Biology:Enoplochiton niger
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Short description: Species of mollusc
Enoplochiton niger | |
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Enoplochiton niger from Isla Playa Ramada, Chile | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chitonidae |
Subfamily: | Acanthopleurinae |
Genus: | Enoplochiton Gray, 1847 |
Species: | E. niger
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Binomial name | |
Enoplochiton niger (Barnes, 1824)
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Enoplochiton niger is a Southeast Pacific species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons.[1] It is the only species in the genus Enoplochiton.[2]
Description
With a length of up to 20 cm (7.9 in), Enoplochiton niger is a very large chiton. It is brown in color. Unlike the similar-sized Enoplochiton echinatus of the same region, Enoplochiton niger lacks large spines.[3]
Distribution, habitat and behavior
The distribution of Enoplochiton niger ranges along the Pacific coast of South America from Coquimbo in Chile to Talara in Peru.[3] It inhabits the intertidal zone,[3] and it is omnivorous.[4]
References
- ↑ Enoplochiton niger. WoRMS
- ↑ Enoplochiton. WoRMS
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Araya, J.F.; M.E. Araya (2015). "The shallow-water chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Caldera, Region of Atacama, northern Chile". Zoosyst. Evol. 91 (1): 45–58. doi:10.3897/zse.91.8536.
- ↑ Camus, P.A.; A.H. Navarrete; A.G. Sanhueza; L.F. Opaza (2012). "Trophic ecology of the chiton Acanthopleura echinata on Chilean rocky shores". Revista chilena de historia natural 85 (1): 123–135. doi:10.4067/S0716-078X2012000100010.
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