A small collection of rare and new chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

A collection of rare, mainly deep-sea species of chitons collected from South Australia, Tasmania and Heard Island has been processed. In the materials there was a second find of Belknapchiton opiparus, which made it possible to significantly supplement the previous descriptions of this species. For...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: SIRENKO, BORIS
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2023
Subjects:
Mollusca
Chitons
taxonomy
new species
deep water
South Australia
Macquarie
Heard Island
New Zealand
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5325.3.3
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Summary:A collection of rare, mainly deep-sea species of chitons collected from South Australia, Tasmania and Heard Island has been processed. In the materials there was a second find of Belknapchiton opiparus, which made it possible to significantly supplement the previous descriptions of this species. For the first time, species of genus Stenosemus have been found for Australia and Macquarie Island. Two new species (Leptochiton australis n. sp. and Belknapchiton gowlettholmesae n. sp.) have been described. A high degree of endemism of the faunas of chitons of the family Leptochitonidae of Australia and New Zealand has been confirmed.

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