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Species in the genus Chitonotus: [ 2 ] records

megacephalus, Chitonotus Lockington [W. N.] 1879:70 [Mining and Scientific Press. An illustrated journal of mining, popular sciences and general news v. 39 (no. 5) 2 Aug.; ref. 20591] San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: CAS (3, lost in 1906). Also appeared in Lockington 1881:142 [ref. 2819]. •Synonym of Chitonotus pugetensis (Steindachner 1876). Current status: Synonym of Chitonotus pugetensis (Steindachner 1876). Psychrolutidae. Habitat: marine.

pugetensis, Artedius Steindachner [F.] 1876:181 [133], Pl. 14 (fig. 2-2a) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Fox Island near near Steilacom, northern Puget Sound; also San Francisco. Syntypes: (several) NMW 6795-96 (2, 3), 11662-66 (4, 2, 2, 2, 1), 11668 (1), 14783-84 (1, 1), 59720 (?), 75544 (1). On p. 133 of separate. •Valid as Chitonotus pugetensis (Steindachner 1876) -- (Bolin 1944:19 [ref. 6379], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:164 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:388 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:196 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:437 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:118 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:85 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32709], Pietsch & Orr 2015:39 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:166 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:65 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:119 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:185 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chitonotus pugetensis (Steindachner 1876). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico). Habitat: marine.