Lepidochitona bullocki, una nueva especie de quitón (Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) del Caribe colombiano

 

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Συγγραφέας: I. García-Ríos, Cedar
Μορφή: artículo original
Κατάσταση:Versión publicada
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης:2011
Περιγραφή:The genus Lepidochitona is one of the most diverse in the Southern Caribbean.In order to describe this new species,twenty specimens of L. bullocki sp. nov. were collected by hand on the rocky coast, from 0.25 to 1.5m depth, and a shore distance of 1 to 5m, between the Northern section of Rodadero beach and Puerto Luz, in Santa Marta, Colombia. The specimens were small, with maximum observed size of 7.3mm. This is the fourth species of the genus Lepidochitona described for the Caribbean. The previously known species were L. liozonis (Dall & Simpson 1901), L. rosea (Kaas 1972) and L. rufoi (García-Ríos 2010). L. bullocki differs from L. liozonis and L. rosea in having a rough tegmentum and color. It differs from L. rufoi in having longer and numerous hyaline spicules, bigger size and broader central radula tooth. Lepidochitona bullocki is the only Caribbean species of the genus frequently located on the illuminated side of rocks in the shallow sublitoral zone.
Χώρα:Portal de Revistas UCR
Ίδρυμα:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Γλώσσα:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/3383
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3383
Λέξη-Κλειδί :Mollusca
Polyplacophora
Ischnochitonidae
Lepidochitona
Caribbean
Colombia
new species
Caribe
especie nueva