Class Oligochaeta. al. If the light is dimmed they can cease feeding and clamp down harder on the substrate, making it more difficult for predators to remove them. In non-brooding species these have a short, free swimming life before transforming into young chitons. fiddler crab. I have sporadic chiton shells, some quite beutiful and only 1 full set of 8 I was lucky enough to come upon at some time. Acanthochitona zelandicais a smallish and attractive species of chiton endemic to New Zealand shows numerous tufts of hair like bristles rising up from its girdle and encircling the animal. The radula, a chitonous ribbon covered with many rows of hard, recurved teeth, is used for feeding, most frequently on the microalgae that coat the rocks on which chitons are found. Possession of a strong muscular foot allows them to cling tightly to rocky surfaces. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. I. Phylum Annelida . Therefore, its best to use Encyclopedia.com citations as a starting point before checking the style against your school or publications requirements and the most-recent information available at these sites: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. In chitons there is less variation in radula structure than in other classes of molluscs. The white, butterfly-shaped shell valves are hard and frequently wash up on beaches intact. The separate chords in both sets of nerves are cross connected by numerous small nerve strands. Although uncommon, found from Forrester Island (Alaska) to Isla Cedros (Baja California) and the upper Gulf of California. Within these mantle cavities, anywhere from six to 88 pairs of ciliated, bipectinate gills are located. Up to 4.7 in (12 cm) long, with a highly elongate-oval shape. Water is drawn into the the mantle cavity near the head and flows along both sides of the body (in the mantle cavity) passing over the ctenidia on its way. It pulls itself close to rocks for protection. After gross machinations you dont want to hear about, I got the shells. Members of class Scaphopoda (boat feet) are known colloquially as tusk shells or tooth shells, as evident when examining Dentalium, one of the few remaining scaphopod genera. Found inside Page 208PLATWORMS PHYLUM Platyhelminthes CLASSES 4 SPECIES 20,000 GASTROPODS cLAss Gastropoda ORDERS 16 SPECIES 35,000 RIBBON WORMS CEPHALOPODS PHYLUM Nemertea CLASSES 2 SPECIES 900 CLASS Cephalopoda onnsns 4 SPECIES 650 SEGMENTED WORMS CHITONS The fertilized eggs develop into trochophore larvae. Media in category "Polyplacophora". Legal. Articulamentum - white calcareous portion. One-fifth of the species are found on the Pacific coast of North America, distributed from Alaska to Southern California, more than on any coast of comparable length in the world. Found inside Page 401Chiton Classification : Phylum Mollusca Body unsegmented , bilaterally symmetrical and consists of head , foot , mantle and visceral mass . Class Polyplacophora Shell composed of a series of eight calcareous pieces Apart from humans, the vertebrates most known for eating chitons are fish and birds. Females of some species care for the eggs for an extended period of time and may end up dying during that time period. Class Bivalvia consists of mollusks with two shells held together by a muscle; these include oysters, clams, and mussels. Chiton - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBAINV0274 005 04 0011.tif 1,792 2,795; 14.35 MB. Magnetite greatly strengthens the radula, allowing many chitons to feed on hard, encrusted coralline algae. Mollusks is one of the most fascinating and diverse animal groups on our planet.. . Larval aplacophorans, larval polyplacophorans, and adult polyplacophorans possess seven or eight transverse dorsal rows of spicules, further strengthening the link between these two classes of mollusks. . Chitons are usually oval in shape. Flap is pigmented on both sides and fringed with bristles, and thus resembles a blade of red algae. Thanks a load for your comment Julie, especially for pointing out the missing plate, which you will see I have fixed. Animals in class Gastropoda (stomach foot) include well-known mollusks like snails, slugs, conchs, sea hares, and sea butterflies. Found inside Page 205Phylum. Mollusca,. Class. Polyplacophora. Megumi F. Strathmann & Douglas J. Eemisse INTRODUCTION The Pacific coast of North America has an unusually large number of chiton species. Most of these spawn in spring or summer and have Cleavage divisions and gastrulation lead to the formation of a trochophore larvae 1624 hours post-fertilization (depending on temperature), and they hatch roughly 4344 hours after fertilization. About 430 fossil species have been named to date. A current of water enters alongside the anterior end of the body, ventrally, on both sides of the body near the head, and travels through each of these grooves