Cryptopecten nux ( Reeve, 1853 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2012, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 389-408 : 402-403

Cryptopecten nux ( Reeve, 1853)

Pecten coruscans – Reeve 1853: sp. 143, pl. 32, fig. 143 (not Pecten coruscans Hinds, 1845 [erroneously determined]).

Pecten nux Reeve, 1853 : errata (correctly determined).

Cryptopecten nux – Raines & Poppe 2006: 314, pl. 276, figs 1-8 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution). — Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 109 (distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Marquesas Islands. Nukuhiva, 13 m, lectotype spm ( NHMUK 1950.11.14.52 ), designated by Wagner (1989: 56) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn EP01, 15°32.5’S, 167°09.0’E, 46-47 m, 2 rv. — Stn AT02, 15°32.5’-32.6’S, 167°16.1’- 16.5’E, 160-175 m, 1 lv, 5 rv. — Stn AT06, 15°38.2’S, 167°02.2’E, 140-167 m, 1 rv.— Stn EP10, 15°34.5’-38.0’S, 167°05.1’-13.6’E, 45-101 m, 1 spm, 1 lv, 2 rv. — Stn AT13, 15°27.8’S, 167°15.7’E, 146-153 m, 1 spm, 1 lv, 3 rv. — Stn AT14, 15°23.7’-24.0’S, 167°12.9’-13.5’E, 102-120 m, 1 spm, 5 lv. — Stn AT17, 15°39.9’S, 167°02.0’E, 267-270 m, 1 lv. — Stn EP19, 15°37.5’- 38.0’S, 167°05.1’-05.6’E, 80-94 m, 1 spm, 3 lv, 3 rv.— Stn EP22, 15°37.3’-37.4’S, 167°05.8’-06.0’E, 78-91 m, 3 lv, 1 rv. — Stn AT23, 15°27.0’S, 167°16.1’E, 176-210 m, 2 rv.— Stn ZS27, 15°35.0’S, 167°07.7’E, 3-15 m, 1 lv. — Stn EP28, 15°38.0’S, 167°05.0’E, 90-110 m, 1 spm, 2 rv. — Stn EP35, 15°34.9’-35.1’S, 167°13.9’-14.1’E, 10-51 m, 1 lv, 2 rv. — Stn AT36, 15°21.5’S, 167°12.3’E, 53-59 m, 6 lv, 4 rv. — Stn AT37, 15°22.5’S, 167°12.6’E, 72-82 m, 1 spm, 11 lv, 14 rv. — Stn AT46, 15°37.7’S, 167°05.3’E, 92-104 m, 3 lv, 5 rv. — Stn AT65, 15°40.3’S, 167°15.9’E, 160-167 m, 1 lv, 8 rv.— Stn AT67, 15°39.0’S, 167°15.8’E, 201-212 m, 2 rv. — Stn AT74, 15°37.0’- 37.2’S, 167°09.7’-09.9’E, 50-64 m, 2 lv, 2 rv. — Stn AT76, 15°38.7’S, 167°03.6’E, 105-135 m, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Stn DS93, 15°33.6’S, 167°16.5’E, 100 m, 1 rv. — Stn DS99, 15°32.5’S, 167°16.9’E, 100-105 m, 1 rv. — Stn DS102, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 98-100 m, 1 rv. — Stn DS103, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 70-80 m, 1 lv. — Stn DS104, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 10-80 m, 1 lv. — Stn DS105, 15°33.0’S, 167°16.7’E, 92 m, 2 lv, 3 rv. — Stn AT114, 15°33.4’S, 167°16.4’E, 148-166 m, 1 rv .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific from eastern South Africa and the Red Sea to southern Japan, throughout the South Pacific to the Austral Islands and Marquesas ( Dijkstra & Marshall 1997: 108; Dijkstra 2001: 93; Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 109-110), from depths of 82- 783 m.