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depth.
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FD9C1060FD58FA09" box="[579,704,1390,1415]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. belknapi</emphasis>
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30972),
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FC591060FB98FA09" box="[902,1024,1390,1415]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. alveolus</emphasis>
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[(2 spms from the Norwegian Sea, 2 spms from Newfoundland Bank, 1 spm from off Vineyard (
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602353)], two
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of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FB6D109BFAA5FA25" box="[1202,1341,1428,1451]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. giganteus</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FEDD10B8FE3CFA41" box="[258,420,1462,1487]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. halistreptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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10932);
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of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FD2310B8FBB3FA41" box="[764,1067,1462,1487]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. halistreptus abbreviatus</emphasis>
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(
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223498);
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of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FA5A10B8FF7EFA7D" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. opacus</emphasis>
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(
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);
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<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA151C35FD9E10D3FD49FA7D" box="[577,721,1500,1523]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FD9E10D3FD49FA7D" box="[577,721,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. japonicus</emphasis>
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(
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<date id="FF9F100CBA151C35FC9710D4FC39FA7D" box="[840,929,1499,1523]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" value="38-10-20">102038</date>
);
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of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FB9010D3FB5AFA7D" box="[1103,1218,1498,1523]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. luridus</emphasis>
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(
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109027),
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of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FEC110F0FE31F999" box="[286,425,1534,1559]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. farallonis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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109025) and
<typeStatus id="549A886EBA151C35FD7A10F1FC9FF999" box="[677,775,1534,1559]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FCF310F0FC5EF998" box="[812,966,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. mesogonus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED30AE09BA151C35FC0B10F0FBBFF999" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[980,1063,1535,1559]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">USNM</collectionCode>
109019)].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9E36CCBA151C35FF18132DFDCDF9D1" blockId="3.[151,1436,1318,2027]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FF18132DFDB2F9B5" bold="true" box="[199,554,1570,1595]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Peruvian and Chilean record.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3DBA151C35FDEE132DFC90F9B5" author="Sellanes" box="[561,776,1570,1595]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" refString="Sellanes, J., Quiroga, E. &amp; Gallardo, V. A. (2004) First direct evidence of methane seepage and associated chemosynthetic communities in the bathyal zone off Chile. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84, 1065 - 1066. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315404010422 h" type="journal article" year="2004">
Sellanes
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FD4A132BFD55F9B5" box="[661,717,1570,1595]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">et al.</emphasis>
2004
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, (as
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FCE4132DFC59F9B5" box="[827,961,1570,1595]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Leptochiton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.) and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3DBA151C35FBF0132DFACDF9B5" author="Schwabe" box="[1071,1365,1570,1595]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" refString="Schwabe, E. &amp; Sellanes, J. (2010) Revision of Chilean bathyal chitons Mollusca: Polyplacophora) associated with cold-seeps, including description of a new species of Leptochiton (Leptochitonidae). Organisms Diversity &amp; Evolution, 10 (1), 31 - 55. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 009 - 0002 - 6" type="journal article" year="2010">Schwabe &amp; Sellanes 2010</bibRefCitation>
(from off
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,
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to off
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,
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33B6547BA151C35FF181365FB8FF928" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B9E36CCBA151C35FF181365FB8FF928" blockId="3.[151,1436,1318,2027]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FF181365FEF8F90D" bold="true" box="[199,352,1642,1667]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Distribution.</emphasis>
Wide spread species, inhabits the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea to North and South Americas Pacific waters southwards to
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,
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.
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<subSubSection id="C33B6547BA151C32FF1813BDFB29FE06" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="155" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B9E36CCBA151C32FF1813BDFB29FE06" blockId="3.[151,1436,1318,2027]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,151,392]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="155" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FF1813BDFEA3F945" bold="true" box="[199,315,1714,1739]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Remarks.</emphasis>
Studied material showed that several species which were synonymized with
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FB4113BBFA84F945" box="[1182,1308,1714,1739]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. belknapi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3DBA151C35FA9813BCFEF8F961" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" refString="Kaas, P. &amp; Van Belle, R. A. (1987) Monograph of living chitons 3, E. J. Brill / W. Backhuys, Leiden, 302 pp." type="book">Kaas &amp; Van Belle (1987)</bibRefCitation>
are valid. Among them are
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FD6613D9FC02F961" box="[697,922,1750,1775]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Leptochiton luridus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FC7213D8FCA9F89D" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA151C35FC7213D8FB7EF961" box="[941,1254,1750,1775]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" phylum="Mollusca" rank="subSpecies" species="halistreptus" subSpecies="halistreptus">L. halistreptus halistreptus</taxonomicName>
,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA151C35FEF813F3FE2CF89D" box="[295,436,1788,1811]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="giganteus">L. giganteus</taxonomicName>
,
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.
