

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Central-Indo-Pacific Oceans.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Leptoplax verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On pebbles, broken shell and rocks in medium sands.

 

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Species Leptoplax wilsoni (Sykes, 1896)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks and cobbles in fine to medium, silty sands.

 

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Genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

West-Pacific Ocean.


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IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Notoplax addenda Iredale & Hull, 1925

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, carnivorous, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually found in association with Asteropus sponges, on which it lives and feeds.

 

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Species Notoplax aenigma (Iredale & Hull, 1925)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, sublittoral.

 

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Species Notoplax costata (H. Adams & Angas, 1864)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with sponges.

 

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Species Notoplax crocodila (Torr & Ashby, 1898)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks under sand.

 

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Species Notoplax curiosa (Iredale & Hull, 1925)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones.

 

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Species Notoplax gabrieli (Ashby, 1922)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

 

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Species Notoplax glauerti (Ashby, 1923)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, carnivorous, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually found in association with Asteropus sponges on which it lives and feeds.

 

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Species Notoplax lancemilnei Gowlett-Holmes, 1988

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

 

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Species Notoplax leuconota (Hedley & Hull, 1912)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones.

 

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Species Notoplax macandrewi Iredale & Hull, 1925

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

 

General References

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [116]

 

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Species Notoplax mayi (Ashby, 1922)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with sponges.

 

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Species Notoplax rubrostrata (Torr, 1912)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

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Species Notoplax speciosa (H. Adams, 1861)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with sponges, on which it lives and feeds.

 

General References

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 2001. Polyplacophora. pp. 19-84 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001] (examination of types and other material confirms synonymy, but other names included by <0115> are reinstated to valid species status)

 

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Species Notoplax sphenorhyncha (Iredale & Hull, 1925)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones.

 

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Species Notoplax subviridis (Torr, 1911)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

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Family CHORIPLACIDAE

Introduction

The family Choriplacidae is monotypic and is endemic to southern Australia. The sole member of this family, Choriplax grayi, usually lives on the prostrate red alga Sonderopelta coriacea in shallow water to a depth of 20 m, and in life the colour of the girdle and tegmentum matches that of the host plant.

The family is characterised by the large and well-developed sutural laminae and unslit insertion plates, very reduced tegmentum, large, fleshy girdle which completely covers the tegmentum with a transparent layer, and holobranchial gills.

 

General References

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1987. The suborder Choriplacina Starobogatov & Sirenko, 1975 with a redescription of Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas, 1864) (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111: 105-110

 

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Genus Choriplax Pilsbry, 1894

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

General References

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1987. The suborder Choriplacina Starobogatov & Sirenko, 1975 with a redescription of Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas, 1864) (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111: 105-110 [105]

 

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Species Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas, 1864)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Algae feeder, benthic, sublittoral.

 

General References

Sigwart, J.D., Stoeger, I., Knebelsberger, T. & Schwabe, E. 2013. Chiton phylogeny (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and the placement of the enigmatic species Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas). Invertebrate Systematics 27: 603-621

 

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Family CRYPTOPLACIDAE

Introduction

The Cryptoplacidae is a small family of very elongate, vermiform chitons. The family comprises a single genus, Cryptoplax, found in tropical and temperate Indian and central western Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea.

Cryptoplacidae are characterised by having reduced valves, the adults with valves seldom articulating; insertion plates on all valves (slit formula 3/0/0), insertion plate teeth never pectinate; extrapigmentary aesthetes absent; and girdle spiculose, usually with sutural tufts.

 

General References

Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). V. Family Cryptoconchidae. The Australian Zoologist 4(2): 75-111 pls 9-12 [Date published 10 Nov. 1925]

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp.

 

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Genus Cryptoplax Blainville, 1818

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific Oceans.


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IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

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Australian Region

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Species Cryptoplax burrowi (E.A. Smith, 1884)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

WA, QLD, Christmas Is., central Indo-Pacific Ocean.


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IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

 

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Species Cryptoplax iredalei Ashby, 1923

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

 

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Species Cryptoplax larvaeformis (Blainville in Burrow, 1815)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

WA, NT, QLD, east Indo-central Pacific Oceans.


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IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks.

