Zoological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya nab. 1; 199034; St. Petersburg; Russia.
Zootaxa. 2023 Aug 9;5325(3):359-392. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.3.
A collection of rare, mainly deep-sea species of chitons collected from South Australia, Tasmania and Heard Island has been processed. In the materials there was a second find of Belknapchiton opiparus, which made it possible to significantly supplement the previous descriptions of this species. For the first time, species of genus Stenosemus have been found for Australia and Macquarie Island. Two new species (Leptochiton australis n. sp. and Belknapchiton gowlettholmesae n. sp.) have been described. A high degree of endemism of the faunas of chitons of the family Leptochitonidae of Australia and New Zealand has been confirmed.
一批来自南澳大利亚、塔斯马尼亚和赫德岛的稀有、主要是深海海胆物种的收藏已被处理。在这些材料中发现了第二种 Belknapchiton opiparus，这使得对该物种的先前描述有了重大补充。这是首次在澳大利亚和麦夸里岛发现 Stenosemus 属的物种。描述了两个新物种（Leptochiton australis n. sp. 和 Belknapchiton gowlettholmesae n. sp.）。澳大利亚和新西兰的 Leptochitonidae 海胆动物群的高度特有性得到了证实。