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA151C35FD8913F5FCA9F89D" box="[598,817,1786,1811]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="luridus">Leptochiton luridus</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FC1C13F3FBD8F89D" box="[963,1088,1786,1811]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. belknapi</emphasis>
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by having three cusps in major lateral teeth of radula and dorsal scales without ribs.
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FCD71211FC7FF8B9" box="[776,999,1822,1847]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Leptochiton luridus</emphasis>
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belongs to the
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FB7D1210FA9FF8B8" box="[1186,1287,1823,1846]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. vitjazi</emphasis>
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group. Both subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FE9E124BFDE1F8D5" box="[321,633,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. halistreptus halistreptus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FD61124BFC6EF8D5" box="[702,1014,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. halistreptus abbreviatus</emphasis>
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differ from
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FB4B124BFA80F8D5" box="[1172,1304,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. belknapi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having extensive rows of gills arranged from anus to valve V and by having the tail valve wider than the head valve.
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FF481285FE09F82D" box="[151,401,1930,1955]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Leptochiton giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FDF81283FD3DF82D" box="[551,677,1930,1955]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. belknapi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the width of the jugal sinus almost equal to the width of the apophyses (width of jugal sinus much wider than apophyses in
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FC1912A0FBD2F849" box="[966,1098,1966,1991]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. belknapi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), dorsal scales without ribs.
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FF4812DDFE0AF865" box="[151,402,2002,2027]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Leptochiton japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA151C35FDF712DBFD3EF865" box="[552,678,2002,2027]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="154" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="belknapi">
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA151C35FDF712DBFD3EF865" box="[552,678,2002,2027]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">L. belknapi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having 7 instead of 3 pores in the granules and 68 instead of 3 ribs in dorsal scales. According to
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3DBA121C32FDFF1598FD36FF3E" author="Saito" box="[544,686,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="155" refString="Saito, H. (1997) Deep-sea Chiton fauna of Suruga Bay (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with descriptions of six new species. National Science Museum Monographs, 12, 31 - 58." type="journal article" year="1997">Saito (1997)</bibRefCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FD641596FCDFFF3E" box="[699,839,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FCA01596FBBBFF3E" box="[895,1059,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. aequispinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are valid species. In my opinion,
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FF4815B2FE92FF5B" box="[151,266,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FE1315B2FDCEFF5A" box="[460,598,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FD6215B2FCA9FF5B" box="[701,817,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has 6 ribs on the dorsal scales of the girdle and similar valves. Other species (see
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3DBA121C32FE1615EFFD44FF76" author="Kaas" box="[457,732,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="155" refString="Kaas, P. &amp; Van Belle, R. A. (1987) Monograph of living chitons 3, E. J. Brill / W. Backhuys, Leiden, 302 pp." type="book" year="1987">Kaas &amp; Van Belle 1987</bibRefCitation>
) were left in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FB9915EEFB5FFF76" box="[1094,1223,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. belknapi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. I think that some specimens from Peruvian and Chilean samples recorded by
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Sellanes
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FC16140AFB9EFE93" box="[969,1030,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">et al.</emphasis>
(2004)
</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FB52140BFA8BFE93" box="[1165,1299,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">Leptochiton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. and by
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as
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA121C32FDDC1426FD1BFECE" box="[515,643,295,320]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="4" pageNumber="155" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="belknapi">
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FDDC1426FD1BFECE" box="[515,643,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. belknapi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may belong to one of the new deep-water species, described in this article from the Peru-Chile Trench (
<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FDF21443FC41FEEB" box="[557,985,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA121C32FDF21443FCB4FEEA" box="[557,812,332,357]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="4" pageNumber="155" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="sigwartae">Leptochiton sigwartae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4FBA121C32FCE71442FC41FEEB" box="[824,985,332,357]" class="Polyplacophora" family="Leptochitonidae" genus="Leptochiton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidopleurida" pageId="4" pageNumber="155" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="mutschkeae">L. mutschkeae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B955EADEBA121C32FBCE1442FB0DFEEB" box="[1041,1173,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">L. macleani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Further work beyond the scope of this paper is necessary to study the specimens by Scanning Electron Microscope.
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