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Main Author: José E. Barraza
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2007
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44955117
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  • Quitones (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) de El Salvador, América Central José E. Barraza Ana M. Rivera Carlos R. Hasbún Cedar I. García-Ríos Migdalia Álvarez-Ruiz Biología chitons records El Salvador Polyplacophora Central America Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from El Salvador, Central America. Collections of 11 speciesof shallow water Polyplacophora from El Salvador were made in July 2002. Previously only five species hadbeen documented in El Salvador: Chaetopleura lurida (Sowerby, 1832); Ischnochiton guatemalensis (Thiele,1910); Ceratozona angusta (Thiele, 1909); Chiton stokesii (Broderip, 1832) and Acantochitona exquisita(Pilsbry, 1893). Of these, I. guatemalensis and A. exquisita were not collected in this census. Seven other speciesare reported here for El Salvador for the first time: Lepidochitona beanii (Carpenter, 1857); Ischnochitondispar (Sowerby, 1832); Stenoplax limaciformis (Sowerby, 1832); Callistochiton expressus (Carpenter, 1865);Acanthochitona arragonites (Carpenter, 1867); A. ferreirai (Lyons, 1988) and A. hirudiniformis (Sowerby,1832). The known geographic distribution of I. dispar is extended to the north. An un-named species ofLepidochitona is briefly described. Rev. Biol. Trop. 55 (1): 171-176. Epub 2007 March. 31. 2007 artículo científico 0034-7744 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44955117 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=449 Revista de Biología Tropical application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Num.1 Vol.55