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First record of Acanthopleura vaillantii (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Iran - Chabahar Bay in the Oman Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2010

Parvin Sadeghi  and
Mehran Loghmani
Parvin Sadeghi*
Affiliation:
Iranian National Centre for Oceanography (INCO)-Chabahar Oceanography Research Station (CORS), PO Box 456, Chabahar, Iran
Mehran Loghmani
Affiliation:
Chabahar University of Maritime and Marine Science, Department of Marine Biology, Chabahar, Iran
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Sadeghi, Iranian National Centre for Oceanography (INCO)-Chabahar Oceanography, Research Station (CORS), PO Box 456, Chabahar, Iran email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper reports the first record of Acanthopleura vaillantii from the northern Oman Sea, Iranian coast. The specimens were collected from the intertidal zone of Chabahar Bay in June 2009. The gross morphological characters, including features of the valves and girdle armature, are described.

Keywords

PolyplacophoraAcanthopleura vaillantiiIranChabahar BayOman Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e7
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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