A new species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from southern New Zealand |
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| Authors: | R C Murdoch |
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| Institution: | Portobello Marine Laboratory , University of Otago , P.O. Box 8, Portobello, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Plaxiphora boydeni n.sp. from wave‐exposed rocky shores of southern New Zealand is described and illustrated. This is the first published record of the genus from the New Zealand mainland. P. boydeni is readily distinguished from the 2 other New Zealand species of the genus, which occur in the subantarctic region, by the absence of bristle‐tufts on the girdle. |
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| Keywords: | Mollusca Polyplacophora Plaxiphora boydeni new taxa taxonomy morphology invertebrates |
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