Revision of Chilean bathyal chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) associated with cold-seeps, including description of a new species of Leptochiton (Leptochitonidae)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-55

  Schwabe, Enrico ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^b,c  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Cold seeps; Deep water; Pacific Ocean; Polyplacophora; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; BATHYAL ZONE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP; DEEP WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METHANE; MOLLUSC; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

LEPIDOZONA (POLYPLACOPHORA); LEPTOCHITON (CHITON); LEPTOCHITON BELKNAPI; LEPTOCHITONIDAE; MOLLUSCA; PLACIPHORELLA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 77953612143     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-009-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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