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Tonicia. Uno de los quitones más comunes de la costa de Perú. En Bahía Samanco, Ancash, Perú. Tonicia es un género de poliplacóforos dentro de la familia de Chitonidae. El género tiene una distribución global que abarca costas de Sur y Norte América, Europa, África, Asia y Oceanía.
Tonicia elegans presenta una gran variabilidad de coloraciones y disposición de los estetos, citándose dos formas distintas (T. elegans, f. grayi y f. lineolata) (Leloup 1956), pero la diferencia entre dichas formas está reducida a un espectro de distribución de estetos y coloraciones distintas, por lo cual es urgente un estudio acabado de ...
10 de abr. de 2019 · Given that T. ‘elegans’ is the type species of the genus and this name is not valid, we suggest T. calbucensis as the new type species for the genus Tonicia. Distribution Southern South America from Puerto Montt to the Magellan Strait (40–53°S) and also found in Estados and the Falkland Islands.
Environment. marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial. Original description. (of Chiton elegans Frembly, 1827) Frembly J. (1827). A description of several new species of chitones, found on the coast of Chili, in 1825, with a few remarks on the method of taking and preserving them.
Tonicia elegans (Frembly, 1827) Tonicia elegans. (Frembly, 1827) En: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Sinónimo de Tonicia chilensis (Frembly, 1827) 44 registros. Información general.
Description. Animal of medium to large size, reaching 43 mm in examined specimens. Shell elongate-oval, not much elevated, the dorsal ridge rounded, side-slopes straightened. Color umber-brown at the sides, becoming chestnut in the middle, delicately and peculiarly speckled and blotched and streaked with buff or buff-white.
1 de ene. de 2019 · The chiton genus Tonicia is composed of 12 species, 11 of which are found in the eastern Pacific, but the taxonomic status and geographical distribution of these species have long been...
