Boreochiton ruber Northern Red Chiton

Boreochiton ruber wird umgangssprachlich als rote Käferschnecke bezeichnet.

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lexID:

4036 

AphiaID:

386411 

Scientific:

Boreochiton ruber 

German:

Rote Käferschnecke 

English:

Northern Red Chiton 

Category:

Chitony  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Tonicellidae (Family) > Boreochiton (Genus) > ruber (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

Russland, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Belgium, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, France, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Sweden, the British Isles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

0 - 305 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,1cm) 

Temperature:

33.62 °F - 52.52 °F (0.9°C - 11.4°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Boreochiton beringensis
• Boreochiton granulatus
• Boreochiton jakovlevae
• 
  Boreochiton ruber
  Rote Käferschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-01-31 08:52:10 

Last edit:

2025-07-02 20:31:30 

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