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Chiton Linnaeus 1758
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Femorale cc-by-nc
Chiton is a genus of
molluscs
in the family
Chitonidae
.
EOL has data for
14 attributes
, including:
geographic distribution includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
Definition:
This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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South America
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/6255150
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habitat
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
Definition:
x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
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harvested in
URI:
https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
Definition:
This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Peru
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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number of public records in bold
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
Definition:
number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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3
water depth
URI:
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
Definition:
The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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2273 m
water temperature
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
Definition:
Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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-1.491 degrees celsius
Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Chiton Linnaeus 1758.
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Chiton includes
38 children
:
Chiton albolineatus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I 1829
Chiton articulatus G. B. Sowerby I 1832 (smooth Panama chiton)
Chiton bowenii
Chiton carnosus Angas 1867
Chiton ceylanicus E. A. Smith 1904
Chiton connectens Thiele 1909
Chiton cumingsii Frembly 1827
Chiton deperditus Philippi 1887
Chiton glaucus Gray 1828 (blue green chiton)
Chiton granoradiatus Leloup 1937
Chiton groschi Kaas 1979
Chiton kaasi (Leloup 1981)
Chiton laterorugosus Kaas 1986
Chiton latricus Winckworth 1930
Chiton marmoratus Gmelin 1791 (marbled chiton)
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry 1893
Chiton particolor (Hull 1923)
Chiton squamosus Linnaeus 1764 (squamose chiton)
Chiton stokesii Broderip 1832
Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus 1758 (West Indian green chiton)
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