Enoplochiton niger

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Enoplochiton
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Enoplochiton niger from Isla Playa Ramada, Chile
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Subfamily: Acanthopleurinae
Genus: Enoplochiton
Gray, 1847
Species:
E. niger
Binomial name
Enoplochiton niger
(Barnes, 1824)

Enoplochiton niger is a Southeast Pacific species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons. [1] It is the only species in the genus Enoplochiton. [2]

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Description

With a length of up to 20 cm (7.9 in), Enoplochiton niger is a very large chiton. It is brown in color. Unlike the similar-sized Enoplochiton echinatus of the same region, Enoplochiton niger lacks large spines. [3]

Distribution, habitat and behavior

The distribution of Enoplochiton niger ranges along the Pacific coast of South America from Coquimbo in Chile to Talara in Peru. [3] It inhabits the intertidal zone, [3] and it is omnivorous. [4]

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References

  1. Enoplochiton niger. WoRMS
  2. Enoplochiton. WoRMS
  3. 1 2 3 Araya, J.F.; M.E. Araya (2015). "The shallow-water chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Caldera, Region of Atacama, northern Chile". Zoosyst. Evol. 91 (1): 45–58. doi: 10.3897/zse.91.8536 .
  4. Camus, P.A.; A.H. Navarrete; A.G. Sanhueza; L.F. Opaza (2012). "Trophic ecology of the chiton Acanthopleura echinata on Chilean rocky shores". Revista chilena de historia natural. 85 (1): 123–135. doi: 10.4067/S0716-078X2012000100010 .