WoRMS taxon details
Sulcichiton anseeuwi Sirenko, 2021
1544431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1544431)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sirenko, B. I. (2021). Sulcichiton anseeuwi gen. n. and sp. n. (Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonidae) from the tropical West Pacific. <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 100(10): 1083-1091., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s0044513421100123
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Note The South China Sea, Spratly Islands,...
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Type locality The South China Sea, Spratly Islands, 10⁰10’ 17″ N, 114⁰21’59.2″ E, 48–50 m depth [details]
Distribution Spratly Islands (Truong Sa), Vietnam in South China Sea (9–48 m), off Philippines (30–90 m) and Vanuatu (75–80 m)
Etymology Named after Bruno Anseeuw (Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, Merelbeke, Belgium), who first made the assumption...
Distribution Spratly Islands (Truong Sa), Vietnam in South China Sea (9–48 m), off Philippines (30–90 m) and Vanuatu (75–80 m) [details]
Etymology Named after Bruno Anseeuw (Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, Merelbeke, Belgium), who first made the assumption...
Etymology Named after Bruno Anseeuw (Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, Merelbeke, Belgium), who first made the assumption that this species belongs to a new genus [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sulcichiton anseeuwi Sirenko, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544431 on 2025-05-12
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Sirenko, B. I. (2021). Sulcichiton anseeuwi gen. n. and sp. n. (Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonidae) from the tropical West Pacific. <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 100(10): 1083-1091., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s0044513421100123
page(s): 1085, figs. 1-9 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1085, figs. 1-9 [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Distribution Spratly Islands (Truong Sa), Vietnam in South China Sea (9–48 m), off Philippines (30–90 m) and Vanuatu (75–80 m) [details]Etymology Named after Bruno Anseeuw (Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, Merelbeke, Belgium), who first made the assumption that this species belongs to a new genus [details]
Type locality The South China Sea, Spratly Islands, 10⁰10’ 17″ N, 114⁰21’59.2″ E, 48–50 m depth [details]