Chiton tuberculatus (West Indian green chiton) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Chiton tuberculatus (West Indian green chiton) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 / James St. John
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 - West Indian green chiton on exposed aragonitic limestone rock surface in the intertidal zone.Chitons are bilaterally symmetrical, dorso-ventrally flattened molluscs having eight overlapping calcareous shells (valves) surrounded by a spicule-covered mantle girdle. Most chitons occupy very shallow marine, rocky shore environments, where they graze on benthic algae by scraping the substrate with a radula.The red structures are encrusting Homotrema rubrum (Lamarck, 1816) rotaliine foraminifera.Classification of chiton: Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, ChitonidaeClassification of foraminifera: Protista, Foraminiferida, Rotaliina, HomotrematidaeLocality: limestone rock surface in intertidal zone landward of Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas |
| 撮影日 | 2007-03-25 16:10:46 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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