First revision of the apodid holothurian genus Patinapta Heding, 1928 (Synaptidae) in Japanese waters, with establishment of four new species from Kyushu Island and Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan Author Yamana, Yusuke Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History (WMNH), Invertebrate Specimen House, Funo 370 - 1, Kainan, Wakayama 642 - 0001, Japan Author Hirashima, Kentarou Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History (WMNH), 1 Room Curators Head Office, Funo 370 - 1, Kainan, Wakayama 642 - 0001, Japan Author Sato, Masanori Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890 - 0065, Japan & Present address: 5233 Hiramatsu, Aira, Kagoshima 899 - 5652, Japan Author Yamamori, Luna Seto Marine biological laboratory (SMBL) of Kyoto University, 459, Shirahama, Wakayama 649 - 2211, Japan text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-13 5569 1 1 54 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.1 journal article 307817 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.1 e18dbbc9-ecbb-4d21-8b14-198f588ed3dd 1175-5326 14703528 96194340-054D-49C0-BD89-D47899BCAF14

TABLE 5. List of the WMNH-INV specimens of Patinapta taiwaniensis as of 2024.

WMNH-INV No.	Locality (arranged under north to south)	Collectors (Date)
	Kyushu Island
2021-INV-542–593	Osato-gawa, Ichiki-Kushikino City, Kagoshima	M. S. (March. 21, 1992)
	Ryukyu Islands
2022-INV-185–187 2015-INV-1470, 1471 2015-INV-1476 2016-INV-236–253	Mangrove flat in Kiire, Yoron-jima Island, Kagoshima Araha beach, Chatan, Okinawa Kitanashiro beach, Itoman City, Okinawa Sesoko-jima Island, Motobu, Okinawa	M. S. (May 23, 1997) Y. Y. (September 14, 2015) Y. Y. (September 15, 2015) Y. Y. (February 10–12, 2016)
Kyushu Island
2015-INV-123–127 2024-INV-187	Yokaku Bay, Amakusa City, Kumamoto Hirose-gawa, Hondo, Amakusa City, Kumamoto	S. M. (May 4, 1996) Nishikawa, T. (September 27, 2003)
Ryukyu Islands
2015-INV-105, 106 2015-INV-108	Akasaki beach, Yoron-jima Island, Kagoshima Akasaki beach, Yoron-jima Island, Kagoshima	S. M. (May 28, 1994) S. M. (May 28, 1994)
Kyushu Island
2024-INV-152 2024-INV-156, 157	Yasaka-gawa, Kitsuki City, Oita Imari Bay, Imari City, Saga	Nishikawa, T. (July 2, 2004) Nishikawa, T. (April 24, 2002)
Shikoku Island
2024-INV-162–163	Uranouchi Bay, Suzaki City, Kochi	Nishikawa, T. (September 27, 2003)
Ryukyu Islands
2024-INV-181, 182 2015-INV-108	Urauchi Bay, Kamikoshiki-jima Island, Kagoshima Akasaki beach, Yoron-jima Island, Kagoshima	Nishikawa, T. (March 15, 2003) S. M. (May 28, 1994)
	Kyushu Island
2024-INV-193, 194	Nagaura-higata, Amakusa City, Kumatomo	Nishikawa, T. (April 30, 2003)
2022-INV-154	Iso beach, Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima	Iwakiri, T. (July 17, 2019)
2024-INV-181, 182	Urauchi bay, Kamikoshiki-jima Island, Kagoshima	Nishikawa, T. (March 15, 2003)
	Yaeyama Islands in the Ryukyu Islands
2021-INV-942–946	Nagura Bay, Ishigaki-jima Island, Okinawa	Kimura, T. (August 28, 2001)
2021-INV-972–991	Kabira Bay, Ishigaki-jima Island, Okinawa	Kimura, T. (August 28, 2001)