One more new species of the genus Acanthochitona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Spratly Islands
B.I. Sirenko
& N. Tai-Tu
Abstract. We describe a new species of the genus Acanthochitona Bergenhayn, 1930 from a group of small chitons inhabiting shallow waters of the South China Sea and near the Ryukyu Islands. The new species differs from others in this group in the presence of slightly flattened dorsal corpuscles with a narrow crest apically.
Key words: chitons, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, Acanthochitonidae, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2022, 31(2): 169–175 ▪ Published online 10 August 2022
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2022.31.2.169 ▪ Open full article 
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Sirenko B.I. & Nguyen Tai T. 2021. Species of the genus Acanthochitona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Zoosystematica Rossica, 30(1): 78–93. https://doi.org10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.78
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