Vol. 60, 2021
(update: 2021.09.03; 11.19)
A New Species of the Intertidal
Limpet Eoacmaea
(Patellogastropoda: Eoacmaeidae) from Yonaguni Island, Japan and Taiwan
Tomoyuki Nakano1,*,
Takenori Sasaki2, Takeharu Kosuge3, and Benny
K.K. Chan4
doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-68
1Seto
Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research
Centre, Kyoto University, 459 Shirahama, Nishimuro, Wakayama, 649-2211,
Japan. *Correspondence: E-mail: nakano.tomoyuki.2a@kyoto-u.ac.jp
(Nnkano)
2The University Museum, The University
of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. E-mail:
sasaki@um.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sasaki)
3Vietnam Japan University, Luu Huu Phuoc, My Dinh 1,
Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: t.kosuge@vju.ac.vn (Kosuge)
4Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica,
Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. E-mail: chankk@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Chan)
Received 28 February 2021 / Accepted
18 August 2021
Communicated by Nozawa Yoko
A
new species of intertidal limpet was identified from Yonaguni Island,
Japan and southern Taiwan in the present study and described as Eoacmaea nivea n. sp. It was
previously reported by different authors as Cellana mauritiana, or as Acmaeid
sp. in Taiwan, and as Patelloida
sp. in Yonaguni Island, Japan. Based on detailed morphological
observations and molecular analyses (COI),
E. nivea n. sp. is distinguished from other Eoacmaea species. Eoacmaea nivea
n. sp. is presently known from southern Taiwan, and a population on
Yonaguni Island, Japan that is very limited. The present study reports
a total 11 species of patellogastropod limpet species in Taiwan. The
seven species—Cellana grata, Cellana toreuma, Nipponacmea nigrans, Nipponacmea fuscoviridis, Lottia dorsuosa, Lottia luchuana, and Lottia tenuisculpta—were found in
the intertidal on rocky shores along the north to northeastern shores
of Taiwan. The five species—Cellana
radiata, Lottia luchuana,
Scutellastra flexuosa, Patelloida saccharina and E. nivea
n. sp.—can be found mostly within depressions in limestone substrate in
southeastern Taiwan. Of these, only Lottia luchuana is found throughout
Taiwan, and overall has a tropical, not warm-temperate, distribution.
Key words: Mollusca,
Gastropoda, Limestone, Biogeography, Patellogastropoda.
Citation: Nakano T, Sasaki T, Kosuge T,
Chan BKK. 2021. A new species of the intertidal limpet Eoacmaea (Patellogastropoda:
Eoacmaeidae) from Yonaguni Island, Japan and Taiwan. Zool Stud 60:68. doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-68.
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