-
- About this page
- Languages
-
Feedback
- Citation
- Upload
-
Related species
- Species in
Onithochiton - Species in
Chitonidae - - Classification / Names -
- Chitonidae
- Chitonida
- Polyplacophora
- Chordata
- Animalia
- Species in
-
Onithochiton hirasei Pilsbry, 1901
Upload your photos
Google image |
No image available for this species;
drawing shows typical species in Chitonidae.
Google image |
drawing shows typical species in Chitonidae.
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Polyplacophora | Chitonida | Chitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northwest Pacific: Japan, China, Chinese Taipei, and Hong Kong.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
Shell is yellowish white to cream white, often with a chestnut brown longitudinal band at the jugum and transverse white bands on central areas. Girdle is often bluish white with a thin marginal border of bright pink. Valves moderately elevated and broadly rounded.
Intertidal to subtidal. On exposed rocks covered by Sargassum. Also found on mussel beds (Ref. 128661).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record