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Issue: Vol. 5492 No. 1: 2 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.1.3
Page range: 52-70
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Chitons of the genus Cryptoplax (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Spratly Islands, South China Sea

Zoological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya nab. 1. St. Petersburg; 199034; Russia
Department of Zoology; National Museum of Nature and Science; 4-1-1 Amakubo; Tsukuba; Ibaraki; 305-0005; Japan
Joint Vietnam—Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Center; 63 Nguyen Van Huyen Road; Nghia Do; Cau Giay; Hanoi; Vietnam
Mollusca Cryptoplacidae Vietnam West Pacific new taxon taxonomy

Abstract

Four species of the polyplacophoran genus Cryptoplax were identified among chiton samples collected from the Spratly Islands (Truong Sa), South China Sea. Among them, one is described as new species C. acerocostata n. sp.. The other three species, namely, C. larvaeformis (Burrow, 1815), C. brunoi Saito, 2023, and C. burrowi (E. A. Smith, 1884), are reported for the first time from the Spratly Islands. Color and SEM photographs of their features are given for all four species.

 

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