Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes 2010 ...

• Main Authors: Sirenko, Boris, Sellanes, Javier
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Polyplacophora; Lepidopleurida; Leptochitonidae; Leptochiton; Leptochiton laurae; Kerguelen; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5673838; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5673838

Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010 (Figs 1 E, F, 9–11) Type material. Holotype (ZSM Mol 20070760). Type locality. Chile, off Concepcion, 36°22.19’S, 73°43.36’W, 846 m. Material examined. Off Chile, RV AGOR Vidal Gormáz, st. VGO7-02, AGT-04, 34.4284– 34.4267°S, 72.2309 –72.2247°W, 922–949 m, 1 spm, BL— 10.5 mm, 30.09.2007; RV Melville st. INSPIRE, AGT-2_583, 46.54115°S, 75.35997°W, 497–574 m depth, 1 spm (ZISP 2276) BL—9.5, 6 spms (SCBUCN 4138), BL—9.5–15.0 mm, 0 6.03. 2010; st. INSPIRE, AGT-1_594, 46.55216°S, 75.34852°W, 460 m depth, 1 spm (SCBUCN 4139), BL— 8 mm, 06.03.2010; INSPIRE, AGT-3_ 533 m, 36.22523°S, 73.43115°W, 724 m depth, 8 spms (SCBUCN 4140), BL—11.0–15.0 mm, 0 9.03.2010. Distribution. Off Chile, from 34.4284°S to the Magellan Strait and Beagle Channel, South Orkney, South Shetland, Kerguelen and Crozet Islands, 88–1200 m. The present report extends the previously known distribution of this species. Amended description. Specimen 10.0 x 4.9 mm. Valves thick, rounded, moderately ... : Published as part of Sirenko, Boris & Sellanes, Javier, 2016, Update of the genus Leptochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in Chilean deep waters: three new reports and description of two new species, pp. 259-279 in Zootaxa 4173 (3) on pages 264-271, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/159369 ...