First finding of a widely distributed Antarctic chiton species (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the North Pacific

Autor:	B. I. Sirenko
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	geography.geographical_feature_category biology Seamount Aquatic Science Leptochiton biology.organism_classification Pacific ocean Polyplacophora Geography Oceanography Emperor Animal Science and Zoology Chiton Large distance Mollusca Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal. 29:71-74
ISSN:	2307-7336 0136-0027
DOI:	10.35885/ruthenica.2019.29(1).3
Popis:	For the first time, the widely spread Antarctic species Leptochiton antarcticus was found at the Emperor Seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean. In spite of a large distance between the Emperor Seamounts and Antarctica, the found specimen have very similar shell, girdle, radula and gill features to the type material. I propose that L. antarcticus spread to the North Pacific from the Antarctic via a deep-water current near the ocean floor, and perhaps it inhabits the slopes of islands and continents from the South Ocean to the Emperor Seamounts.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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