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Mopalia muscosa Mossy Chiton

Mopalia muscosais commonly referred to as Mossy Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Mopalia muscosa, Mossy Chiton,Pigeon Point, Califonria,2018


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lexID:
10261 
AphiaID:
386353 
Scientific:
Mopalia muscosa 
German:
Moos Käferschnecke 
English:
Mossy Chiton 
Category:
Chitons 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Mopaliidae (Family) > Mopalia (Genus) > muscosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gould, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada , Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 5 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rock crevices, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
1.18" - 3.15" (3cm - 8,9cm) 
Temperature:
9,1 °F - 18,0 °F (9,1°C - 18,0°C) 
Food:
Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Barnacles, Hydrozoa polyps, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-01-12 12:58:18 

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Mopalia muscosa (Gould, 1846)

Mopalia muscosa can be found in the middle and lower intertidal zone on rocky shores. The eight plates are quite often covered with growths of algae.The girdle with hair-like bristles .The plates are brown or dark grey in colour, and a turquoise blue on the inner surfaces. Some are so fluorescent.

Feeds on red algae, Cladophora, bryozoans, hydroids, & barnacles.

Similar is Mopalia lignosa.

Synonym:
Chiton muscosus

Scientific paper

  1. Influence of temperature and temperature shifts on the development of chiton larvae, Mopalia muscosa, Pechenik, Jan A., 1984
  2. Chiton integument: Metamorphic changes inMopalia muscosa(Mollusca, Polyplacophora), Esther M. Leise, 1984
  3. Chiton integument: Ultrastructure of the sensory hairs ofMopalia muscosa(Mollusca: Polyplacophora), Esther M. Leise; Richard A. Cloney, 1982
  4. Ion and Water Balance of the Hypo- and Hyperosmotically Stressed Chiton Mopalia muscosa, William M. Moran and Richard E. Tullis, 1980
  5. The radular muscle myoglobins of the amphineuran molluscs, katharina tunicata wood, crtptochiton stelleri middendorf, and mopalia muscosa gould, Robert C. Terwilliger; Kenneth R.H. Read, 1970

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 12.01.2024.
  2. seanet.stanfort.edu (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2022.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Mopalia muscosa, Mossy Chiton, Morro Bay Docks 2014
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Mopalia muscosa , Mossy Chiton, Pigeon Point Tidepools 2015
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Mopalia muscosa (Carmel Bay), 2024
Mossy Chiton (Mopalla muscosa).Fox Group Islands, Broughton Archipelago Marine Reserve, British Columbia 2019
Mossy Chiton (Mopalla muscosa),Kyuquot, Vancouver Island, British Columbia 2010
Mossy Chiton (Mopalia muscosa),with a red encrusting algae. Spring Island, Kyuquot, British Columbia 2012
Mopalia muscosa, Mossy Chiton,Pigeon Point, Califonria,2018
Mopalia muscosa, Mossy Chiton..Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2013

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