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Depth range

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2.5 to 125 m

Reference

Sirenko, B.I. (2006). Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Magellan Strait and Falkland Islands. Venus 65 (1-2): 81–89

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Enrico Schwabe [email]

Depth range

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maximum depth: 2044 m

Reference

Schwabe, E. (2008). A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca). pp. 205–222 in Martínez Arbizu, P. & Brix, S. (eds). Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Zootaxa 1866: 1–574

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Distribution

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Leptochiton kerguelensis is one of the most widely distributed chitons of the Southern Ocean. It inhabits Magellan Strait, Beagle Channel, Terra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, Falkland Islands, South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, west part of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell, Dumont d’ Urville, Ross seas, off Enderby Land, Kerguelen, Crozet, Bouvet, Macquarie, Prince Edward and Gough Islands

Reference

Sirenko B. (2015). Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters. Zootaxa. 4033 (2): 151-202.

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Vinarski, Maxim, M.V.