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Rhyssoplax aerea Chiton

Rhyssoplax aerea is commonly referred to as 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.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Rhyssoplax aerea, Southland, New Zealand 2022

Under low tide rocks in rock pool. On field trip with Saryu Mae (invertebratist) Zachary Robertson (fiestykakapo) and Lloyd Esler.
Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
15667 
AphiaID:
724145 
Scientific:
Rhyssoplax aerea 
German:
Käferschnecke 
English:
Chiton 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonidae (Family) > Rhyssoplax (Genus) > aerea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Reeve, ), 1847 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
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:
Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2,7cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 69.8 °F (13°C - 21°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-04-05 19:38:38 

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Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)

Rhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands.

Rhyssoplax aerea is endemic to New Zealand. It's a algae grazer.

Synonymised names:
Chiton (Rhyssoplax) aereus Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted
Chiton aereus Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton clavatus Suter, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton huttoni Suter, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton siculoides E. A. Smith, 1891 · unaccepted
Chiton suteri Iredale, 1910 · unaccepted
Gymnoplax alphonsinae Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted
Rhyssoplax oliveri Mestayer, 1921 · unaccepted

External links

  1. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2023.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2023.

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Rhyssoplax aerea, Whangarei, New Zealand 2019
Rhyssoplax aerea, Southland, New Zealand 2022
Rhyssoplax aerea, Southland, New Zealand 2022
Rhyssoplax aerea, Southland, New Zealand 2022

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