Notoplax violacea Violet Chiton

Notoplax violacea is commonly referred to as Violet Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Notoplax violacea, Southland, New Zealand 2022

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Scientific:: Notoplax violacea
German:: Violette Käferschnecke
English:: Violet Chiton

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Acanthochitonidae (Family) > Notoplax (Genus) > violacea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1835

Occurrence:: Endemic species, New Zealand, South-Pazific
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:: - 15 Meter
Size:: 6,2 cm
Temperature:: 51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C)
Food:: algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Barnacles, Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, Sea squirts, Sponges
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Notoplax acutirostrata
Notoplax addenda
Notoplax aenigma
Notoplax alisonae
Notoplax arabica
Notoplax aupouria
Notoplax bergenhayni
Notoplax brookesi
Notoplax conica
Notoplax costata
Notoplax crocodila
Notoplax curiosa
Notoplax dallii
Notoplax facilis
Notoplax formosa
Notoplax gabrieli
Notoplax glauerti
Notoplax hilgendorfi
Notoplax hirta
Notoplax holosericea
Notoplax kaasi
Notoplax lancemilnei
Notoplax latalamina
Notoplax leuconota
Notoplax macandrewi
Notoplax magellanica
Notoplax mariae
Notoplax mayi
Notoplax richardi
Notoplax richeri
Notoplax rosea
Notoplax rostellata
Notoplax rubiginosa
Notoplax rubrostrata
Notoplax speciosa
Notoplax sphenorhyncha
Notoplax squamopleura
Notoplax subviridis
Notoplax tateyamaensis
Notoplax tridacna
Notoplax violacea
Violette Käferschnecke
Notoplax websteri

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-03-08 19:59:22
Last edit:: 2020-03-08 20:06:04

Info

Notoplax violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Can be found on rocky coasts, under the larger boulders encrusted with bryozoans, small barnacles, sponges and ascidians. N. violacea preys on these. Feeds mainly carnivorous.

Endemic to New Zealand.

Synonymised names:
Acanthochiton violaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Acanthochiton violaceus var. papillio Ashby, 1922
Chiton porphyreticus Reeve, 1847
Chiton violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (original combination)
Loboplax violaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Loboplax violaceus var. dunedinensis Ashby, 1926

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikimedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Notoplax violacea, Southland, New Zealand 2022

Notoplax violacea.Under rocks at Long Bay marine reserve, North Shore, Auckland 2022

Notoplax violacea, Auckland, New Zealand 2022

Violet Chiton,Notoplax violacea, Goat Island Marine Reserve.2019

Notoplax violacea,Under a rock just below low tide at Algies Bay, Kawau Bay.2020

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