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Taiwanese deep-water chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and survey of chiton fauna of Taiwan

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Sirenko, Boris (2018): Taiwanese deep-water chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and survey of chiton fauna of Taiwan. Zootaxa 4422 (3): 301-344, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.3.1

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