Cryptopecten nux ( Reeve, 1853 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2013, Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Tarava Seamounts, Society Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), Zoosystema 35 (3), pp. 361-375 : 371-372

Cryptopecten nux ( Reeve, 1853)

Pecten nux Reeve, 1853 : named in unnumbered page in “ errata”.

Pecten coruscans – Reeve 1853: species 143, pl. 32, fig. 143 (not Pecten coruscans Hinds, 1845 ).

Cryptopecten nux – Dijkstra & Marshall 1997: 107 (synonymy, references, type data, distribution). — Dijkstra & Kilburn 2001: 310 , figs 50, 51 (description).— Dijkstra & Maestrati 2010: 350 ; 2012: 402 .

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

Society Islands. Tarasoc, stn DW 3413, 16˚34’S, 151˚46’W, 385-486 m, 3 lv, 2 rv; stn DW 3417, 16˚35’S, 151˚44’W, 1013-1060 m, 1 rv; stn DW 3451, 16˚53’S, 151˚21’W, 440-490 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3484, 17˚47’S, 149˚23’W, 300-650 m, 1 rv.

Tuamotu Archipelago. Tarasoc, stn DW 3363, 16˚10’S, 146˚23’W, 490-560 m, 6 lv, 2 rv; stn DW 3368, 16˚08’S, 146˚23’W, 96-300 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3369, 16˚08’S, 146˚24’W, 412 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3370, 15˚39’S, 146˚52’W, 315-340 m, 4 rv; stn DW 3371, 15˚38’S, 146˚54’W, 430-450 m, 3 lv; stn DW 3372, 15˚39’S, 146˚55’W, 326-540 m, 11 lv, 13 rv; stn DW 3373, 15˚41’S, 146˚54’W, 507-607 m, 1 lv, 4 rv; stn DW 3378, 15˚38’S, 146˚51’W, 887-890 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3379, 15˚38’S, 146˚51’W, 800 m, 1 rv; stn DW 3380, 15˚39’S, 146˚56’W, 970-1060 m, 1 lv; stn DW 3382, 15˚40’S, 146˚54’W, 285-286 m, 2 lv, 6 rv; stn DW 3385, 15˚41’S, 146˚54’W, 390-420 m, 1 lv, 5 rv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Red Sea, Oman, Kenya, Seychelles, Mozambique, Malagasy, Mauritius, eastern South Africa, Andaman Islands, southern Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, eastern and northern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, Marquesas Islands, and Austral Islands ( Dijkstra & Marshall 1997: 108; Dijkstra 2001: 93; Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 109, 110; 2010: 351). Living depth range 97- 783 m. Now also Society Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (new record), single valves at 96-1060 m (maximum depth range).

REMARKS

The present specimens are indistinguishable from the type material from the Marquesas Islands.