New, rare bathyal leptochitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the South and West Pacific
Sirenko, B. (2016). New, rare bathyal leptochitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the South and West Pacific, in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 208: pp. 25-63
In: Héros, V.; Strong, E.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (2016). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 208. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 978-2-85653-774-9. 463 + cd-rom pp., more
In: Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). Éditions du Muséum: Paris. ISSN 1243-4442; e-ISSN 1768-305X, more
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Classification > Taxonomy
Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Examination of collections from near New Caledonia, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Philippines allows the recognition of four new rare, bathyal species of Leptochiton: L. fijiensis n. sp., L. neocaledonicus n. sp., L. kantori n. sp., and L. vanuatuensis n. sp. In addition, range extensions of four known species (L. saitoi, L. japonica, L. samadiae, L. vietnamensis), and intraspecific variation in L. vietnamensis, are documented. At least two of the new species (L. kantori n. sp., L. vanuatuensis n. sp.) live and feed on sunken terrestrial plant remains. |
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