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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 chitons are found in a variety of marine habitats, including rocky intertidal zones, coral reefs, and seagrass beds. They are also found in deep sea environments, with some species occurring as deep as 3,000 meters. Acanthochitonidae chitons are known to be active grazers, feeding primarily on algae and detritus.
Chiton glaucus, common name the green chiton or the blue green chiton, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. It is the most common chiton species in New Zealand .
The gumboot chiton is found clinging to rocks, moving slowly in search of its primary diet of algae that is scraped off rocks with its rasp-like retractable radula, which are covered with rows of magnetite-tipped teeth. It also eats other marine vegetation such as sea lettuce and giant kelp.
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
Although Chitons face variety of threats from the marine ecosystem, their ability to be abundant for the last 500 million years, suggest that their resistance to ecological pressure is robust. Scientists have accredited the agile movements of Chitons up and down the rocky niche to have partaken in their longing survival. [7]
Chiton squamosus is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. [1] [2] Description.
Chiton tulipa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 ... M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of ...