WoRMS taxon details

Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015

862822  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862822)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Lepidopleurida (Order)
  7. Lepidopleurina (Suborder)
  8. Leptochitonidae (Family)
  9. Leptochiton (Genus)
  10. Leptochiton longibranchiae (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 171, figs 8D, 23-26 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Peru-Chile Trench, 12°29’8’’S,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Peru-Chile Trench, 12°29’8’’S, 77°32’1’’W, 560 m [details]
Etymology The name is Latin for long line of gills. This species has very extensive row of ctenidia which is
unusual for the genus...  
Etymology The name is Latin for long line of gills. This species has very extensive row of ctenidia which is
unusual for the genus Leptochiton [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptochiton longibranchiae Sirenko, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862822 on 2025-04-17
Date
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2015-10-27 18:53:11Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2021-10-13 08:12:33Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description 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): 171, figs 8D, 23-26 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (PeRMS) 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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology The name is Latin for long line of gills. This species has very extensive row of ctenidia which is
unusual for the genus Leptochiton [details]

Type locality Peru-Chile Trench, 12°29’8’’S, 77°32’1’’W, 560 m [details]
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