Acanthopleura gemmata
A mounted specimen of Acanthopleura gemmata at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Chitonidae
Subfamily: Acanthopleurinae
Genus: Acanthopleura
Species:
A. gemmata
Binomial name
Acanthopleura gemmata
(Blainville, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Acanthopleura balansae Rochebrune, 1882
  • Acanthopleura bergenhayni Leloup, 1937
  • Acanthopleura gemmata maudensis Ashby, 1928
  • Acanthopleura gemmata queenslandica Ashby, 1923
  • Acanthopleura glareosa E. A. Smith, 1884
  • Acanthopleura rawakiana Rochebrune, 1882
  • Acanthopleura spicifera [sic] (misspelling)
  • Acanthopleura spiniger (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (the nominal species is a synonym of Acanthopleura gemmata; W Indian Ocean records refer to A. testudo; Red Sea records to A. vaillantii (see Kaas et al. 2006)
  • Acanthozostera virens Ang, 1967
  • Chiton gemmatus Blainville, 1825 (original combination)
  • Chiton macgillivrayi A. Adams, 1855 (junior synonym)
  • Chiton spiniger G. B. Sowerby II, 1839

Acanthopleura gemmata, the jewelled chiton, is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae.[1]

Description

This large species of chiton grows to be about 7 cm (3 inches) in length. It has oval shaped body with dimpled plate margins, a brown girdle with eight overlapping plates, long calcareous spicules and dark bands.

Distribution

This chiton has an Indo-Pacific distribution.

Habitat

This species lives in the littoral zone of coral reefs on the rocks and cliffs.

References

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  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211919 on 2023-12-11


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