Stenoplax heathiana Heath's Chiton

Stenoplax heathiana is commonly referred to as Heath's Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Stenoplax heathiana, Heath's Chiton. Cayucos, CA 2013

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Scientific:: Stenoplax heathiana
German:: Heaths Käferschnecke
English:: Heath's Chiton

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Ischnochitonidae (Family) > Stenoplax (Genus) > heathiana (Species)
Initial determination:: Berry, 1946

Occurrence:: USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 6,0 cm
Temperature:: °F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Stenoplax alata
Stenoplax bahamensis
Bahama Käferschnecke
Stenoplax boogii
Käferschnecke
Stenoplax circumsenta
Stenoplax conspicua
Käferschnecke
Stenoplax corrugata
Stenoplax fallax
Fallax Käferschnecke
Stenoplax floridana
Stenoplax heathiana
Heaths Käferschnecke
Stenoplax hernandezi
Stenoplax kempfi
Stenoplax lavanonoensis
Stenoplax limaciformis
Stenoplax lindholmii
Stenoplax madagassica
Stenoplax magdalenensis
Stenoplax marcusi
Stenoplax mariposa
Stenoplax petaloides
Stenoplax purpurascens
Stenoplax rugulata
Stenoplax sonorana
Stenoplax venusta

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-06-14 19:45:59
Last edit:: 2018-01-27 14:35:32

Info

Stenoplax heathiana Berry, 1946

Size up to 6 cm long. The Girdle is a light cream colour, sometimes with some greenish spots.This chiton can be found in the middle and low intertidal zone, under rocks Its mostly nocturnal . Stenoplax heathiana feed on drift algae that lodge at the bases of the rocks.

Synonym:
Stenoplax (Stenoradsia) heathiana Berry, 1946

External links

inverts.wallawalla.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
seanet.stanfort.edu (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Stenoplax heathiana, Heath's Chiton, Eggmass.Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2014

Commonly

Stenoplax heathiana, Heath's Chiton. Cayucos, CA 2013

Stenoplax heathiana, Heath's Chiton. Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2013

Stenoplax heathiana, Pigeon Point Tidepools 2015

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