WoRMS taxon details

Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886

385808  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385808)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Haddon, A. C. (1886). Report on the Polyplacophora collected by H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 15 (part 43): 1-50, pl. 1-3., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-43/README.htm
page(s): 12, pl.1, fig.2, pl.2, figs 3a–c [details] 
Type locality contained in Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note  Kerguelen Islands, Royal Sound, Balfour Bay,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality  Kerguelen Islands, Royal Sound, Balfour Bay, 49°32’N, 70°E, 108 m [details]
Depth range 2.5 to 125 m  
Depth range 2.5 to 125 m [details]

Depth range maximum depth: 2044 m  
Depth range maximum depth: 2044 m [details]

Distribution Leptochiton kerguelensis is one of the most widely distributed chitons of the Southern Ocean. It inhabits Magellan Strait,...  
Distribution Leptochiton kerguelensis is one of the most widely distributed chitons of the Southern Ocean. It inhabits Magellan Strait, Beagle Channel, Terra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, Falkland Islands, South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, west part of the Antarctic
Peninsula, the Weddell, Dumont d’ Urville, Ross seas, off Enderby Land, Kerguelen, Crozet, Bouvet, Macquarie,
Prince Edward and Gough Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton kerguelensis Haddon, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385808 on 2024-11-21
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original description Haddon, A. C. (1886). Report on the Polyplacophora collected by H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 15 (part 43): 1-50, pl. 1-3., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-43/README.htm
page(s): 12, pl.1, fig.2, pl.2, figs 3a–c [details] 

original description (of Leptochiton pagenstecheri Pfeffer, 1886) Martens, E. von & Pfeffer, G. (1886). Die Mollusken von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 3(5): 63-135, pl. 1-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7674392
page(s): 107, pl.3, figs 3a–b [details] 

basis of record Sirenko B. (2015). Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus <i>Leptochiton</i> Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4033 (2): 151-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.1
page(s): 154, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sirenko, B.I. (2006). Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Magellan Strait and Falkland Islands. Venus 65 (1-2): 81–89
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. <i>E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.</i>:
page(s): 78 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range 2.5 to 125 m [details]

Depth range maximum depth: 2044 m [details]

Distribution Leptochiton kerguelensis is one of the most widely distributed chitons of the Southern Ocean. It inhabits Magellan Strait, Beagle Channel, Terra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, Falkland Islands, South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, west part of the Antarctic
Peninsula, the Weddell, Dumont d’ Urville, Ross seas, off Enderby Land, Kerguelen, Crozet, Bouvet, Macquarie,
Prince Edward and Gough Islands [details]

Reproduction brooding species [details]

Type locality  Kerguelen Islands, Royal Sound, Balfour Bay, 49°32’N, 70°E, 108 m [details]
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