Meloscaphander grandis (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea), a deep-water species from the North Pacific: Redescription and taxonomic remarks

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: CHABAN, ELENA M., EKIMOVA, IRINA A., SCHEPETOV, DIMITRY M., CHERNYSHEV, ALEXEI V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2019
• Subjects: Mollusca; Scaphandridae; Scaphander; Meloscaphander; morphology; taxonomy; North Pacific; phylogeny; Pacific; Spire The; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4646.2.12; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4646.2.12

Meloscaphander grandis is a little-known species missing from databases and papers on taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Scaphandridae. This species is redescribed herein, based on the type specimen and specimens from the abyssal plain adjacent to the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. A phylogene...