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Larvae of chitons: First image is the trochophore, second is in metamorphosis, third is an immature adult. Chitons have separate sexes, and fertilization is usually external. The male releases sperm into the water, while the female releases eggs either individually, or in a long string. In most cases, fertilization takes place either in the ...
Acanthochitonidae is a family of marine mollusks belonging to the class Polyplacophora, commonly known as chitons. Species are widely distributed throughout the world's oceans, but are most commonly found in the shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to Chile.
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
Matthevia. This list of prehistoric chitons is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be polyplacophora, excluding purely vernacular terms.
Hairy chiton Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) papilio. Chitons (Polyplacophora) in South Africa include: Ischnochitonidae. Textile chiton Ischnochiton textilis (Gray, 1828) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) [1] [2] Dwarf chiton Ischnochiton oniscus (Krauss, 1848) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) [1] [2]
Mopalia muscosa, the mossy chiton, is a species of chiton, a polyplacophoran, an eight-plated marine mollusk. It is a northeastern Pacific species which occurs from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California Mexico. [1] [2] [3] This species is found in the middle and lower intertidal zone on exposed rocky shores.
Chiton magnificus is edible. Although relatively uncommon, it is one of the few commercially important chitons in its range, others being the even larger, up to 23 cm (9.1 in), spiny Acanthopleura echinata and the smaller, up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in), brownish Chiton granosus. [2] [5]
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) politus Spengler, 1797 Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (fide Kaas & Knudsen 1992) Chiton politus , the tulip chiton , is a medium-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae , [ 1 ] found on the coast of southern Africa.