Belknapchiton australis Sirenko, 2023, n. sp. ...

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Author: Sirenko, Boris
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Polyplacophora; Lepidopleurida; Leptochitonidae; Belknapchiton; Belknapchiton australis; Southern Ocean; New Zealand
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8247042; https://zenodo.org/record/8247042

Belknapchiton australis n. sp. (Figures 7C, D, 19–22) Leptochiton cf. opiparus Sirenko 2020: 426, figs. 32–35, 44A, B. Belknapchiton sp.; Sirenko et al. 2022: 104. Type material. Holotype (TMAG, E 45530), now disarticulated consisting of SEM stub of valves I, II, IV, V, VIII, part of perinotum and radula, mount of part of perinotum and vial with other valves. Type locality. Australia, S Tasmania slope, 44.2012°S, 146.1992°E, 1050–1230 m. Material examined. New Zealand , Kermadec Islands, NNE of Herald Islets, Raoul Island, 29°12.00’S, 177°49.30’W, R/ V Acheron, stn 1973312, 1188–1225 m, 1 spm (NMNZ M 222132) BL 16.0 mm, 05.04.1973; Australia , S Tasmania slope, 44.2012°S, 146.1992°E, 1050–1230 m Southern Surveyor stn 50 Lot 50, Sherman sled, CSIRO, holotype (TMAG, E 45527) BL 13.0 mm, 06.04.2007. Etymology. From the Latin australis , south. Distribution. Southern Ocean, Off Tasmania and Kermadec Islands, 1188–1225 m. Diagnosis. Animal rather small, elevated, valves rather long, arched, not beaked, tail ... : Published as part of Sirenko, Boris, 2023, A small collection of rare and new chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, pp. 359-392 in Zootaxa 5325 (3) on pages 374-378, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8247001 ...