posteriorly, exiting out of the body beyond the tail end of the digestive track (the anus). The chiton nervous system consists of a circumenteric nerve ring around the gut, leading to ladder-like nerve cords that radiate posteriorly towards the end of the body along four lines: two paired pedal cords and two paired visceral cords. About 800 species of chitons have been described. These hulls can be smooth on their external surface or decorated with spines, cones, cupules and various other outgrowths. The polypalcophora are an ancient groups of organisms. Blood from the single gonad, the pedal sinus and the pedal nerve sinus, passes through the nephridia before reaching the heart via the branchial vein. Amerindians of the Pacific Coast of North America used to eat this species; shell valves are frequently found in prehistoric kitchen middens. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Reproduction in chitons involves a single gonad, formed in the dorsal hemocoel, which empties gametes (either eggs or sperm, depending on the sex of the individual) by way of two gonoducts into the mantle cavity just anterior to the openings of the nephridiopores on both sides of the foot. The gills have evolved into ctenidia, specialised organs for feeding and breathing. The green- or golden brown-colored eggs are 0.011 in (0.29 mm) in diameter and, following fertilization, develop through three cleavage divisions in 2.5 hours. Body possesses a through gut with mouth and anus. Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. 2003: Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 3, 281-302, mostly where supporting morphological conclusions of Sirenko 1993: Ruthenica 3, 97-117 (otherwise this molecular dataset does strange things with the outgroups and thus may not be taken as the basis for drastic changes in classification). Cryptochiton stelleri Middendorff, 1846, Kamtschatka, Russia. I live now in Santa Cruz, but lived in S. CA. Individuals will also eat sea lettuce (Ulva), kelp (Macrocystis), and small Laminaria. In other the eggs are released either singly or in groups or strings. The asthestes are distributed differently and have different densities in different species of polyplacophorans.if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-earthlife_net-large-leaderboard-2-0')}; The value of the differences in structure of these cannals between species, and higher taxonomic groups, for future classification has been studied by Michael J. Vendrasco et. From Alaska (in the Aleutian Islands) south to San Miguel Island in the Channel Islands National Park in California, in the Sea of Okhotsk (Russia) to northern Japan. These theories support the placement of the aplacophorans, with a vermiform body that lacks a shell (and often lacks a foot, radula, and most gills), as near the base of the phylogenetic tree of mollusks. Found inside Page 166Tonicella lineata Phylum Mollusca / Class Polyplacophora Opposite : Lined chiton , 15 mm long . Carmel Bay , 15 m deep . Tonicella lives on crustose coralline red algae , its major food and the source of its own pigment . The Python Chiton (Chiton salihafui) is a medium-sized member of the polyplacophora from the west coast of Africa where it is collected to be used in local traditional medicine. I wont kill live animals. In those species with numerous pairs of ctendia, such as Cryptochiton stelleri, they appear to occupy most of the lateral part of the animals mantle cavity. Other species have much wider distribution, Katherina tunicata is found from Kamchatka on the coast of Russia to southern California. Around the edges of the chiton body can be seen a fringe of organic matter called the girdle. The polyplacophora have no eyes. Today, scientists have identified nearly two dozen extant species. Katharina tunicata Wood, 1815, west coast of North America. However being crystalline (aragonite) they can also serve a protective function. Uses its many transverse rows of 17 teeth capped with magnetite, with a central tooth flanked by eight marginal teeth on either side, to feed on red algae, including Gigartina, Iridaea, Plocamium, and various corallines. The phylum Mollusca includes a wide variety of animals including the gastropods (stomach foot), the cephalopods (head foot), and the scaphopods (boat foot). Development usually leads to a lecithotrophic (yolk-filled) trochophore larva. