species: Cryptoplax burrowi in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Cryptoplax burrowi


©Anne: Cryptoplax burrowi from rubble in shallow water off Lizard Island Research Station, length 6 to 8 cm.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Polyplacophora
Order Chitonida
Family Cryptoplacidae
Genus Cryptoplax
Species Cryptoplax burrowi

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Distinguishing features

A long, thin chiton with reduced and well-separated dorsal plates, pink/brown with some darker bands. Found in rubble. The species name has been applied because Hutchings and Peyrot-Clausade (1988) recorded it at Lizard Island. However, a similar-looking species, Cryptoplax larvaeformis, has been recorded elsewhere on the Great Barrier Reef. Specialist identification is required.

Size

  • Up to 10 cm (Length of specimens observed at Lizard Island)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Hutchings, P. and M. Peyrot-Clausade (1988). Macro-boring communites of Porites - a biogeographical comparison, "Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium".3,Australia, : 263-268. LIRS catalog number 268.