Liomera caelata

Liomera caelata (Odhner, 1925) Liamera caelata — J Jiang and Zhou 1982: 681. Taxonomy: Odhner (1925: as Carpilodes), Takeda and Koyama (1974), Takeda (1976). Type: Holotype in NHM; paratypes in NHMD, NHM and UUZM (original text). Type locality: Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean to West Pacific: Cocos (Keeling) Islands, South China Sea, Japan, Palau, Kai and Murray Islands (Odhner 1925; Davie 2002). Habitat: Subtidal; associated with shallow coral reefs (Sakai 1976). Remarks: The only record of this reef-associated species from China and adjacent seas was that of Odhner (1925) from Macclesfield Bank in South China Sea, and no material was further reported despite decades of sampling efforts (Dai and Yang 1991; Yang et al. 2008). The only local record from musselascidian / algal zone (low intertidal zone) along Tolo Harbour presented by J. Jiang and Zhou (1982) remains uncertain. We treat it as a doubtful record.