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. The visceral mass in the shelled species displays torsion around the perpendicular axis on the center of the foot, which is the key characteristic of this group, along with a foot that is modified for crawling. However, in Monterey Bay, California, sea stars have rarely been observed to feed on chitons except for those that are removed from the rocks. Ventrally, a broad muscular foot is bordered laterally on each side of the body by a pallial groove between the edge of the foot (medially) and the edge of the mantle (laterally), forming a chamber in which the gills (or ctenidia) are located. Pelecypoda or Bivalvia. Body monomeric and highly variable in form, may possess a dorsal or lateral shells of protein and calcareous spicules. The next outer layer is the tegmentum made up of a mixture of calcium carbonate and proteinaceous material known as conchiolin. These animals do not possess eyes, but they have a radula, as well as a foot modified into tentacles with a bulbous end, known as captaculae. Reaches sexual maturity at a mass of 0.14 oz (4 g) and length of 1.31.4 in (3336 mm). A ventral foot is used for locomotion and for attachment to rocks. spiders. Found inside Page 331Van Belle RA (1985) Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) 1, Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys, Leiden. 240 p 17. Strathmann MF & Eernisse DJ (1987) Phylum Mollusca, Class Polyplacophora. Class Polychaeta (marine worms) I. Phylum Arthropoda. They are paired, meaning there is always the same number on each side of the animals body. INTRODUCTION TO THE MOLLUSCA. Shapes: limpet-like. Found insideCLASS: Polyplacophora PHYLUM: Mollusca Chitons are primitive members of the phylum Mollusca, which also includes snails, bivalves, squid, and octopuses. They display many anatomic features that are probably ancestral to mollusks. Repeated pairs of many organs, including one to three pairs of gonoducts, three to seven pairs of excretory nephridiopores, three to six pairs of gills, and two paired atria in monoplacophorans may suggest that mollusks as a whole evolved from a segmented ancestor not unlike the chitons. of described species: 20. Encyclopedia.com. The polyplacophora nervous system is simple and until recently it was considered that they had no real brain. This in turn is connected to two lateral ganglia called the buccal ganglia. Girdle thick, shiny, black, and leathery; white shell valves are deeply embedded in the girdle, exposed only in the mid-dorsal area. There, Crabs Omnivorous species have gut lengths that are intermediate. The analyses also support the theory that mollusks arose from a segmented ancestor. Leptochiton vitjazae has been found at a depth of 7,657 meters. Members of a species mate, then the female lays the eggs in a secluded and protected niche. Found inside Page 122Phylum. Mollusca. This phylum is 2nd in size only to Arthropoda with its horde of insect species. It is a solelike creeping structure in most snails, slugs, and chitons; somewhat hatchet-shaped in many bivalves. A looped digestive system, multiple pairs of excretory organs, many gills, and a pair of gonads are present in these animals. They have a rudimentary mantle cavity and lack eyes, tentacles, and nephridia (excretory organs). No. Found insideThis large phylum includes the chitons, abalone, limpets, snails, nudibranchs, clams, mussels and octopus. Molluscs have inhabited salt water, fresh water, land and even the air for short distances. They are highly diverse, Within the phylum Mollusca, the chitons are unique in possessing eight shell valves. Because of their shells and the hard teeth on their radula the fossil record is pretty good for chitons. Roughly half of all living species live in the intertidal or shallow subtidal zones. Eggs (which are coated with a spiny envelope) are released either singly or in strings, and are fertilized externally in the water column. Found inside Page 11The table below shows the main subdivisions in the phylum MOLLUSCA ( excluding fossils ) : Phylum MOLLUSCA Subphylum ACULIFERA ( = Amphineura ) Class POLYPLACOPHORA ( Chitons ) Class CAUDOFOVEATA Class SOLENOGASTRA Subphylum CONCHIFERA The periostracum is organic in structure and sometimes included in the tegmentum as its epidermis. The LibreTexts libraries arePowered by MindTouchand are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot. et al. Common on mid to low intertidal rocky shores exposed to strong wave action, often in direct sunlight, as well as inland waters associated with swift currents in the Pacific Northwest. The first seven shell plates are visible within 13.5 days, with the last (eighth) shell plate appearing only about six weeks after fertilization. Seaweed (algae) is the most common form of food for herbivores, but some species such as Ischochiton torri feed on sea grasses. View Mollusca.doc from BIO SCI 100 at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. [] However most species are either intertidal or sublittoral (the area nearest the shore but not exposed by tidal changes in water depth).if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-earthlife_net-medrectangle-4-0')}; Leptochiton vitjazae is the deepest living chiton so far discovered, it and several other ultra-abyssal species feed on wood. These animals lack a calcareous shell, but