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Lepidozona radians Chiton

Lepidozona radians is commonly referred to as 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.

Profilbild Urheber Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA

Lepidozona radians,Pescadero, CA,2016


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lexID:
14352 
AphiaID:
386051 
Scientific:
Lepidozona radians 
German:
Käferschnecke 
English:
Chiton 
Category:
Chitons 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Ischnochitonidae (Family) > Lepidozona (Genus) > radians (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Carpenter in Pilsbry, ), 1892 
Occurrence:
Alaska East Coast USA, Gulf of California, USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 150 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 82.4 °F (10°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, No reliable information available, Predatory 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-01-02 20:52:03 

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Lepidozona radians (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892)

The colour is variable, often streaked or speckled with olive, brown white, tan, blue and other colors, rarely solid white,

These small chiton is similar to Lepidozona interstincta.

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 02.01.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 02.01.2022.

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Lepidozona radians.San Mateo County, California 2022
Lepidozona radians,Pescadero, CA,2016
Lepidozona radians,San Mateo County, California,2019
Lepidozona radians,Pigeon Point, California, 2018
Lepidozona radians,Pescadero, CA,2016

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