Species that contain: Chalixodytes and chameleontoculis [ 2 ] records

chameleontoculis, Chalixodytes Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:890, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 9 (no. 108) (art. 114); ref. 4111] Denis Island, 3°40'S, 55°40'E, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 172. Additional material: (lost). •Possibly the same as Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz 1943 -- (Myers 1999:214 [ref. 23965]). •Valid as Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith 1957 -- (Nelson 1985:283 [ref. 5154], Nelson 1986:737 [ref. 5698], Winterbottom et al. 1989:59 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:359 [ref. 15987], Fricke 1999:463 [ref. 24106], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:468 [ref. 28239] with tauensis incorrectly as a synonym, Shibukawa 2010:64 [ref. 30806], Das et al. 2022:303 [ref. 39944]). •Synonym of Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz 1943 -- (Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:345 [ref. 28867]). Current status: Synonym of Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz 1943. Creediidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Comoros, Seychelles, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

tauensis, Chalixodytes Schultz [L. P.] 1943:263, Fig. 24 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef of Tau Island at Siulagi Point, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 116083. Paratypes: BMNH 1952.5.8.10-11 [ex USNM 116084] (2); MCZ 37273 [ex USNM 116084] (1); USNM 116084 (orig. 32, now 26 + 1 c&s), 116085 (1); ZMA 112978 [ex USNM 116084] (2). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:92 [ref. 19236]. •Wrongly as a synonym of the later Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith 1957 -- (Randall 2005:468 [ref. 28239]). •If chameleontoculis Smith 1957 is the same as tauensis Schultz 1943, then the correct name to use is tauensis. •Valid as Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz 1943 -- (Nelson 1985:283 [ref. 5154], Myers 1999:214 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:24 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Nelson 2001:3514 [ref. 26284], Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495], Fricke et al. 2009:92 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2010:64 [ref. 30806], Allen & Erdmann 2012:761 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Arndt & Fricke 2019:14 [ref. 36883]). Current status: Valid as Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz 1943. Creediidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles and western Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands and Marquesas Islands and Pitcairn Group, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.