Acanthochitona achates ( Gould, 1859 )

Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 1-40 : 29

Acanthochitona achates ( Gould, 1859)

Chiton (Acanthochaetes) achates Gould 1859: 165 .

Acanthochiton sagamicus Bergenhayn 1933: 43 , pl. 1, fig. 14.

Acanthochiton achates ; Is. Taki 1938: 360 –362, pl. 15, fig. 2, pl. 23, figs 7–11, pl. 24, figs 3–7; Xu 2008: 458.

Acanthochitona achates ; Kaas & Van Belle 1980: 1; 1998: 11; Saito 1995: 109; 1998: 161; 2000a: 23, pl. 11, fig. 9; 2000b: 102; 2001: 200, fig. 17; 2006: 217; Slieker 2000: 100, pl. 38, fig. 26; Sirenko & Saito 2017: 475 , figs 21–23, 44A.

Notoplax doederleini ; Bullock & Harper 1994: 46, pls. 13C, 14B, 15D–F, 16C–D (non Notoplax doederleini Thiele, 1909 ).

Type material. Lectotype MCZ 169031 .

Type locality. Kikaia and Hakodadi (= Hakodate) Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

Distribution. Japanese coast from southern Hokkaido to Okinawa Island; Korean coast; East China Sea Coast of China; South China Sea, Hong Kong, northern Vietnam, intertidal.

Remarks. Bullock & Harper (1994) reported this species from Hong Kong for the first time, but they identified it as Notoplax doederleini ( Thiele, 1909) . Their good description and figures show that their identification was erroneous.