Name
Polyplacophora
quitón
Framing
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Habitat
Aquatic, benthic marine hard bottom, exceptionally sedimentary and soft bottom, sometimes sublapidicolous
Feeding
Phytophagous (algae)
Distribution
In all the seas of the world
Conservation status
No particular danger, conditioned to marine deterioration
Additional information
Easily recognizable by its eight imbricate plates. Wide crawling sole, mantle edge usually well visible in dorsal view.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Ocaña, A, Sánchez Tocino, L., López González, S, y Viciana Martín, J.F. (2000). Guía Submarina de Invertebrados no Artrópodos. Ed. Comares. Granada. 471 pp. Disponible en biblioteca UGR
- Gofas S., Moreno D. y Salas C. 2011. Moluscos marinos de Andalucía. Volumen I y II- Málaga: Servicio de Publicaciones e Intercambio Científico, Universidad de Málaga.