Onithochiton neglectus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chitonidae |
| Genus: | Onithochiton |
| Species: | O. neglectus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881 | |
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Onithochiton neglectus is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.[1][2]
Description
Onithochito neglectus is a brooding chiton, which means that the eggs develop attached to the body of females.[3]
Ecology
Onithochito neglectus often inhabits the holdfasts of Durvillaea southern bull kelp.[4][5] Genetic and shell morphological variation in the species appears to have been affected by the frequency individuals inhabiting Durvillaea holdfasts, and the population structure of O. neglectus has likely been influenced by individuals being transported within buoyant rafts of Durvillaea species.[4]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand, being mostly found at the East Coast of the North Island and the South Island.[4][6]
References
- 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Creese, R.G. (1986). "Brooding behaviour and larval development in the New Zealand chiton, Onithochiton neglectus de Rochebrune (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13 (1): 83–91. doi:10.1080/03014223.1986.10422648. ISSN 0301-4223.
- 1 2 3 Salloum, P.M.; de Villemereuil, P.; Santure, A.W.; Waters, J.M. (2020). "Hitchhiking consequences for genetic and morphological patterns: the influence of kelp-rafting on a brooding chiton". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130 (4): 756–770. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaa073.
- ↑ Parvizi, Elahe; Dutoit, Ludovic; Fraser, Ceridwen I.; Craw, Dave; Waters, Jonathan M. (2022). "Concordant phylogeographic responses to large-scale coastal disturbance in intertidal macroalgae and their epibiota". Molecular Ecology. 31 (2): 646–657. doi:10.1111/mec.16245. PMID 34695264. S2CID 239888553.
- ↑ O'Neill, M. H. B. (1985). "A review of the living New Zealand members of Onithochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 12 (1): 141–154. doi:10.1080/03014223.1985.10428273. ISSN 0301-4223.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1