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  • Family: Chitonidae

  • Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
    Length 55mm, Width 35mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South and Stewart Island. Introduced to Tasmania and now established there, from 0-18m
  • Rhyssoplax aerea (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 40mm, Width 23mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, From low tide under stones in coastal situations
    Three Kings Islands, eastern and south-western North Island, South Island and Stewart Island, from 0-23m
  • Rhyssoplax canaliculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
    Length 26mm, Width 15mm
    Chiton, Marine
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 4-71m
  • Rhyssoplax exasperata Iredale, 1914
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, At shallow subtidal depths under stones
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 0m
  • Rhyssoplax stangeri (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 20mm, Width 12mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, At low tide and shallow water
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-89m
  • Sypharochiton aorangi (Creese & O'Neill, 1987)
    Length 15mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    Poor Knights Islands, from 0m
  • Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
    Length 42mm, Width 26mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Above mid-tide level on and under stones
    South-eastern Australia and New Zealand. North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0m
  • Sypharochiton sinclairi (Gray, 1843)
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0m
  • Sypharochiton themeropis (Iredale, 1914)
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal and immediate subtidal in rock crevices
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 0m
  • Sypharochiton torri (Suter, 1907)
    Length 10mm, Width 6mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    Southern South Island and Stewart Island, from 0m
  • Onithochiton neglectus Rochebrune, 1881
    Length 47mm, Width 28mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Low tide on underside of boulders
    Southern North Island and northern South Island, from 0m
  • Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus Suter, 1907
    Length 30mm, Width 15mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
  • Onithochiton oliveri (Iredale, 1914)
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal in rock crevices
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-18m
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil