Lepidozona mertensii Merten's Chiton

Lepidozona mertensii is commonly referred to as Merten's Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Lepidozona mertensii ,Pigeon Point Tidepools 2015

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Scientific:: Lepidozona mertensii
German:: Mertens Käferschnecke
English:: Merten's Chiton

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Ischnochitonidae (Family) > Lepidozona (Genus) > mertensii (Species)
Initial determination:: (Middendorff, ), 1847

Occurrence:: Alaska East Coast USA, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific)
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 129 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.97" (2,3cm - 5,0cm)
Temperature:: 44.6 °F - 50 °F (7°C - 10°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), omnivore
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lepidozona acostata
Lepidozona allynsmithi
Lepidozona amabilis
Lepidozona bisculpta
Lepidozona christiaensi
Lepidozona clarionensis
Lepidozona clathrata
Lepidozona cooperi
Cooper's Käferschnecke
Lepidozona coreanica
Lepidozona craticulata
Lepidozona crockeri
Lepidozona excellens
Lepidozona ferreirai
Lepidozona formosa
Lepidozona guadalupensis
Lepidozona hyotanseana
Lepidozona interfossa
Lepidozona interstincta
Käferschnecke
Lepidozona iyoensis
Lepidozona laurae
Lepidozona luzonica
Lepidozona mertensii
Mertens Käferschnecke
Lepidozona multigranosa
Lepidozona nipponica
Lepidozona pectinulata
Käferschnecke
Lepidozona radians
Käferschnecke
Lepidozona reevei
Lepidozona retiporosa
Lepidozona rothi
Lepidozona scabricostata
Lepidozona scrobiculata
Lepidozona serrata
Lepidozona sirenkoi
Lepidozona skoglundi
Lepidozona sorsogonensis
Lepidozona stohleri
Lepidozona subtilis
Lepidozona tenuicostata
Lepidozona vietnamensis
Lepidozona willetti

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-11-30 19:37:34
Last edit:: 2021-03-19 23:29:53

Info

Lepidozona mertensii (Middendorff, 1847)

The plates are reddish, brownish or greenish-purple. Girdle with bands of yellow and red. May have white blotches. The bryozoan Farella elongata sometimes attaches to the surface of the girdle. Females lay their eggs in cases.

Lepidozona mertensii can be found under stones.They graze on both algae and small animals attached to the rocks.

Synonym:
Chiton mertensii

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonina (Suborder) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Ischnochitonidae (Family) > Lepidozona (Genus) > Lepidozona mertensii (Species)

External links

Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Lepidozona mertensii, Merten's Chiton, on Derby Hat Bryozoan. Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2014

Lepidozona mertensii ,Merten's Chiton, Pillar Point 2014

Lepidozona mertensii ,Pigeon Point Tidepools 2015

Lepidozona mertensii , Patrick's Point 2015

Lepidozona mertensii (Carmel Point) 2023

Merten's Chiton,Lepidozona mertensii,Monterey County, California,2020

Lepidozona mertensii.Trinidad, California.July 2016

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