Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) associated with hydrothermal vents and methane seeps around Japan, with descriptions of three new species

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Fujikura, Katsunori ^b   Tsuchida, Shinji ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemosynthetic environment; Deep sea; Deshayesiella; Pacific Ocean; Placiphorella; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

LEPTOCHITON (CHITON); MOLLUSCA; PLACIPHORELLA; POLYPLACOPHORA; THERMOCHITON;

EID: 50449087305     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4003/0740-2783-25.1.113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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