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

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

Chiton (Chitonellus) burrowi Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [85].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH, QLD; BMNH 1881.11.1.100 1 specimen, Port Molle, QLD; BMNH 1992053 4 specimens, Port Molle, QLD.
Cryptoplax hartmeyeri Thiele, J. 1911. Polyplacophora. In, Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungreise 1905. Vol. 3 pp. 397–406 pl. 6. Jena : Gustav Fischer. [405].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Outer Bar, Surf Point, Shark Bay, WA.
Cryptoplax mjoebergi Bergenhayn, J.R.M. 1933. Eine neue Cryptoplax-Art aus dem ostendischen Inselmeer. Zoologischer Anzeiger 104: 147-161 [157].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, East Indies.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R.A. 1998. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Leiden : Backhuys 204 pp. [36]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

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

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

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

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, NE coast
Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, rock reef, sublittoral.

History of changes

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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