Key to Irish Chitons
Species Description
| Leptochiton scabridus (Jeffreys, 1880) | [back to the Key] | [next] | [previous] |
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| Length: small, up to 8 mm long, twice as long as wide
Tegmentum colour: dirty white, but mostly stained with yellow or brown mineral deposits Sculpture: distinct, separated, roundish granules arranged in longitudinal series on central area of intermediate valves, and in radiating rows on the lateral areas. Granules become larger toward the margin. Girdle: Relatively narrow and covered by small round scales. Bathymetric range: sublittoral; lives under stones embedded in sand below the low water mark Geographic range: Found in the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Similar species: Leptochiton asellus, Leptochiton cancellatus
Taxonomy and Synonymy: ORDER: Lepidopleurida Thiele, 1909 FAMILY: Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889 GENUS: LEPTOCHITON Gray, 1847 Leptochiton scabridus (Jeffreys, 1880)
List of synonymised names available at:
For more information on this species, see: https://marinvert.senckenberg.science/leptochiton-scabridus/ |
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