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Chitonidae - Chiton Glaucus
Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies. Subfamilies and genera Subfamilies and genera within the family Chitonidae include: ** Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque, 1815 *** ''Chiton'' Linnaeus, 1758 – the type genus of the family *** '' Amaurochiton'' Thiele, 1893 *** ''Radsia'' Gray, 1847 *** ''Sypharochiton'' Thiele, 1893 *** '' Nodiplax'' Beu, 1967 *** ''Rhyssoplax'' Thiele, 1893 *** '' Teguloaplax'' Iredale & Hull, 1926 *** ''Mucrosquama'' Iredale, 1893 ** Subfamily Toniciinae Pilsbry, 1893 *** '' Tonicia'' Gray, 1847 *** '' Onithochiton'' Gray, 1847 ** Subfamily Acanthopleurinae Dall, 1889 *** '' Acanthopleura'' Guilding, 1829 *** '' Liolophura'' Pilsbry, 1893 *** ''Enoplochiton ''Enoplochiton niger'' is a Southeast Pacific species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, the typical ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiton Magnificus
''Chiton magnificus'', the liquorice sea cradle, is a Southeast Pacific species of edible chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. Description ''Chiton magnificus'' is a very large chiton, with specimen confirmed at length of up to . It is shiny and very dark bluish-grey. Distribution and habitat The distribution of ''Chiton magnificus'' ranges along the Pacific coast of South America from Cape Horn in ChileCarolina J. Zagal and Consuelo Hermosilla C. (2007). ''Guía de Invertebrados marinos del sur de Chile''. Editorial Fantástico Sur, Punta Arenas, Chile to San Lorenzo Island in Peru. Although there are old claimed records of this species from the Galápagos Islands, these are now considered incorrect. This species is found in places with strong current along rocky coasts, including pools. It can be found at depths of , but in northern Chile it appears to be restricted to subtidal areas. Human use ''Chiton magnificus'' is ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyssoplax
''Rhyssoplax'' is a genus of chitons in the family (biology), family Chitonidae, endemism, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands. Species * ''Rhyssoplax aerea'' (Lovell Augustus Reeve, Reeve, 1847) ** ''Rhyssoplax aerea aerea'' (Lovell Augustus Reeve, Reeve, 1847) ** ''Rhyssoplax aerea huttoni'' (Henry Suter, Suter, 1906) * †''Rhyssoplax allanthomsoni'' Mestayer, 1929 * ''Rhyssoplax bullocki'' Sirenko, 2012 * ''Rhyssoplax canaliculata'' (Jean René Constant Quoy, Quoy & Joseph Paul Gaimard, Gaimard, 1835) * ''Rhyssoplax chathamensis'' (Richard Dell, Dell, 1960) * ''Rhyssoplax clavata'' (Henry Suter, Suter, 1907) * ''Rhyssoplax exasperata'' Tom Iredale, Iredale, 1914 * ''Rhyssoplax kimberi'' (Ashby, 1929) * ''Rhyssoplax komaiana'' (Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929) * ''Rhyssoplax maldivensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1903) * ''Rhyssoplax pulcherrima'' (Sowerby, 1841) * ''Rhyssoplax stangeri'' (Reeve, 1847) * ''Rhyssoplax suteri'' (Tom Iredale, Ireda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoplochiton
''Enoplochiton niger'' is a Southeast Pacific species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. It is the only species in the genus ''Enoplochiton''. WoRMS Description With a length of up to , ''Enoplochiton niger'' is a very large chiton. It is brown in color. Unlike the similar-sized '' Acanthopleura echinata'' of the same region, ''Enoplochiton niger'' lacks large spines.Distribution, habitat and behavior The distribution of ''Enoplochiton niger'' ranges along the Pacific coast of South America from |
Acanthopleura
''Acanthopleura'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky. It has eight described species at present. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus ''Acanthopleura'' include * ''Acanthopleura brevispinosa'' (Sowerby, 1840) * ''Acanthopleura echinata'' (Barnes, 1824) * ''Acanthopleura gemmata'' (de Blainville, 1825) * ''Acanthopleura granulata'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Acanthopleura loochooana'' (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) * ''Acanthopleura planispina'' Bergenhayn, 1933 * ''Acanthopleura spinosa'' (Bruguiere, 1792) * ''Acanthopleura vaillantii'' de Rochebrune, 1882 * ''Acanthopleura hirtosa'' * ''Acanthopleura gaimardi ''Acanthopleura'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky. It has eight described species at present. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus ''A ...'' Blainville 1825 Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Healey Dall
William Healey Dall (August 21, 1845 – March 27, 1927) was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks. Dall also made substantial contributions to ornithology, zoology, physical and cultural anthropology, oceanography and paleontology. In addition he carried out meteorological observations in Alaska for the Smithsonian Institution. Biography Early life Dall was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Charles Henry Appleton Dall, (1816–86), a Unitarian minister, moved in 1855 to India as a missionary. His family however stayed in Massachusetts, where Dall's mother Caroline Wells Healey was a teacher, transcendentalist, reformer, and pioneer feminist. In 1862, Dall's father, on one of his few brief visits home, brought his son in contact with some natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onithochiton
''Onithochiton'' is a genus of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the family Chitonidae, which is distributed from Australia and New Zealand to South Africa. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Onithochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205084 on 2021-11-09 Species * '' Onithochiton ashbyi'' Bednall & Matthews, 1906 * '' Onithochiton discrepans'' Hedley & Hull, 1912 * '' Onithochiton erythraeus'' Thiele, 1909 * ''Onithochiton gotoi'' Van Belle, 1993 * ''Onithochiton helenae'' (Mackay, 1933) * '' Onithochiton hirasei'' Pilsbry, 1901 * ''Onithochiton literatus'' (Krauss, 1848) * ''Onithochiton lyellii'' (G.B. Sowerby I in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832) * ''Onithochiton maillardi'' (Deshayes, 1863) * ''Onithochiton maklayi'' Sirenko, 2019 * ''Onithochiton margueritae'' Kaas, Van Belle & Strack, 2006 * ''Onithochiton neglectus neglectus'' Rochebrune, 1881 * ''Onithochiton neglectus opinios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonicia
''Tonicia'' is a genus of chitons in the subfamily Toniciinae of the family Chitonidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tonicia Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206414 on 2022-10-03 The genus was recently restricted to include only 12 New World species, with the more species-rich and exclusively Old World subgenus '' Lucilina'' Dall, 1882, being elevated to a separate genus. Of these 12, ten species are found in the eastern Pacific, one in the Magellan province (southern Chile, Argentina and Falkland Islands) and one in the Caribbean Sea (Florida to Barbados). However, a study published in 2019 which used molecular systematics to compare the eastern Pacific ''Tonicia'' species suggested that there are only 9 extant species in the eastern Pacific. Species * ''Tonicia argyrosticta'' (Philippi, 1845) * ''Tonicia arnheimi'' Dall, 1903 * ''Tonicia atrata'' Sowerby, 1840 * ''Tonicia c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century. For much of his career, his authority with respect to the classification of certain substantial groups of organisms was unchallenged: barnacles, chitons, North American terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial mollusks, and others. Biography Pilsbry (frequently misspelled ''Pilsbury'') spent his childhood and youth in Iowa. He was called "Harry" Pilsbry then, and developed an early fascination with the limited variety of mollusks he was able to find. He attended the University of Iowa, and received the Bachelor of Science degree there in 1882, but did not immediately find employment in his field of interest. Instead, Henry Pilsbry worked for publishing firms and newspapers for the next several years, but devoted most of his spare time to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
