Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) - Biological Science - California ...

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Table 2. Summary of chitons collected by benthic monitoring programs in the Southern California Bight (SCB)
from 1988-2009.
Species
Number of
Specimens
Number of
Samples (Sites)
Body
Length
Depth Range of
SCB Sites
Leptochitonidae
Hanleyella oldroydi 26 20 (13) 1 - 7.4 mm 50 - 191 m
Leptochiton nexus 7 6 (6) 3.5 - 9.3 mm 18 - 82 m
Leptochiton rugatus 60 33 (23) 1.2 - 8.5 mm 14 - 305 m
Leptochiton sp. 1 1 3 mm 116 m
Ischnochitonidae
Callistochiton palmulatus 2 2 (2) 7 - 13 mm 80 - 85 m
Lepidozona golischi 3 2 (2) 20.5 - 23 mm 98 - 101 m
Lepidozona mertensii 3 3 (3) 13 - 15 mm 56 - 85 m
Lepidozona radians 7 6 (6) 3.8 - 10 mm 9 - 150 m
Lepidozona retiporosa 46 22 (19) 2.5 - 19 mm 55 - 305 m
Lepidozona scrobiculata 24 18 (15) 5.8 - 24 mm 14 - 101 m
Lepidozona sp. A 1 1 12.1 mm 101 m
Lepidozona sp. B 1 1 13 mm 305 m
Lepidozona sp. C 1 1 19.5 mm 90 m
Mopaliidae
Dendrochiton gothicus 41 5 (1) 1 - 5.5 mm 16 - 18 m
Dendrochiton thamnoporus 9 5 (5) 1.6 - 9.3 mm 15 - 38 m
Mopalia imporcata 3 3 (3) 3.5 - 15 mm 38 - 69 m
Mopalia lowei 1 1 5 mm 17 m
Mopalia phorminx 2 2 (2) 20 - 24 mm 100 - 130 m
Placiphorella mirabilis 4 2 (2) 17 - 43 mm 43 - 104 m
Tonicella venusta 1 1 ~10 mm 15 m