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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.