Key to Irish Chitons
Species Description
| Hanleya hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844) | [back to the Key] | [next] | [previous] |
 |
 |
| Length: to 22 mm long
Tegmentum colour: uniform creamy white to light tan, occasionally with brown mineral deposits. Sculpture: uniformly sculpted with numerous large granules, arranged randomly on the lateral areas of the intermediate valves. There is a distinct jugal area with fine longitudinal riblets; the ribs are larger and set wider apart in the pleural areas. Girdle: covered in randomly distributed spicules that stick out from the body. Bathymetric range: 15 – 555 m Geographic range: North Atlantic Ocean, from Labrador (Canada), to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea. Likely under-recorded in Ireland with records from Northern Ireland only to date.
Taxonomy and Synonymy: ORDER: Lepidopleurida Thiele, 1909 FAMILY: Hanleyidae Bergenhayn, 1955 GENUS: HANLEYA Gray, 1857 Hanleya hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844)
List of synonymised names available at:
|
|
