What kind of animal is a Chiton?

Chitons (/ˈkaɪtənz/) are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora (/ˌpɒlipləˈkɒfərə/), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.

1. Are Chitons arthropods?
2. What are chiton related to?
3. Do humans eat Chitons?
4. How do you identify a chiton?
5. What is the common name of chiton?

Are Chitons arthropods?

Crabs, lobsters, shrimp, barnacles and many other animals belong to the phylum arthropods. In fact, 75% of all animals belong to the phylum arthropoda (which also includes spiders and insects). All arthropods have a hard exoskeleton made of chiton, a type of protein.

What are chiton related to?

Chitons are molluscs and are related to slugs and snails (gastropods), mussels and oysters (bivalves), and squids and octopuses (cephalopods). Within the phylum Mollusca, chitons belong to a distinct group known as the Polyplacophora.

Do humans eat Chitons?

When the larva becomes an adult, the body elongates, and the shell gland secretes the plate of the shell. Human Uses - Chitons are eaten in many islands of the Caribbean.

How do you identify a chiton?

Chitons are untorted, bilaterally symmetrical molluscs with a distinct head and a shell composed of a longitudinal series of eight shingle-like, overlapping plates. The species range from 3 to 430 mm in body length (Salvini-Plawen 1985).

What is the common name of chiton?

Chiton glaucus, common name the green chiton or the blue green chiton, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae, the typical chitons.