possess aragonite spicules on their epidermis. From the stomach the food moves in the intestines which leads to the posterior anus. Polyplacophora shell -is comprised of 7-8 overlapping and articulating plates on the dorsal surface. Polyplacophorans are bottom dwelling animals. Found inside Page 95Their study shows that the Polyplacophora must have diverged from the main molluscan stock at an early stage in the evolution of the phylum. Polyplacophora thus appear to occupy an intermediate niche between the Aplacophorans and the Class Polyplacophora: In Polyplacophora, the foot of Chiton is broad, muscular and flattened that extends the entire ventral surface of the body (Fig. Chitons are found primarily on hard substrates, molding their body to the contours of the rock. Meinkoth, N. A. Sexual dimorphism is seen in this class of animals. This phylum can be segregated into seven classes: Aplacophora, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, and Scaphopoda. Their key characteristic is the torsion around the perpendicular axis on the center of the foot that is modified for crawling. Crabs are some of the best known arthropodsa terms that means jointed foot (Greek: arthron, joint; pous, foot). Your email address will not be published. On the dorsal (upper) surface is a row of eight overlapping plates surrounded or covered by a tough girdle. Retrieved August 16, 2021 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/polyplacophora-chitons. Found inside Page 60Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda C. C. Lu, Australian Biological Resources Study, A. M. Scheltema, K. Gowlett-Holmes A monograph of the Australian loricates ( Phylum Mollusca Order Loricata ) . III . Aust . Possesses shiny shell valves distinctly demarcated with zigzag lines of alternating dark and light red, light (or dark) blue and red, or whitish and red colors. They are selective predators of micro-invertebrates living within the sediment. The earliest fossil chitons occur in the Upper Cambrian, dating the group back nearly half a billion years. The mantle covers the top of the animal and secretes the eight shell plates. The Phylum Mollusca is composed of seven classes, namely Aplacophora (no shell), Polyplacophora (chitons), Monoplacophora (single external shell), Gastropoda (snails and slugs), Cephalopoda (octopuses and squids), Bivalvia (clams, oysters, mussels, cockles, scallops, and other) and Scaphopoda (tusk shells) comprising over 80,000 species. grasshopper. In some species the eggs are retained and brooded inside the mantle cavity. Found inside Page 112Position of the class Aplacophora in the phylum Mollusca . Malacologia , 17 , 99109 . Polyplacophora Baxter , J. M. 1982. Allometric and morphological variations of whole animal and valve dimensions of the chiton Lepidochitona cinereus They do have two sets of paired nerve chords. Required fields are marked *. Like all molluscs the main feed organ is the radula. Found inside Phylum Ctenophora Phylum Platyhelminthes Phylum Nemertina Phylum Annelida Class Polychaeta Class Oligochaeta Phylum Echiura Phylum Sipuncula Phylum Mollusca Class Polyplacophora Class Gastropoda Class Scaphopoda Class Bivalvia Class The foot is lobed and developed into tentacles and a funnel, which is used as the mode of locomotion. Chitons possess only a single gonad which releases ova or sperm through paired gonopores into the mantle cavity. Polyplacophorans breath by means of ctendia (a sort of gill structure). Mollusca: Class Polyplacophora This class contains about 600 species of sedentary animals commonly known as chitons, marine forms found from shallow waters to depths of about 1,300 ft (400 m). 2. However, the class Monoplacophora, with a single shell, shares several characteristics with the chitons, including eight pairs of dorsoventral pedal retractor muscles. Well that was a surprise. The sexes are always separate, with sperm shed into the sea. Found inside Page 303Halkieria may even be a distant relative of the modern chiton (Figure 10.10). Chitons (Polyplacophora) are primitive members of the Phylum Mollusca, which includes modern clams, snails, and cephalopodslike the Figure 10.8 Small shelly Individuals that are exposed at low tide show homing behavior, moving within a radius of roughly 19.6 in (50 cm) from home base, frequently returning by a set pathway to original resting place when immersed by tide. Creese RG (2010) Class Polyplacophora, phylum Mollusca. Class Polyplacophora (chitons) Class Scaphopoda (tusk shells) Class Caudofoveata PHYLUM MOLLUSCA (clams, oysters, snails, slugs, Nautilus, squid, octopus, cuttlefish) Name: Mollusca means "soft bodied". Chitons live worldwide, in cold water, warm water, and the tropics. Reproduction in cephalopods is different from other mollusks in that the egg hatches to produce a juvenile adult without undergoing the trochophore and