Family CHORIPLACIDAE
Introduction
The family Choriplacidae is monotypic and is endemic to southern Australia. The sole member of this family, Choriplax grayi, usually lives on the prostrate red alga Sonderopelta coriacea in shallow water to a depth of 20 m, and in life the colour of the girdle and tegmentum matches that of the host plant.
The family is characterised by the large and well-developed sutural laminae and unslit insertion plates, very reduced tegmentum, large, fleshy girdle which completely covers the tegmentum with a transparent layer, and holobranchial gills.
General References
Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1987. The suborder Choriplacina Starobogatov & Sirenko, 1975 with a redescription of Choriplax grayi (H. Adams & Angas, 1864) (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111: 105-110
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |