Chiton tuberculatus West Indian Green Chiton

Chiton tuberculatus is commonly referred to as West Indian Green Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Chiton tuberculatus
German:: Westindische Grüne Käferschnecke
English:: West Indian Green Chiton

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonidae (Family) > Chiton (Genus) > tuberculatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: Bermuda, Columbia, India, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Mexico (East Pacific), Sri Lanka, USA, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 0 - 4 Meter
Size:: 1.97" - 2.36" (5cm - 6cm)
Weight:: 45 g
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Chiton affinis
Chiton albolineatus
Chiton articulatus
Chiton baliensis
Chiton barnardi
Chiton bednalli
Chiton boucheti
Chiton bowenii
Chiton burmanus
Chiton calliozonus
Chiton carnosus
Chiton ceylanicus
Chiton connectens
Chiton corallinus
Chiton corypheus
Chiton coxi
Chiton crawfordi
Chiton cumingsii
Käferschnecke
Chiton densiliratus
Chiton diaphorus
Chiton discolor
Chiton ectypus
Chiton exasperatus
Chiton exoptandus
Chiton fosteri
Chiton funereus
Chiton glaucus
Blau-Grüne Käferschnecke
Chiton granoradiatus
Chiton groschi
Chiton heterodon
Chiton hululensis
Chiton jugosus
Chiton kaasi
Chiton kimberi
Chiton kurodai
Chiton laterorugosus
Chiton latricus
Chiton linsleyi
Chiton magnificus
Chiton marmoratus
Chiton marquesanus
Chiton mauritianus
Chiton olivaceus
Chiton oruktus
Chiton particolor
Chiton peregrinus
Chiton perviridis
Chiton phaseolinus
Chiton politus
Chiton pulcher
Chiton pulvinatus
Chiton rapaitiensis
Chiton rhynchotus
Chiton salihafui
Chiton speciosus
Chiton squamosus
Chiton stokesii
Chiton subassimilis
Chiton tectiformis
Chiton torrianus
Chiton translucens
Chiton tricostalis
Chiton tuberculatus
Westindische Grüne Käferschnecke
Chiton vauclusensis
Chiton verconis
Chiton virgulatus
Käferschnecke
Chiton viridis
Chiton whitleyi

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-09-08 20:12:46
Last edit:: 2022-01-11 13:54:35

Info

Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758

This chiton is common under rocks, in the zone between tides,in shallow water and spray zones of rocky shores.

Synonymised names:
Chiton (Chiton) tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
Chiton assimilis Reeve, 1847
Chiton assimilis var. reeveanus Clessin, 1903
Chiton bistriatus W. Wood, 1815
Chiton obscurus G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Chiton squamosus var. similis Petit de la Saussaye, 1856
Chiton tessellatus W. Wood, 1815
Chiton tuberculatus ater Pilsbry, 1893
Chiton undatus Spengler, 1797

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Chiton tuberculatus ater Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 10.01.2022.
Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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