Species Craspedochiton laqueatus (Sowerby, 1842)

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Species Craspedochiton laqueatus (Sowerby, 1842)

Chiton laqueatus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1842. Descriptions of four species of the genus Chiton, brought by H. Cuming, Esq., from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 103-104 [104].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 198807/1–5 5 specimens, Calapan, Mindoro, Philippines.
Angasia tetrica Carpenter, P.P. in Pilsbry, H.A. 1893. Monograph of the Polyplacophora. In Tryon, G.W. Manual of Conchology. Academy of Sciences : Philadelphia Series Vol. 14. i-xxxiv 129-350 pls 31-68 [pl. 61 figs 27-32].
Type data:
Status unknown, (whereabouts of types (if any) unknown), Ceylon.
Angasia tetrica calculosa Carpenter, P.P. in Pilsbry, H.A. 1892. Monograph of the Polyplacophora. In Tryon, G.W. Manual of Conchology. Academy of Sciences : Philadelphia Series Vol. 14. i-xxxiv 129-350 pls 31-68 [288].
Type data:
Status unknown, (whereabouts of types (if any) unknown), locality unknown.
Acanthochites aberrans Odhner, N.H. 1919. Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(6): 1-52 [Date published 29 Dec 1919] [22].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM, Majunga, Madagascar.
Craspedochiton jaubertensis Ashby, E. 1924. Further notes on Australian Polyplacophora with descriptions of three new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 48: 323-327 pl. 31 [326].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D11234, off Cape Jaubert, WA.
Notoplax rottnestensis Ashby, E. 1929. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. No. II. Polyplacophora. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15: 47-54 [Date published 27 Mar. 1929] [47].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D12565 3 valves (remainder of holotype in WAM (12885)), Bathurst Point, Rottnest Is., WA.
Paratype(s) NMV F16718 1 specimen, Bathurst point, Rottnest Is., WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [106]
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 the types indicates that Craspedochiton jaubertensis and Notoplax rottnestensis are also synonyms of this species)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

WA, Indo-west Pacific. South Africa to Japan

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Preys on small crustaceans, particularly isopods.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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		04-Sep-2014	MODIFIED

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