Document of bibliographic reference 339847
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- Bibliographic resource
- Type of document
- Journal article
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- Title
- A new species of Leptochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from shallow water of the Andaman Sea
- Abstract
- A new chiton species, Leptochiton myeikensis n. sp. is described from the southern Myeik (Mergui) Islands, Andaman Sea, Myanmar. This is the fifth species of the genus Leptochiton from tropical shallow waters. The new species is distinguishable from other congeners by the sculptures of tegmentum and girdle scales, and shape of the radula teeth.
- Bibliographic citation
- Saito, H.; Aung, M.M. (2021). A new species of Leptochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from shallow water of the Andaman Sea. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A 47(2): 55-63. https://dx.doi.org/10.50826/bnmnszool.47.2_55
- Topic
- Marine
- Is peer reviewed
- true
- Access rights
- open access
- Is accessible for free
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Authors
- author
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- Name
- Hirorshi Saito
- author
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- Name
- Mu Aung
thesaurus terms
- term
- New species (term code: 5548 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)