Hemiarthrum

Hemiarthrum setulosum is a species of chiton in the family Hanleyidae, the only member of the genus Hemiarthrum.[1]

Hemiarthrum setulosum
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Hemiarthrum

Carpenter in Dall, 1876
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H. setulosum
Binomial name
Hemiarthrum setulosum
Carpenter in Dall, 1876
Synonyms

Hemiarthrum setulosum Dall, 1876
Hemiarthrum hamiltonorum Iredale & Hull, 1932
Hemiarthrum setulosum Powell, 1957

Hemiarthrum setulosum represent one of the five major clades of chitons that are living. Hemiarthrim setulosum has an incomplete lateral tract in the nerve ring. They are the only known species to have an incomplete one. [2]

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Sumner‐Rooney, Lauren, and Julia D. Sigwart. "Do chitons have a brain? New evidence for diversity and complexity in the polyplacophoran central nervous system." Journal of morphology 279.7 (2018): 936-949.


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