Tonicina zschaui Chiton

Tonicina zschaui is commonly referred to as Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8575 

AphiaID:

386092 

Scientific:

Tonicina zschaui 

German:

Käferschnecke 

English:

Chiton 

Category:

Polyplacophores 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Ischnochitonidae (Family) > Tonicina (Genus) > zschaui (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pfeffer, ), 1886 

Occurrence:

Antarctica, Indo Pacific, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Shetlands Island , Subantarctic Isles, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 60 Meter 

Size:

1,3 cm 

Temperature:

-2,0 °F - +2,0 °F (-2,0°C - +2,0°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Tonicina zschaui
  Käferschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-07-20 20:20:15 

Last edit:

2020-04-06 16:00:46 

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