Mipus sugitanii Kosuge 1985
Creators: name: Oliverio, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricidae
Mipus
Mipus sugitanii

description: <i>Mipus sugitanii</i> Kosuge, 1985 Figs 135, 136, 194 <i>Mipus sugitanii</i> Kosuge, 1985: 47, pl. 16, figs 6, 11-12. <b>FIGS 127-141</b>. Teleoconchs of <i>Mipus</i>. <b>127</b>, <b>128</b>, <i>M. isosceles</i> (Barnard, 1959), BORDAU 1 stn DW 1497, H 8.2 mm. <b>129</b>, <b>130</b>, <i>M</i>. <i>boucheti</i> n. sp., holotype MNHN 20239, MUSORSTOM 8 stn CP 1018, H 13.0 mm. <b>131</b>, <i>Flabellum pavoninum</i> var. <i>coalitum,</i> MUSORSTOM 8 stn CP 1018, H 20 mm. <b>132</b>, <i>M. boucheti</i> n. sp., paratype MNHN 20240, MUSORSTOM 8 stn DW 1016, H 12.6 mm. <b>133</b>, <i>M. matsumotoi</i> Kosuge, 1985, VOLSMAR stn DW 37, H 29.0 mm. <b>134</b>, <i>M. mamimarumai</i> (Kosuge 1981), MUSORSTOM 6 stn DW 468, H 13.2 mm. <b>135</b>, <b>136</b>, <i>M. sugitanii</i> Kosuge, 1985. <b>135</b>, BERYX 11 stn CP 22, H 22.2 mm; <b>136</b>, VOLSMAR stn DW 38, H 11. mm. <b>137</b>, <i>M. tonganus</i> n. sp., holotype MNHN 20244, BORDAU 2 stn DW 1589, H 11.9 mm; <b>138</b>, <b>139</b>, <i>M. alis</i> n. sp. <b>138</b>, holotype MNHN 20241,BORDAU 2 stn DW 1631,H 16.8 mm; <b>139</b>, paratype MNHN 20243,BORDAU 2 stn DW 1543,H 19 mm. <b>140</b>, <i>M. coriolisi</i> Kosuge &amp; Oliverio, 2004, holotype MNHN 2210, MUSORSTOM 5 stn 341, H 22.7 mm. <b>141</b>, <i>M. tortuosus</i> (Azuma, 1961), MUSORSTOM 4 stn CP 201, H 42.2 mm. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype TA 1930, figured by Kosuge &amp; Suzuki (1985: pl. 25, fig. 6) and Higo <i>et al.</i> (2001: 67 G2427). TYPE LOCALITY. — Tosa Bay, “± 180 m ” (Higo <i>et al</i>. 1999: 218), K&amp;omacr;chi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — <b>Coral Sea</b>. MUSORSTOM 5: stn 258, <b>Loyalty Ridge</b>. VOLSMAR: stn DW 38, 22°22’S, 168°44’E, 380- Banc Capel, 25°33’S, 159°46’E, 300 m, 4 dd; stn 255, 25° 15’S, 420 m, 1 dd (Fig. 136). — MUSORSTOM 6: stn DW 459, 21°01’S, 159°55’E, 280-295 m, 1 dd; stn 296, 23°13’S, 159°36’E, 278 m, 167°31’E, 425 m, 1 lv. 2 dd. <b>Vanuatu</b>. MUSORSTOM 8: stn DW 978, 19°23’S, 169°27’E, 408- <b>New Caledonia proper</b>. BATHUS 2: stn DW 724, Ile des Pins, 413 m, 1 dd. 22°48’S, 167°26’E, 344-358 m, 2 dd; stn DW 730, 23°03’S, <b>Fiji</b>. BORDAU 1: stn DW 1417, 16°27’E, 178°55’W, 353 m, 1 dd; 166°58’E, 397-400 m, 2 dd. stn DW 1497, 18°44’E, 178°25’W, 335-350 m, 1 dd. <b>Norfolk Ridge</b>. CHALCAL 2: stn DW 69, 24°44’S, 168°08’E, 260 <b>Tonga</b>. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1607, 22°15’S, 175°23’W, 356-367 m, 1 dd (Fig. 194). — BERYX 11: stn CP 22, 22°44’S, 168°07’E, m, 1 dd; stn DW 1628, 23°22’S, 176°18’W, 400-416 m, 3 dd, 1 490-510 m, 1 dd (Fig. 135). — BATHUS 3: stn DW 827, Banc Ju- dd juv; stn DW 1634, 21°45’S, 175°20’W, 321-322 m, 1 dd; stn meau Ouest, 23°22’S, 168°01’E, 381-469 m, 1 dd; stn DW 829, DW 1635, 21°44’S, 175°20’W, 320-323 m, 1 dd. 23°21’S, 168°02’E, 386-390 m, 1 dd. DISTRIBUTION. — Pacific: Japan “from Kii Peniunsula to Tosa Bay in 150-200 m deep” (Tsuchiya 2000). Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge, Loyalty Ridge, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga, empty shells in 260-490 m, live in 425 m. First record in the southwest Pacific. REMARKS. — The holotype of <i>Mipus sugitanii</i> lacks the protoconch. There are two species in the southwest Pacific with almost identical teleoconchs but that differ in their protoconchs. The holotype of <i>M. sugitanii</i> could belong to either of these species. I provisionally refer all the present material, with the more common, planktotrophic type of development, to <i>M. sugitanii</i>, pending resolution of this issue. The other species, with a paucispiral protoconch, is <i>M. tonganus</i> n. sp. (described below). Multispiral protoconch of 2.8 conical whorls, 720 Μm high, 710 Μm wide at the base. Protoconch-I of about 0.8 whorls, sculptured with pustules over the entire surface. Protoconch-II of about 2 whorls, with 2 spiral keels, and sculptured with a series of subsutural threads and a series of similar threads over each keel; a diffuse granulation is present in the interspaces, with granules often fused to give rise to a series of prosocline threadlets between the second abapical keel and the suture.
description: Published as part of <i>Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, pp. 481-586 in Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196</i> on pages 565-566
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