New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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A new species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from southern New Zealand

R. C. MURDOCH

Portobello Marine Laboratory University of Otago P.O. Box 8, Portobello New Zealand

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.

Keywords Mollusca; Polyplacophora; Plaxiphora boydeni; new taxa; taxonomy; morphology; invertebrates

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1982, Vol. 16 : 175-178
Received 22 September 1981; accepted 31 March 1982

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