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Chaetopleuridae
Chaetopleuridae is a family of chitons. They are marine molluscs. Genera Two genera are known in this family: * '' Chaetopleura'' Shuttleworth, 1853 * ''Dinoplax ''Dinoplax'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. They are marine molluscs. Taxonomy Species in this genus include:http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Dinoplax accessed 7 April 2010 * ''Dinoplax chelazziana'' (Ferr ...'' Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882 References External links {{Taxonbar, from=Q5066692 Chiton families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaetopleuridae
Chaetopleuridae is a family of chitons. They are marine molluscs. Genera Two genera are known in this family: * '' Chaetopleura'' Shuttleworth, 1853 * ''Dinoplax ''Dinoplax'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. They are marine molluscs. Taxonomy Species in this genus include:http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Dinoplax accessed 7 April 2010 * ''Dinoplax chelazziana'' (Ferr ...'' Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882 References External links {{Taxonbar, from=Q5066692 Chiton families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaetopleura
''Chaetopleura'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae.Schwabe, E.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138086 on 2011-01-27 The species within this genus are marine molluscs. Taxonomy The genus has been separated into two subgenera. subgenus ''Chaetopleura'' (Shuttleworth, 1853) * '' Chaetopleura angolensis'' Thiele, 1909 * ''Chaetopleura angulata'' (Spengler, 1797) * ''Chaetopleura apiculata'' (Say in Conrad, 1834) * '' Chaetopleura asperior'' (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892) * '' Chaetopleura asperrima'' (Couthoy MS, Gould, 1852) * ''Chaetopleura benaventei'' Plate, 1899 * '' Chaetopleura benguelensis'' Kaas & Van Belle, 1987 * '' Chaetopleura biarmata'' de Rochebrune, 1882 * '' Chaetopleura brucei'' Iredale in Melvill & Standen, 1912 * '' Chaetopleura deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaetopleura Papilio
The hairy chiton (''Chaetopleura papilio'') is a species of chiton in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc. Distribution This species is found from the central Namibian coast to False Bay in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ..., intertidally to at least 20 m. Description The hairy chiton has brown and black banded valves. A darker stripe runs down the centre of the valves. It can grow up to 70 mm in total length. The girdle is covered with black spines.Kilburn, R. & Rippey, E. (1982). ''Sea Shells of Southern Africa''. MacMillan, South Africa, Ecology This is a solitary animal. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3073869 Chaetopleuridae Molluscs of Africa Chitons described in 1797 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinoplax
''Dinoplax'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. They are marine molluscs. Taxonomy Species in this genus include:http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Dinoplax accessed 7 April 2010 * ''Dinoplax chelazziana'' (Ferreira, 1983) * ''Dinoplax fossus'' Sykes, 1899 * ''Dinoplax gigas ''Dinoplax gigas'', the giant chiton, is a species of chiton in the family (biology), family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine (ocean), marine mollusc. Description ''Dinoplax gigas'' normally reach a length of about , but exceptionally may grow ...'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Dinoplax validifossus'' Ashby, 1934 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3073072 Chaetopleuridae Chiton genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiton
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora (), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized. They are also sometimes known as gumboots or sea cradles or coat-of-mail shells or suck-rocks, or more formally as loricates, polyplacophorans, and occasionally as polyplacophores. Chitons have a shell composed of eight separate shell plates or valves. These plates overlap slightly at the front and back edges, and yet articulate well with one another. Because of this, the shell provides protection at the same time as permitting the chiton to flex upward when needed for locomotion over uneven surfaces, and even allows the animal to curl up into a ball when dislodged from rocks. The shell plates are encircled by a skirt known as a girdle. Habitat Chitons live worldwide, from cold waters through to the tropics. They live on hard surfaces, such as on or under rocks, or in rock crevices. Some species live quite hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine (ocean)
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided."Ocean." ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', Merriam-Webster, |
Mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The gastropods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
