Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth 1949

Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth

Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth, 1949:287–289, fig. 41a–g.—Stock, 1954:94–95, fig. 44.—Utimoni, 1962:97–99, fig. 4; 1971:329.

Achelia ohshimai Utinomi, 1951:163–166, fig. 2; 1954:18–20, fig. 8; 1965:336, fig. 20; 1971:330 [new synonymy].

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Sagami Bay: Nabeta Bay, 22 Dec 1970 (1 juv); 19 Nov 1971 (1 juv); 8 Aug 1972 (1 juv); 15 Aug 1972 (1). Off Shimoda, 18 Aug 1973 (1).

Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth

Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth, 1949:287–289, fig. 41a–g.—Slock, 1954b: 94–95, fig. 44.—Nakamura and Child, 1983:6–7 [literature].—Kim, 1984:537, fig. 6a–i.—Kim and Hong, 1986:46.—Nakamura, 1987:18–19, pl. 16.—Hong and Kim, 1987:141.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—HONSHU: Sagami Bay, off Kisami, Dec 1981 (1, 3, 3 juv); 27 Jul 1982 (1); 37–40 m, 23 Aug 1982 (2, 1). Off Shimoda, 30 m, 17 Aug 1973 (1). Aburatsubo, Miura Peninsula, 10 Aug 1984 (1, 1, 8 juv). Shirahama, Izu Peninsula, spring 1984 (1 with eggs, 2, 1 juv). Omaezaki, Shizuoka, autumn 1984 (1 with eggs). Chiba Prefecture, off Kominato, 5 m, 15 Aug 1984 (2, 1); 4 Feb 1986 (1 juv); 23 Feb 1986 (1 juv).

DISTRIBUTION.—This species is found from off northern Hokkaido to central Honshu and around the coasts of South Korea in depths from the littoral to 75 meters.

Corallines, shore

intertidal to shelf