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Species in the genus Paraploactis: [ 9 ] records

australiensis, Erosa Borodin [N. A.] 1932:90, Pl. 2 [Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum v. 1 (art. 3); ref. 16361] Southport, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: VMM 978 (now at AMNH) [but holotype may be at MCZ]. Paratypes: MCZ 33023 [ex VMM 978] (1). •Synonym of Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865 -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:411 [ref. 6387], Paxton et al. 1989:461 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:915 [ref. 29066]). Current status: Synonym of Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865. Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Habitat: marine.

hongkongiensis, Cocotropus Chan [W. L.] 1966:12, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 14 (nos 1-3); ref. 7950] West shore of Sharp Island, inside of Port Shelter, Hong Kong, depth 2-7 feet. Holotype: BMNH 1965.11.6.4. •Valid as Cocotropus hongkongienesis Chan 1966 -- (Poss 1999:2358 [ref. 24796]). •Tentatively valid as Paraploactis hongkongiensis (Chan 1966) -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:420 [ref. 6387]). •Valid as Paraploactis hongkongiensis (Chan 1966) -- (Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Prokofiev 2012:322 [ref. 32052]). Current status: Valid as Paraploactis hongkongiensis (Chan 1966). Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

intonsa, Paraploactis Poss [S. G.] & Eschmeyer [W. N.] 1978:414, Figs. 2, 9 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 41 (no. 18); ref. 6387] Shark Bay, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.12100-001. Paratypes: CAS 39599 [ex WAM P.5378] (1), 39600 [ex WAM P.5388-001] (1, c&s); WAM P.4714-001 (1), P.5874-001 (1), P.6069-001 (1), P.8923-001 (1), P.14683-001 (1), P.23605-001 (1), P.25840-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:17 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:18 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Paraploactis intonsa Poss & Eschmeyer 1978 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:52 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:461 [ref. 12442], Allen 1997:80 [ref. 23977], Poss 1999:2358 [ref. 24796], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:915 [ref. 29066], Prokofiev 2008:308 [ref. 29592], Prokofiev 2012:321 [ref. 32052]). Current status: Valid as Paraploactis intonsa Poss & Eschmeyer 1978. Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Australia: Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

kagoshimensis, Tetraroge Ishikawa [C.] 1904:13, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Department of Natural History, Tokyo Imperial Museum v. 1; ref. 9847] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Paraploactis kagoshimensis (Ishikawa 1904) -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:416 [ref. 6387], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:319 [ref. 6441], Poss 1999:2358 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:601 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:68 [ref. 25480], Nakabo 2002:601 [ref. 26001], Randall 2005:130 [ref. 28239], Prokofiev 2008:308 [ref. 29592], Prokofiev 2012:332 [ref. 32052], Kimura & Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:83 [ref. 36460]). Current status: Valid as Paraploactis kagoshimensis (Ishikawa 1904). Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. northern Vietnam, southern China and Taiwan to Japan. Habitat: marine.

lichen, Aploactis De Vis [C. W.] 1884:461 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4898] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.75. •Synonym of Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865 -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:411 [ref. 6387], Paxton et al. 1989:461 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:915 [ref. 29066]). Current status: Synonym of Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865. Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Habitat: marine.

obbesi, Coccotropus Weber [M.] 1913:503, Figs. 104-105 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] North Ubiani Island, Sulu Archipelago, Siboga station 99, 6°7.5'N, 120°26'E, depth 16-23 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMA 110243. Original genus name should have been Cocotropus. •Tentatively valid as Paraploactis obbesi (Weber 1913) -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:419 [ref. 6387], Poss 1999:2358 [ref. 24796], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Randall 2005:130 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Paraploactis obbesi (Weber 1913) -- (Prokofiev 2008:308 [ref. 29592] but misspelled once as abbesi, Allen & Erdmann 2012:253 [ref. 31980], Prokofiev 2012:328 [ref. 32052]). Current status: Valid as Paraploactis obbesi (Weber 1913). Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

pulvinus, Paraploactis Poss [S. G.] & Eschmeyer [W. N.] 1978:413, Figs. 2, 8 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 41 (no. 18); ref. 6387] Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.25528-001. Paratypes: CAS 39680 (1); QM I.12410 (1); WAM P.20123-001 (1), P.23735-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:17 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:18 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Paraploactis pulvinus Poss & Eschmeyer 1978 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:461 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2358 [ref. 24796], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:915 [ref. 29066], Prokofiev 2010:718 [ref. 31093], Prokofiev 2012:321 [ref. 32052]). Current status: Valid as Paraploactis pulvinus Poss & Eschmeyer 1978. Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

taprobanensis, Aniculerosa Whitley [G. P.] 1933:101 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 4677] South of Adam's Bridge, Sri Lanka. No types known. Based on specimens identified as Aploactis aspersa in Johnstone 1904:2-2, 219 [ref. 15187]. •Tentatively valid as Paraploactis taprobanensis (Whitley 1933) -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:419 [ref. 6387]). •Valid as Paraploactis taprobanensis (Whitley 1933) -- (Prokofiev 2012:321 [ref. 32052]). Current status: Valid as Paraploactis taprobanensis (Whitley 1933). Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Sri Lanka and southwest India. Habitat: marine.

trachyderma, Paraploactis Bleeker [P.] 1865:169 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 411] Australia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5892. •Valid as Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865 -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:411 [ref. 6387], Paxton et al. 1989:461 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:106 [ref. 23929], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Poss 1999:2358 [ref. 24796], Johnson 1999:728 [ref. 25471], Johnson 2004:181 [ref. 27781], Allen et al. 2006:915 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2011:380 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:86 [ref. 32988]). •Valid as Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865, as aff. trachyderma -- (Prokofiev 2008:310 [ref. 29592], Prokofiev 2012:321 [ref. 32052]). Current status: Valid as Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865. Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.