Chaetopleura pertusa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Chaetopleuridae |
Genus: | Chaetopleura |
Subgenus: | Chaetopleura |
Species: | C. pertusa
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Binomial name | |
Chaetopleura pertusa (
Reeve, 1847)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Chiton pertusus Reeve, 1847 ( basionym) |
Chaetopleura pertusa, the orange hairy chiton, is a species of chitons in the family Chaetopleuridae. It is a marine mollusc. It is endemic to South Africa.
This species is found around the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Kosi Bay, subtidally to at least 20 m. [2]
The orange hairy chiton is a distinctive chiton with pink or orange mottled valves. The valves have a granular texture and are surrounded by a wide girdle of pink or orange. The girdle has branched bristles and short hairs. The animal may grow up to 50 mm in total length. [3]
The orange hairy chiton lives under rocks during the day but emerges at night.