 

General References

Bouchet, P. & Schwabe, E. 2010. Cryptoplax larvaeformis (Burrow, 1815). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220212 (Accessed on 2015-08-18)

Schwabe, E. 2007. Taxonomic notes on chitons. 5 *. On some problematica and a new record of Polyplacophora from Indonesia (Mollusca). Spixiana (Munich) 30(2): 145-158 [Date published 1 Nov: * Part 4 was published in African Invertebrates 47: 23-30] [149, figs 3, 4A,C, 5A,C,E, 6A,C]

 

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Species Cryptoplax mystica Iredale & Hull, 1925

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones, and in worm holes and crevices in soft rocks.

 

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Species Cryptoplax oculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

 

Generic Combinations

 

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Species Cryptoplax royana Iredale & Hull, 1925

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

In crevices in coral rock.

 

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Species Cryptoplax striata (Lamarck, 1819)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

 

General References

Saito, H. 2004. Phylogenetic significance of the radula in chitons, with special reference to the Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Bollettino Malacologico (Supplemento 5): 83-104 [Date published 2004: publication dated 2003] [101-102]

Schwabe, E. 2009. Cryptoplax striata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386462 (Accessed on 2015-08-12)

 

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Family HEMIARTHRIDAE

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Genus Hemiarthrum Carpenter in Dall, 1876

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circumpolar sub-Antarctic.


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IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Distribution References

General References

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1985. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. Leiden : E.J. Brill/Dr W. Backhuys Vol. 1 240 pp. [200]

 

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Species Hemiarthrum setulosum Carpenter in Dall, 1876

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is., southern circumpolar (Subantarctic islands), Patagonia.


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IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Algae feeder, littoral, rock reef.

 

General References

Dall, W.H. 1876. Mollusks. In Kidder, J.H. Contributions to the natural history of Kerguelen Island, made in conjunction with the United States "Transit-of-Venus" Expedition, 1874–5, II. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 3: 42-48

Schwabe, E. 2009. Hemiarthrum setulosum Carpenter in Dall, 1876. In: MolluscaBase (2015). De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2015). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386603 (Accessed on 2015-08-19)

Simpson, R.D. 1977. The reproduction of some littoral molluscs from Macquarie Island (sub-antarctic). Marine Biology, Berlin 44: 125-142

 

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Family MOPALIIDAE

Introduction

The Mopaliidae is a small family of small to large chitons, found mainly in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. In Australian waters, with the exception of Placiphorella atlantica, species live in littoral to shallow sublittoral depths, and are usually heavily overgrown with algae. Placiphorella atlantica is a cosmopolitan, carnivorous species found on rocks and debris, in depths of 200–1700 m.

The family is characterised by insertion plates with slits on all valves, insertion plate teeth not pectinate, lack of extrapigmentary aesthetes, and girdle with hairs or bristles, never scales.

 

General References

Clark, R.N. 1994. Review of the genus Placiphorella Dall, 1879, ex Carpenter MS (Polyplacophora: Mopaliidae) with description of two new species. Veliger 37(3): 290-311

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1994. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Suborder Ischnochitonina. Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded); Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Vols 1–4. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 5 402 pp.

 

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Subfamily Mopaliinae Dall, 1889

 

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Genus Placiphorella Carpenter in Dall, 1879

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific and Pacific Oceans, North Atlantic Ocean.


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IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Macquarie Island Province (24), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

Distribution References

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Species Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

TAS, Macquarie Is., Indo-Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, usually over 1000 m in Australian waters.


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IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssal, benthic, carnivorous.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks, cobbles, boulders and debris, 200–1700 m.

 

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Genus Plaxiphora Gray, 1847

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumpolar, Indo-central-Pacific Oceans.


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IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

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Subgenus Plaxiphora (Fremblya) H. Adams, 1866

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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Species Plaxiphora (Fremblya) matthewsi Iredale, 1910

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

On sides and tops of rocks, encrusted.

 

General References

Willan, R.C. 2001. Polyplacophora. pp. 19-84 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001] (the record of this species, as Kopionella matthewsi, from New Zealand, by , is erroneous, being based on an unusual specimen of Plaxiphora caelata (Reeves, 1847))

 

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Subgenus Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) Gray, 1847

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumpolar, east-Indo-central-Pacific Oceans.


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IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

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Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) albida (Blainville, 1825)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, rock reef.

 

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Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) aurata (Spalowsky, 1795)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is., circumpolar Subantarctic.


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IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, rock reef.

 

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Species Plaxiphora (Plaxiphora) obscurella (Souverbie, 1866)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

WA, QLD, New Caledonia.


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones embedded in sand in shallow water.

 

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