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Enoplochiton Rochebrunei
''Enoplochiton'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae 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 th .... MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Enoplochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385562 on 2023-12-11 Species * '' Enoplochiton echinatus'' (Barnes, 1824) * '' Enoplochiton niger'' (Barnes, 1824) * † '' Enoplochiton rochebrunei'' Cossmann, 1888 ;Synonyms: * ''Enoplochiton torri'' Bastow & Gatliff, 1907: synonym of '' Squamopleura curtisiana'' (E. A. Smith, 1884) (junior subjective synonym) References * Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. 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 of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...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 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 high in the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) 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". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitonidae
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 Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; 22 October 178318 September 1840) was a French early 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ult ..., 1815 *** ''Chiton (genus), Chiton'' Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 – the type genus of the family *** ''Amaurochiton'' Thiele, 1893 *** ''Radsia'' John Edward Gray, Gray, 1847 *** ''Sypharochiton'' Thiele, 1893 *** ''Nodiplax'' Beu, 1967 *** ''Rhyssoplax'' Thiele, 1893 *** ''Teguloaplax'' Tom Iredale, Iredale & Hull, 1926 *** ''Mucrosquama'' Tom Iredale, Iredale, 1893 ** Subfamily Toniciinae H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoplochiton Echinatus
''Enoplochiton echinatus'' is a Southeast Pacific species of edible chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Enoplochiton echinatus (Barnes, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1648719 on 2023-12-11 Description ''Enoplochiton echinatus'' is a very large chiton, with specimen confirmed at length of up to . In Chile, the largest individuals are in the north and the smallest in the south. The species is very dark reddish-brown. The plated shell, which often is covered in epibionts like algae, ''Scurria'' limpets and '' Mytilus'' mussels, has many spines. These spines are generally up to long in large individuals, but can be even longer if not broken, which however is unusual. The similar-sized '' Enoplochiton niger'' of the same region lacks the spines. Distribution, habitat and behavior The distribution of ''Enopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoplochiton Niger
''Enoplochiton niger'' is a Southeast Pacific species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. WoRMS Description With a length of up to , ''Enoplochiton niger'' is a very large chiton. It is brown in color. Unlike the similar-sized '''' 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 |
Enoplochiton Rochebrunei
''Enoplochiton'' is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae 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 th .... MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Enoplochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385562 on 2023-12-11 Species * '' Enoplochiton echinatus'' (Barnes, 1824) * '' Enoplochiton niger'' (Barnes, 1824) * † '' Enoplochiton rochebrunei'' Cossmann, 1888 ;Synonyms: * ''Enoplochiton torri'' Bastow & Gatliff, 1907: synonym of '' Squamopleura curtisiana'' (E. A. Smith, 1884) (junior subjective synonym) References * Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