veliger larval stages. This tissue layer secretes a thin glycoprotein cuticle on the dorsal surface of the body. Found inside Page 351Class Polyplacophora Chiton tuberculatus Phylum Annelida Class Polychaeta Eupolymnia nebulosa Sebellastarte magnifica Hermodice Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Astraea tecta Cittarium pica Coralliophila caribaea Murex sp. Depending on latitude, individuals spawn between March and July; later spawning occurs in colder regions. These animals are asymmetrical and usually present a coiled shell. The morphology of the shell and the underlying animal can vary from circular to ovate. But only 7 of them! Instead of haemoglobin the mollusc blood system uses haemocyanin, a copper rather than iron based molecule as its active O2 bonding molecule. DOI : 10.1071/IS13013 Reference page . https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/polyplacophora-chitons, "Polyplacophora (Chitons) For more information contact us atinfo@libretexts.orgor check out our status page at https://status.libretexts.org. Females release eggs into the water column in April along the coasts of California and central Oregon, whereas populations on San Juan Island (off the Washington coast) release eggs in May and June. Found associated with coralline algae very low in the intertidal zone, in shaded depressions, or in crevices on or under rocks from the low tide line down to a depth of 50 ft (15.2 m). The main families include Lepidopleuridae, Hanleyidae, Ischnochitonidae, Callochitonidae, Schizochitonidae, Mopaliidae, Chitonidae, and Acanthochinonidae. Chitons (phylum Mollusca, class Polyplacophora) and limpets (phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda) also produce teeth for grinding the rocky substrate in order to extract the algae. Eggs are either shed into the sea or retained in the female's mantle cavity, where sperm that enter with the respiratory currents fertilize them. Chitons are fed on by a variety of other animals including human beings (see below). 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. Katharina tunicata is a species in which the girdle extends to partially cover the shell plates. Nautilus Anatomy: Unique eyes, shells and tentacles. The tongue-twisting word is Latin for "many plates." Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983. Some of these teeth are capped with magnetite (an iron compound that makes the teeth much harder). It houses the ctenidia (gills), the nephridia (kidneys), the gonopores (reproductive organs) the osphradia (sense organs) and the anus. "Polyplacophora (Chitons) Class: Gastropoda ("stomach foot") Well developed head with tentacles. If removed from the substrate it can roll up into a ball, thus protecting its inner body.if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-earthlife_net-box-4-0')}; The chiton shell plates have four distinct layers. These are joined together along one edge by a flexible ligament that, in conjunction with interlocking teeth on each of the valves, forms the hinge. Glory-of-the-sea snail (Conus gloriamaris) is prized by collectors for its ornate shell. Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. The general flow of blood out of the sinuses is towards the posterior heart. The shell plates are compos Nevertheless, most chitons are between 1 and 10 centimetres in length. 16 Aug. 2021
. This helps them survive the pressure of waves and tides along the sea shore. Home > Invertebrates > Mollusca > Polyplacophora, Etymology: Poly = many, Plak = a plate or flat object, Phora = to bear (Having many shells). The approximately 600 species are usually placed in the class Placophora, Polyplacophora, or Loricata (phylum Mollusca). For most species fertilization either takes place in the open water or in the mantle cavity of the female. Class Cephalopoda (head foot animals) includes octopi, squids, cuttlefish, and nautilus. Some species live quite high in the intertidal zone and are exposed to the air and light for long periods. Class Chilopoda (centipedes) Class Diplopoda (millipedes) Class Arachnida. Class Trematoda and Sub-Class Aspidogastrea, Class Thaliacea: Strange World Of The Pyrosomes & Salps, Monogenea: Class of Endoparasites With Multiple Hosts, Class Bivalvia: The Wonders of Bivalves, Their. Living fossils from the ocean deep. Development of the trochophore larva stops sometime within 150160 hours post-fertilization, and further development depends on contact with crustose coralline algae (or an extract thereof). Eureka, CA: Mad River Press, 1978. Species Number: Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist = = 13 families = 1,027 species; Molluscabase = 1,182if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-earthlife_net-medrectangle-3-0')}; Condition of Typical Molluscan Characteristics: Polyplacophorans are a class of the phylum Mollusca and are commonly