Dinoplax gigas Giant chiton, Armadillo

Dinoplax gigas is commonly referred to as Giant chiton, Armadillo. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Dinoplax gigas (Giant chiton),Port Elzabeth 2011,Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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Scientific:: Dinoplax gigas
German:: Käferschnecke
English:: Giant Chiton, Armadillo

Category:: Chitony

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Chaetopleuridae (Family) > Dinoplax (Genus) > gigas (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gmelin, ), 1791

Occurrence:: South-Africa
Size:: 4.33" - 6.69" (11cm - 17cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Dinoplax chelazziana
Dinoplax fossus
Dinoplax gigas
Käferschnecke
Dinoplax validifossus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-14 19:45:22
Last edit:: 2016-02-14 19:45:22

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Dinoplax gigas (Gmelin, 1791)

Dinoplax gigas is a large chitons (size at least 17 cm).The colour is grey or brown.The leathery girdle is greyish or brown, with black spots and short hairs.

This Giant chiton is nocturnal,hides during the day under rocks,or partially or totally buried in sandy bottom.Dinoplax gigas can be found to a depht of 5 m.

Chitons are algae grazer.

Synonym:
Chiton gigas

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonina (Suborder) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Chaetopleuridae (Family) > Dinoplax (Genus) > Dinoplax gigas (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Dinoplax gigas (Giant chiton),Port Elzabeth 2011,Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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