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| name = Noble chiton |
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| genus = Eudoxochiton |
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| species = nobilis |
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| phylum = [[Mollusc]]a |
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| classis = [[Polyplacophora]] |
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| ordo = [[Chitonida]] |
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| subordo = [[Chitonina]] |
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| familia = [[Callochitonidae]] |
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| genus = ''Eudoxochiton'' |
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| species = '''''E. nobilis''''' |
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| binomial = ''Eudoxochiton nobilis'' |
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| synonyms = ''Acanthopleura nobilis'' <small>Gray, 1843</small><br>''Eudoxochiton huttoni'' <small>[[Henry Augustus Pilsbry|Pilsbry]], 1893</small> |
| synonyms = ''Acanthopleura nobilis'' <small>Gray, 1843</small><br>''Eudoxochiton huttoni'' <small>[[Henry Augustus Pilsbry|Pilsbry]], 1893</small> |
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'''''Eudoxochiton nobilis''''', commonly called the '''noble chiton''', is a large [[chiton]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Callochitonidae]]. Māori name is Rangitīra.<ref>http://www.marinelife.ac.nz/species/821</ref> |
'''''Eudoxochiton nobilis''''', commonly called the '''noble chiton''', is a large [[chiton]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Callochitonidae]]. The Māori name is Rangitīra.<ref>http://www.marinelife.ac.nz/species/821</ref> |
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== Description and |
== Description and habitat == |
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Found in [[New Zealand]] on open rock surfaces within kelp beds, on boulders or occasionally in rockpools. Adults are the largest chitons native to New Zealand at up to 110mm long, are oval shaped and surrounded by a leathery girdle covered in short bristles. Colouring varies from dark brown to olive-green, with the valves often encrusted or eroded, numerous shell eyes dotting the surfaces. Juveniles appear very flat compared to mature forms, with valves cryptically covered in mottled hues of pink, brown, green and yellow, often found under rocks or boulders resting in sand or gravel. |
Found in [[New Zealand]] on open rock surfaces within kelp beds, on boulders or occasionally in rockpools. Adults are the largest chitons native to New Zealand at up to 110mm long, are oval shaped and surrounded by a leathery girdle covered in short bristles. Colouring varies from dark brown to olive-green, with the valves often encrusted or eroded, numerous shell eyes dotting the surfaces. Juveniles appear very flat compared to mature forms, with valves cryptically covered in mottled hues of pink, brown, green and yellow, often found under rocks or boulders resting in sand or gravel. |
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[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]] |
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Revision as of 21:22, 14 March 2022
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Callochitonidae |
| Genus: | Eudoxochiton |
| Species: | E. nobilis
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| Eudoxochiton nobilis (Gray, 1843)
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Acanthopleura nobilis Gray, 1843 | |
Eudoxochiton nobilis, commonly called the noble chiton, is a large chiton of the family Callochitonidae. The Māori name is Rangitīra.[1]
Description and habitat
Found in New Zealand on open rock surfaces within kelp beds, on boulders or occasionally in rockpools. Adults are the largest chitons native to New Zealand at up to 110mm long, are oval shaped and surrounded by a leathery girdle covered in short bristles. Colouring varies from dark brown to olive-green, with the valves often encrusted or eroded, numerous shell eyes dotting the surfaces. Juveniles appear very flat compared to mature forms, with valves cryptically covered in mottled hues of pink, brown, green and yellow, often found under rocks or boulders resting in sand or gravel.
Distribution
Endemic to New Zealand. Frequent from the low intertidal zone to 30m deep around the two main islands, Stewart Island, and the Chatham and Kermadec Islands.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
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