known as Chitons. The oesophagus is short and leads to the rounded stomach, from which it is separated by a muscular sphincter. While many species are polyphagous (feed on many species of plant or animal) some such as the giant Gum Boot chiton Cryptochiton stelleri specialize on one type of food source. Activity patterns vary with habitat: individuals near Monterey, California, remain stationary in the intertidal zone when exposed at low tide, while subtidal individuals follow a diurnal. https://www.earthlife.net/inverts/polyplacophora-chitons.html Class Polyplacophora Better known as chitons or coat-of-mail shells, these ), living on the American north western coast.. Found inside Page 198T he phylum Mollusca is a large and remarkably diverse collection of animals that includes clams, mussels, scallops, The chiton's body (class Polyplacophora), however, probably best resembles the basic mollusc body plan in its The plates provide flexibility to move across uneven surfaces, as well as robust protection. Body without cavity. They are found from the high intertidal zone to depths of more than 13,123 ft (4,000 m), and occur in tropical, temperate, and cold polar seas. Other species have various additions to their outer surface in the form of numerous calcareous spines, scales, hairs or bristles. For example X is a species that is only know from one locale on the coast of Y. A pair of nephridia is present within the mantle cavity. Phylum Mollusca Polyplacophora Gastropoda Bivalvia Scaphopoda Cephalopoda * Phylum Mollusca Phylum Mollusca * Molluscs Have adapted to a wide variety of habitats A free PowerPoint PPT presentation (displayed as a Flash slide show) on PowerShow.com - id: 78043e-YWE4N if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-earthlife_net-large-mobile-banner-1-0')};Like all molluscs, chiton blood and their lymph are mixed together to form haemolymph (US hemolymph). This water current carries oxygenated seawater, and rids the animal of egested feces (released from the anus) as well as urine released out of a pair of nephridiopores that open laterally in the posterior mantle cavity. Unless otherwise noted, LibreTexts content is licensed byCC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Pearse, V., Pearse, J., Buchsbaum, M., and Buchsbaum, R. Living Invertebrates. These animals bear a single conical shell, which has both ends open. Fully grown Chitons range in size from the minute Leptochiton muelleri at 2.1 mm, to the giant Cryptochiton stelleri that reaches up to 33 cm in length. Cephalopods, such as squids and octopi, also produce sepia or a dark ink, which is squirted upon a predator to assist in a quick getaway. They lift up the front part of their mantle and when a small organism such as a shrimp attempts to hide, or shelter, under this lip they trap it by bringing the mantle down. Strong, paired pedal retractor muscles extend from the foot to each shell valve, which is often wing-like or butterfly-like in shape, with two lateral, anterior extensions where these muscles attach. Polyplacophora (chitons; phylum Mollusca) Subclass of Amphineura (or in some classifications ranked as a molluscan class) in which seven or eight dorsal plates, generally composed of calcium carbonate, are enclosed by a marginal girdle. Tan-colored girdle covered by dense assemblage of stiff, mossy, brownish red hairs or bristles with a slight notch carved at the posterior end of the girdle. How Many Species Are There? The largest one is Cryptochiton stelleri with 33 cm (about 14 in. Linnaeus (1758) coined the name of this phylum. Observe the Species that feed on the lined chiton include the sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus and Leptasterias hexactis). Besides the microscopic and macroscopic algae, chitons are also known to feed on other encrusting organisms (such as bryozoans). Found insideIntroduction 1 Shell Plates 12 FIELD GUIDE Sponges (Phylum Porifera) 28 Sea Anemones, Hydroids & Jellies (Phylum (Phylum Sipuncula) 84 Spoonworms (Phylum Echiura) 86 Molluscs (Phylum Mollusca) 87 Chitons (Class Polyplacophora) 88 Uses hard, magnetite-capped radular teeth to consume diatoms and red and brown algae, including kelp (Hedophyllum). There is no veliger stage. Captures worms and small crustaceans by clamping down on them quickly (within one second) with the extended "head flap," which is a very large anterior expansion of the mantle that is lifted to form a trap for unsuspecting prey. Bivalvia is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs with laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell in two hinged parts. Unicellular vs. Multicellular Organisms (Prokaryotic & Eukoryotic Cells), What Is Life? It spends most of the daylight hours under rocks, however, and moves primarily at night when the animal is wet or submerged. 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