Lepidozona coreanica (Reeve, 1847)

(Fig. 2D)

Chiton coreanicus Reeve 1847a: 24; 1847b: pl. 26, fig. 128.

Lepidozona coreanica; Is. Taki 1938: 376; 1962: 41; Huang & Xu 1964: 7; Iw. Taki 1964b: 409; Kaas & Van Belle 1980: 31; 1998: 52; Bullock & Harper 1994: 12, pls. 1B, 2C, D, 3B 4E; Saito 1995: 105; 1998: 152; 2000: 15, pl. 7, fig. 25; 2006: 211; 2017: 49, 733, pl. 5, fig. 12; Ma 2004: 5, pl. 2, fig. C; Xu 2008: 457; Zhang et al. 2015: 99, fig. 4; Zhang et al. 2016: 12, fig. 12.

Lepidozona (Lepidozona) coreanicus; Van Belle 1980: 33, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Lepidozona (Lepidozona) coreanica; Van Belle 1982: 470; Kaas & Van Belle 1987: 225, fig. 102, map 43 (bibliography and synonymy); Dell’Angelo et al. 1990: 37.

Type material. Lectotype (BMNH 1986. 136/1), designated by Kaas & Van Belle 1987. Type locality. Korean Archipelago. Material examined. South China Sea, Hainan Island, stn. 2, 20°09’36’’N, 110°41′17’’E, depth 1–3 m, on stones, 5 spms, BL 11.0–24.0 mm, 13.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko, S. Grebelniy. Distribution. Japan, Korea, Qingdao, Hong Kong, Hainan, Beibu Gulf (Gulf of Tongkin) (Cat Ba Island). Remarks. This is the first record of L. coreanica from Hainan Island.