WoRMS taxon details
Kaasichiton Sirenko, 2024
1765200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1765200)
accepted
Genus
Leptochiton lukini Sirenko, 1990 accepted as Kaasichiton lukini (Sirenko, 1990) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Sirenko, B. I. (2024). A new genus and two new species of brooding chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the North-Western Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5492(4): 505-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.2
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Etymology The genus name is a combination of the family name of Pieter Kaas (November 14th 1915– June 8th 1996) and the Greek word...
Etymology The genus name is a combination of the family name of Pieter Kaas (November 14th 1915– June 8th 1996) and the Greek word χιτών (= chiton). Pieter, or more familar Piet, was a famous malacologist who described dozens of species and genera of chitons and was one of the authors of six volumes of the “Monograph of Living Chitons”, for which he, among others, compiled beautiful drawings. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kaasichiton Sirenko, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765200 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
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Sirenko, B. I. (2024). A new genus and two new species of brooding chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the North-Western Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5492(4): 505-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.2
page(s): 506 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 506 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The genus name is a combination of the family name of Pieter Kaas (November 14th 1915– June 8th 1996) and the Greek word χιτών (= chiton). Pieter, or more familar Piet, was a famous malacologist who described dozens of species and genera of chitons and was one of the authors of six volumes of the “Monograph of Living Chitons”, for which he, among others, compiled beautiful drawings. [details]
