Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordo: Ischnochitonina
Familia: Chitonidae
Genus: Acanthopleura
Species: A. brevispinosa – A. echinata – A. gaimardi – A. gemmata – A. granulata – A. hirtosa – A. loochooana – A. planispina – A. spinosa – A. vaillantii
Name
Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830
Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)
References
Guilding, L. 1830. Observations on the Chitonidae. The Zoological Journal 5: 25–35. BHL Reference page.
Brooker, L.R. 2003. Revision of Acanthopleura Guilding 1829 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) based in light and electron microscopy. Doctoral Dissertation, Murdoch University, Western Australia. PDF.
Links
Acanthopleura in the World Register of Marine Species
Acanthopleura – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Acanthopleura – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Acanthopleura is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae. In this genus the girdle is spiny or spiky. It has eight described species at present.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthopleura include [1]
Acanthopleura brevispinosa (Sowerby, 1840)
Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824)
Acanthopleura gemmata (de Blainville, 1825)
Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Acanthopleura loochooana (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Acanthopleura planispina Bergenhayn, 1933
Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguiere, 1792)
Acanthopleura vaillantii de Rochebrune, 1882
Acanthopleura hirtosa
Acanthopleura gaimardi Blainville 1825
References
WoRMS: Acanthopleura
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