Leptochiton wui Sirenko 2018, n. sp. ...
Zenodo, 2018
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Leptochiton wui n. sp. (Figs 26–28, 36B, C) Type material. Holotype (MNHN IM-2000-33788) now disarticulated consisting of SEM stub of valves I, IV, V, VIII, part of perinotum and radula, mount of part of perinotum and radula and vial with other valves. Type locality. Taiwan, off Tashi, 24°35.1’N, 122°05.8’E, 221 m (Fishing Boat “ Chung Tung Long N26 ”, “ TAIWAN 2000”, stn CP58, 04.08.2000). Etymology. Named in honour of Dr. Shi-Kuei Wu (UCM) who has studied chitons of Taiwan and Japan. Material examined. Known only from the holotype. Distribution. Near Taiwan, 221 m. Diagnosis. Animal of small size, lowly elevated, valves carinated, not beaked, mucro of tail valve anterior, lateral areas of intermediate valves not raised, tegmentum of central areas of intermediate valves and antemucronal areas of tail valve sculptured with longitudinal rows of small granules, tegmentum of head valve, lateral and postmucronal areas sculptured with radial rows of small granules, each granule with 7–9 aesthetes, dorsal scales ... : Published as part of Sirenko, Boris, 2018, Taiwanese deep-water chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and survey of chiton fauna of Taiwan, pp. 301-344 in Zootaxa 4422 (3) on pages 322-325, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1253051 ...