Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 113 specimens in 36 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 63 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 2273
Temperature range (°C): -1.491 - 27.240
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.065 - 36.149
Salinity (PPS): 32.799 - 37.969
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.946 - 7.135
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.076 - 2.957
Silicate (umol/l): 1.609 - 123.656
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 2273
Temperature range (°C): -1.491 - 27.240
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.065 - 36.149
Salinity (PPS): 32.799 - 37.969
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.946 - 7.135
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.076 - 2.957
Silicate (umol/l): 1.609 - 123.656
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 63 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 2273
Temperature range (°C): -1.491 - 27.240
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.065 - 36.149
Salinity (PPS): 32.799 - 37.969
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.946 - 7.135
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.076 - 2.957
Silicate (umol/l): 1.609 - 123.656
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 2273
Temperature range (°C): -1.491 - 27.240
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.065 - 36.149
Salinity (PPS): 32.799 - 37.969
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.946 - 7.135
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.076 - 2.957
Silicate (umol/l): 1.609 - 123.656
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Chiton (genus)
Chiton is a genus of chiton, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Chiton has been split into several subgenera as follows[1]:
- Subgenus Chiton (Chiton) Linnaeus, 1758
- Chiton (Chiton) albolineatus Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
- Chiton (Chiton) aorangi Creese & O'Neill, 1987
- Chiton (Chiton) articulatus Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
- Chiton (Chiton) bowenii King & Broderip, 1831
- Chiton (Chiton) ceylanicus E. A. Smith, 1904
- Chiton (Chiton) connectens Thiele, 1909
- Chiton (Chiton) cumingsii Frembly, 1827
- Chiton (Chiton) glaucus Gray, 1828
- Chiton (Chiton) granoradiatus Leloup, 1937
- Chiton (Chiton) granosus Frembly, 1827
- Chiton (Chiton) groschi Kaas, 1979
- Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981)
- Chiton (Chiton) laterorugosus Kaas, 1986
- Chiton (Chiton) lyratus Sowerby, 1840
- Chiton (Chiton) magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)
- Chiton (Chiton) marmoratus Gmelin, 1791
- Chiton (Chiton) marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Chiton) pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
- Chiton (Chiton) squamosus Linnaeus, 1764
- Chiton (Chiton) stokesii Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
- Chiton (Chiton) themeropis (Iredale, 1914)
- Chiton (Chiton) torri Suter, 1907
- Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Chiton (Chiton) virgulatus Sowerby, 1840
- Chiton (Chiton) viridis Spengler, 1797
- Subgenus Chiton (Mucrosquama) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) carnosus Carpenter in Angas, 1867
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) particolor (Hull, 1923)
- Chiton (Mucrosquama) verconis Torr & Ashby, 1898
- Subgenus Chiton (Rhyssoplax) (Thiele, 1893)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) affinis Issel, 1869
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) baliensis (Bullock, 1989)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) barnardi Ashby, 1931
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) bednalli Pilsbry, 1895
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) burmanus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canaliculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corallinus (Risso, 1826)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) corypheus Hedley & Hull, 1912
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) coxi Pilsbry, 1894
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) crawfordi Sykes, 1899
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) densiliratus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) diaphorus (Iredale & May, 1916)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) discolor Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) ectypus (de Rochebrune, 1884)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exasperatus (Iredale, 1914)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) exoptandus Bednall, 1897
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) fosteri Bullock, 1972
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) funereus Hedley & Hull, 1912
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) jugosus Gould, 1846
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kimberi Ashby, 1928
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) komaianus Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) kurodai Is. & Iw. Taki, 1929
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) maldivensis (E. A. Smith in Gardiner, 1903)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) olivaceus Spengler, 1797
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) oruktus Maughan, 1900
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) peregrinus Thiele, 1909
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) perviridis Carpenter, 1865
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) phaseolinus di Monterosato, 1879
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797 syn Chiton tulipa
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulcherrimus Sowerby, 1842
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) pulvinatus Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rapaitiensis Schwabe & Lozouet, 2006
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rhynchotus (de Rochebrune, 1884)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) salihafui Bullock, 1972
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) speciosus Nierstrasz, 1905
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) stangeri Reeve, 1847
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tectiformis (Is. Taki, 1938)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) torrianus Hedley & Hull, 1910
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) translucens Hedley & Hull, 1909
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) vauclusensis Hedley & Hull, 1909
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) venustus (Hull, 1923)
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax) whitleyi (Iredale & Hull, 1932)
- Subgenus Chiton (Tegulaplax) (Iredale & Hull, 1926)
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) boucheti Kaas, 1989
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) hululensis (Smith E.A. in Gardiner, 1903)
- Chiton (Tegulaplax) pulchrus (Kaas, 1991)
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
References
- ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php search term Chiton accessed 7 April 2010
- "Chiton". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79012.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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