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Ischnochiton hakodadensis Carpenter, 1893 Hakodate chiton |
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| Family: | Ischnochitonidae (chitons [narrow chitons]) | |||
| Max. size: | 2.54 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 80 m | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: Korea, Japan, and China. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Body elongate, oval shaped; moderately elevated. Valve slate-blue, dark olive-grey or dark grayish brown with blotches of creamy white. Central areas minutely pitted in a chevron-like or quincuncial pattern. Lateral areas slightly raised, clearly marked; sculptured with flat, radiating costae. Girdle narrow; colored like the valves, sometimes with alternating bands of lighter and darker tones; covered with imbricating scales. | |||
| Biology: | Occurs in stony bottoms and in oyster beds (Ref. 289); undersurfaces of stones and rocks (Ref. 1867). Found from intertidal to 80 m (Ref. 75835). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||
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