Stenoplax sonorana Berry, 1956

Reyes-Gómez, Adriana, Vargas-Ponce, Ofelia, Galván-Villa, Cristian, Salgado-Barragán, José, Esqueda-González, Ma. Del Carmen & Ríos-Jara, Eduardo, 2023, Inventory of chiton species (Polyplacophora) from the rocky intertidal of the Northern Gulf of California, with an illustrated taxonomic key, Zootaxa 5296 (2), pp. 147-178 : 156

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7982199

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scientific name

Stenoplax sonorana Berry, 1956
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Stenoplax sonorana Berry, 1956 View in CoL View at ENA

( Figures 2E View FIGURE 2 , 5F–J View FIGURE 5 )

Stenoplax (Maugerella) conspicua View in CoL (Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879: 281–344. Subespecies sonorana Berry, 1956: 71–74 View in CoL . Chresonymy and synonymy in Kaas & Van Belle (1990).

Type material. Holotype, SBMNH 34427 About SBMNH , “Berry collection 15131”.

Type locality. Puerto Peñasco , Sonora, México ( Kaas & Belle 1987) .

Material examined. 124 specimens, BL 7.1–14.3 mm.

Habitat. On large and medium–sized rocks semi–buried in sand.

Remarks. This species has a body length ranging from 35–45 mm. The tegmentum has an olive green, dark green, and gray coloration with pink eroded areas. Tegmentum strongly sculptured with concentric corrugated ribs ( Figs. 5F–H View FIGURE 5 ); the lateral areas and the tail valve are elevated showing concentric ribs that break into irregular nodules ( Figs 5G–H View FIGURE 5 ); girdle with elongated spicules ornamented with longitudinal ribs ( Fig. 5I View FIGURE 5 ); central and minor lateral teeth of the radula are elongated short plates ( Fig. 5J View FIGURE 5 ).

Kaas &Van Belle (1987) reported the distribution of this species from Guaymas to the north of the Gulf of California. In the present study, S. sonorana was found at four localities within the region (Bahía San Carlos , Bahía Kino , Puerto Peñasco and de Bahía de los Ángeles ). Only one specimen was obtained from Bahía San Carlos; however, we found numerous specimens in Puerto Peñasco and Bahía de los Ángeles.

Stenoplax sonorana along with S. circumsenta Berry, 1956 , S. fallax Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892, Stenoplax magdalenensis Hinds, 1845 , Stenoplax conspicua Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892, and S. heathiana Berry, 1946 are part of a group of large, thick chitons inhabiting the Gulf of California and the west coast of the BC peninsula up to California. This species differs from its congeners by displaying an irregular diamond–like shaped sculpture of the central areas (usually eroded in adult specimens) and by having elongated, curved dorsal girdle spicules.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Polyplacophora

Order

Chitonida

Family

Ischnochitonidae

Genus

Stenoplax

Loc

Stenoplax sonorana Berry, 1956

Reyes-Gómez, Adriana, Vargas-Ponce, Ofelia, Galván-Villa, Cristian, Salgado-Barragán, José, Esqueda-González, Ma. Del Carmen & Ríos-Jara, Eduardo 2023
2023
Loc

Stenoplax (Maugerella) conspicua

Berry, S. S. 1956: 74
Dall, W. H. 1879: 281
1879
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