Lepidozona cooperi Cooper's Chiton

Lepidozona cooperi is commonly referred to as Cooper's Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Lepidozona cooperi, Cooper's Chiton , Pillar Point Tidepools 2014

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Scientific:: Lepidozona cooperi
German:: Cooper's Käferschnecke
English:: Cooper's Chiton

Category:: Polyplacophores

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Ischnochitonidae (Family) > Lepidozona (Genus) > cooperi (Species)
Initial determination:: (Carpenter MS, Dall, ), 1879

Occurrence:: Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico (East Pacific), West Coast USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 10 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.57" (2,7cm - 4,4cm)
Temperature:: ~ 50 °F (10°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lepidozona acostata
Lepidozona allynsmithi
Lepidozona amabilis
Lepidozona bisculpta
Lepidozona christiaensi
Lepidozona clarionensis
Lepidozona clathrata
Lepidozona cooperi
Cooper's Käferschnecke
Lepidozona coreanica
Lepidozona craticulata
Lepidozona crockeri
Lepidozona excellens
Lepidozona ferreirai
Lepidozona formosa
Lepidozona guadalupensis
Lepidozona hyotanseana
Lepidozona interfossa
Lepidozona interstincta
Käferschnecke
Lepidozona iyoensis
Lepidozona laurae
Lepidozona luzonica
Lepidozona mertensii
Mertens Käferschnecke
Lepidozona multigranosa
Lepidozona nipponica
Lepidozona pectinulata
Käferschnecke
Lepidozona radians
Käferschnecke
Lepidozona reevei
Lepidozona retiporosa
Lepidozona rothi
Lepidozona scabricostata
Lepidozona scrobiculata
Lepidozona serrata
Lepidozona sirenkoi
Lepidozona skoglundi
Lepidozona sorsogonensis
Lepidozona stohleri
Lepidozona subtilis
Lepidozona tenuicostata
Lepidozona vietnamensis
Lepidozona willetti

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-12-30 20:09:43
Last edit:: 2022-03-02 21:02:04

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Lepidozona cooperi (Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879)

This chiton's colour ranges from dull gray to olive of brown. Cooper's Chiton can be found under stones.

Synonym:
Ischnochiton cooperi

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonina (Suborder) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Ischnochitonidae (Family) > Lepidozona (Genus) > Lepidozona cooperi (Species)

External links

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Lepidozona cooperi, Cooper's Chiton , Pillar Point Tidepools 2014

Foto: Kalifornien, West-Küse USA, Ost-Pazifik

Lepidozona cooperi, Cooper's Chiton.Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2013

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